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Kimberly Lacy
Kimberly Lacy (born April 2, 1981) is an American television personality, wardrobe stylist, landscape designer and is the owner operator of a construction company. Born in Dumas, Arkansas, Kimberly currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the project manager on HGTV's ''Curb Appeal: The Block'', where she shares her practical painting tips, techniques and demonstrations with viewers. Prior to joining the show, Lacy served as the lead painter on the HGTV series ''Designed to Sell''. As celebrity stylist, Kimberly has worked with the likes of Wilhelmina and Elite Models, celebrity photographer Derek Blanks, and publications ''Essence'' & Black Elegance. She owns and operates her own design and artisan paint company Anatomy of Design. Kimberly contributes monthly articles for Sister 2 Sister magazine's Home Improvement section. Kimberly is an ambassador for a non-profit organization, '' The Fuller Center for Housing'', The organization increases the quality of living in impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumas, Arkansas
Dumas ( ) is a city in Desha County, Arkansas, Desha County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 4,706 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. History In 1870, a planter, merchant and surveyor of French descent, William B. Dumas, bought acres of farmland from the Abercrombie Holmes family. The area was named Watson District and the town continued to develop. Then, the District was renamed Dumas and was incorporated in 1904. Dumas proudly proclaims itself as "Home of the Ding Dong Daddy", a reference to the vaudeville song "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas" by Phil Baxter. However, this is up for debate, as the city of Dumas, Texas, also lays claim, with some documentation, to the song being about them. On February 24, 2007, Dumas Tornadoes of 2007#February 23–24, was struck by a long-tracked EF3 tornado. Twenty-eight people were injured, and many homes and business were damaged or destroyed. Police said on CNN that "the feed mill was the local employer and now i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Designed To Sell
''Designed to Sell'' is an American HGTV reality television show produced by Pie Town Productions in Los Angeles and Chicago and Edelman Productions in Washington, D.C., and Atlanta. Each 30-minute episode focuses on fixing up a home that is about to go on the market or that has been on the market but has not attracted buyers. The show began airing in 2004 and was canceled in 2011. The show provides expert real estate and design advice and general contractors, who are given a $2,000 budget for materials to get a maximum offer for the house. To add excitement to the show, the renovations generally take place over a period of three to seven days, before the home's open house, generally spread out over the course of three or four weeks. The show pays the contractor's fees and the salaries of the carpenters, landscapers, painters, plumbers, and other workers. Most changes are cosmetic, but some require drastic demolition and reconstruction. Description Each show follows the same g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Women Television Personalities
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Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen De La Paz
Carmen Nery De La Paz is an American television personality, interior/exterior designer, wood turner, welder, and professional cook. She is best known for her work on HGTV's ''Hammer Heads'', ''Design Star'' and ''All American Handyman''. De La Paz is a brand ambassador for Minnesota-based manufacturing company, 3M. Personal life De La Paz was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and raised in Waukesha, Wisconsin. De La Paz started playing the violin at age 7, singing and dancing by the age of 8 and playing the guitar by 9. As a teen, De La Paz was a member of "The Kids from Wisconsin," music ambassadors from Wisconsin that traveled the country, performing over 80 live shows in the course of a summer. De La Paz attended Syracuse University, where she graduated with a BFA in Music Theatre. She also studied Broadcast Journalism though the UCLA Certificate program. Career Television De La Paz is most recognized for her carpentry and design skills featured on six seasons of HGTV's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighborhoods
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition, but the following may serve as a starting point: "Neighbourhood is generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks. Neighbourhoods, then, are the spatial units in which face-to-face social interactions occur—the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realise common values, socialise youth, and maintain effective social control." Preindustrial cities In the words of the urban scholar Lewis Mumford, "Neighborhoods, in some annoying, inchoate fashion exist wherever human beings congregate, in permanent family dwellings; and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fuller Center For Housing
The Fuller Center for Housing (FCH) is an ecumenical Christian, 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Americus, Georgia, that builds and repairs homes for low-income families and individuals. It is active in 60 U.S. cities and 16 countries outside the U.S. History The Fuller Center was started in 2005 by Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Millard Fuller and his wife Linda Caldwell Fuller, founders of Habitat for Humanity, at an intentional Christian community called Koinonia Farm in rural southwest Georgia. After spending 29 years of service in the Christian housing ministry at Habitat, and being fired for philosophical differences by the Habitat for Humanity executive committee, the Fullers were motivated to continue expanding their vision of eliminating substandard housing worldwide. The inaugural meeting of The Fuller Center at Koinonia, also Habitat's birthplace, established this new mission: "The Fuller Center for Housing, faith- driven and Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister 2 Sister
''Sister 2 Sister'' was a monthly U.S. four-color women's magazine devoted to the world of African-American entertainment. Reportedly described as "the African American version of People Magazine," the publication was in circulation between 1988 and 2014. History and profile ''Sister 2 Sister'' was established in 1988. Jamie Foster Brown Jamie Foster Brown (ca. June 26, 1946) is the former owner and publisher of ''Sister 2 Sister'' magazine, which ran from 1988 to 2014. ''Newsweek'' called it the "African-American version of ''People (magazine), People'' magazine." As an entertain ... was the founder and publisher. In October 2014 the magazine ceased publication and went online. It has since gone offline. References External linksOfficial website African-American magazines Monthly magazines published in the United States Defunct women's magazines published in the United States Entertainment magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1988 Maga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essence (magazine)
''Essence'' (stylized in all caps) is an American monthly lifestyle magazine covering fashion, beauty, entertainment, and culture. First published in 1970, the magazine is written for African-American women. History Edward Lewis, Clarence O. Smith, Cecil Hollingsworth and Jonathan Blount founded Essence Communications Inc. (ECI) in 1968. It began publishing ''Essence'' magazine in May 1970. Lewis and Smith called the publication a "lifestyle magazine directed at upscale African American women". They recognized that black women were an overlooked demographic and saw ''Essence'' as an opportunity to capitalize on a virtually untouched market of black women readers. Its initial circulation was approximately 50,000 copies per month, subsequently growing to roughly 1.6 million.Bynoe, Yvonne. ''Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip-hop Culture''. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2006, p. 263, . Gordon Parks served as its editorial director during the first three years of its circulation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HGTV
HGTV (an initialism for Home & Garden Television) is an American basic cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The network primarily broadcasts reality programming related to home improvement and real estate. HGTV Dream Home is an annual event on the channel. Its former owner was the E. W. Scripps Company, who spun its cable networks off into an entirely new company. , HGTV is available to approximately 72,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 100,000,000 households. History Kenneth W. Lowe (then a radio executive with The E. W. Scripps Company and, subsequently, the chief executive officer of Scripps Networks Interactive) envisioned the concept of HGTV in 1992. With modest financial support from the E.W. Scripps corporate board, he purchased Cinetel, a small video production company in Knoxville, as the base and production hub of the new network. Lowe cofounded the channel with Susan Packard. Cinetel became Scripps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
