A FLAWLESS FIREPLACE SURROUND starts with a wellthought-out design and ends with an eye for even spacing. Depending on the tile you use, the design may be as simple as centering the starting position, as with subway tile, or as complicated as spacing decorative tile in the middle of a field, as with accent art tile.
Q THERMOSTAT WARS Every heating season, my husband says we should we keep our forced-air heating system at the same setting all the time. I say it's better to lower the temperature at night and when we're not home. Who's right? MONICA SMITH, JERMYN, PA.
"Our friends told us we were CRAZY"
IT'S A THRIVING EXAMPLE of a dying breed. Heath Ceramics is one of the few remaining potteries in the U. S. that still manufactures original mid-century tile designs from the early 1960s, and even uses some of the same handoperated equipment.
What happens when one spouse insists on doing emergency holiday fixes himself and the other wants to call in a pro?