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Whether in new construction or remodeling, home owners are choosing to create theme rooms that cater to their own interests and tastes. An issue of Home By Design featured some of the theme rooms people are creating in their homes. Here is a sampling: Wine cellar --a couple in Idaho turned their drab, dark, and cold unused basement into a wine cellar. The basement's concrete walls created the perfect environment for wine. The couple used slate tiles in neutral colors for the floor and redwood wine racks all around the room. Sauna -- Finlandia Sauna manufactures and installs saunas in hotels and spas, as well as in personal homes. They offer precut sauna packages for any size space that is framed and insulated and can be built by anyone with general carpentry experience. Another option is the free-standing, self-contained sauna that can be put anywhere and even disassembled and moved. Home library --A home library can be its own room in the home, or can be incorporated into a fa...

There are many reasons that I love small towns. One of those reasons is the small town, mom-and-pop, locally-owned restaurants and cafes. Growing up in a small town in Northwest Ohio, my family and I would frequent a locally-owned restaurant. It was a hole-in-the-wall type of place with the best food and the greatest atmosphere; you were almost guaranteed to run into someone you knew each time you went in there. I've started to explore some of Noblesville's local restaurants. One of my favorites is Eddie's Corner Cafe. They have the best chicken salad sandwich around and extremely friendly service. All of the menu items are reasonably priced and include sandwiches, wraps, salads and soups. Recently, my husband and I took my parents to Jim Dandy's Family Restaurant for breakfast. Again, the service was great with friendly servers. It definitely had a small town feel because there were many tables conversing with one another. The breakfast buffet was delicious and well-...

The Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of REALTORS ( MIBOR ) has just added "The Stats House" to their website. "The Stats House" is a interactive research tool that allows users to compare statistics of the metropolitan Indianapolis housing market to other major Midwestern metropolitan markets, like Cincinnati, Kansas City, Milwaukee , and Charlotte. You can compare housing markets, employment data and population statistics. The tool also allows you to compare Indiana counties or set up your own customized report. Check out http://www.mibor.com/statshouse/