Interior Design and Home Market Trends Report- 2023
My business associates and I traveled to Atlanta for the January AmericasMart gift and home exhibit both to stock our antique and gift...
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Recent Blogs
David Locke
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Ultimate Grilled Cheese and Ham
After a week of hard work at both our jobs, me as a REALTOR and my wife as a music teacher we decided to have a spa / pajama day at home...
David Locke
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Winter Gardening?
Winter is a great time of cleaning the garden and preparing for the spring days to come when you never have enough time…
David Locke
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PF Chang's Coconut Mojito
My wife and I are not huge chain restaurant fans. We usually like to support local businesses, but one chain restaurant we sometimes...
David Locke
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Rose Quartz Martini
This is actually just the good old-fashioned French Martini but in our house we call it a Rose Quartz Martini because of the color. I...
David Locke
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Use Dollar Store Ornaments to Embellish Your Christmas Gifts
Every holiday season I trot to the local dollar store to buy ornaments to put on our packages. With simple gift wrap from Sam’s and a...
David Locke
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Christmas Joy with Inexpensive Gold Spray Paint?
Many years ago I was tasked with decorating our church with several large trees and with limited budget we had to find an inventive way...
David Locke
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Greenville, South Carolina and the Poinsettia?
Poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) may not make you think about Upstate, South Carolina but for me as a native of the Greenville, SC...
David Locke
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Peppermint Ice Cream - A Locke Christmas Eve Family Tradition
My first taste of peppermint ice cream was at five years old in Kindergarten at Concord Elementary in Anderson, SC. My teacher, Mrs....
David Locke
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Grandmother Sara's Ice Box Fruit Cake, #StopTheStigma
Ice Box Fruit Cake is the misunderstood, bullied and judged member of the dessert family!
David Locke
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Maple Roasted Acorn Squash
This recipe is so easy, so quick and so amazing! I got this recipe from Ina Garten and it’s quickly become a favorite for my real estate...
David Locke
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Amaretto Side Car
This drink is completely surprising! My wife was skeptical till I made her this concoction and she fell in love. The amaretto sidecar...
David Locke
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David & Robin's Favorite Things 2022
Below are mine and my wife’s favorite gift ideas for 2022 from a few dollars to a few hundreds for everyone on your Christmas list....
David Locke
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Favorite Things, Christmas '22
Christmas time is the season that is filled with so many of our favorite things from movies we watch every year to goodies we only cook...
David Locke
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To Die For Blackberry Cobbler
One of my wife’s favorite things is the blackberry cobbler from a restaurant called the Purple Onion in Saluda, North Carolina. Now I’m...
David Locke
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A Surprise at Arizona Biltmore - The Original Tequila Sunrise
Imagine my surprise when I found that aside from an amazing architect and history the hotel also is the birthplace of the Tequila Sunrise.
David Locke
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Summer Grilled Peaches with Goat Cheese, Honey and Cashews
Summer and it’s bounty all in one bite? It has to be these grilled peaches that I developed for my real estate business’s wine dinners. This
David Locke
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Building a Succulent Rock Garden
You seem to see succulents everywhere these days! These fantastic plants are finding their ways onto wedding cakes and just about every...
David Locke
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A small gift in a trash bag becomes a stalwart of the garden!
I’ve always loved to garden. One of my first memories is putting a tomato plant in the ground for my father. When I was 14 years old a...
David Locke
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Spinach Salad with Balsamic Strawberries and Hot Maple Cashew Brittle
I didn’t have many ingredients at hand but I had strawberries, spinach and some nuts in the pantry. You are what you eat so…
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