Category: Home & Garden
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What’s on the Market in the Athens Area: 3 Homes with Historic Charm
By Jacqueline GaNun This four-bedroom, four-bath home, shown here from the backyard, at 590 Milledge Circle in Athens is listed for $2.19 million. Renovations in the kitchen and bathrooms lend the house modern convenience while retaining the elegance of its original floor plan from the 1920s. “The outdoor space is really lovely,” said Rachel Allen,…
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Story Analysis 6: Nov. 12
These articles reinforced how many forms a seasonal decor story can take, from listicles (“Diwali,” “Halloween Decor”) to Q&As (“Shea McGee”) to a series of vignettes (“Season’s Gatherings”) to traditional narratives with subheads (“Florida Cottage”). Thanksgiving Table Diwali Decoration Cottage Christmas Season’s Gatherings Shea McGee Florida Cottage Halloween Decor
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Story Analysis 5: Oct. 21
Every article uses subheads to separate content. Multiple are used in a how-to format, like “How to Decorate for Pinkoween” (The Spruce), “How To Clean Electric Stove Burners” (Southern Living) and “How to Arrange Pillows on a Bed” (BH&G). Others are pieces of advice, like AD’s “Dress the room with jewel tones and metallics” or…
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Story Analysis 2: Sept. 3
Click on the magazine pages for a closer look. The three single-page features (one of which I chose) are all dominated by one or two large images, but the style and tone of the pages are quite distinct. Country Living and Good Housekeeping are both speaking more directly to the reader than WSJ. Magazine. CL…
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Story Analysis 1: Aug. 19
The most striking thing to me about these pieces is their departure from the norms of “hard” news. They are all listicles, most in a straightforward numbered format, and three make it explicitly clear in the hed. This format is very prevalent on HGTV and not so frequent in the New York Times Style Magazine…
Jacqueline GaNun 