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Virginia woman who went viral after cheap Goodwill vase sold for $100K speaks out: 'Changed my life'

It was just another day of thrift store shopping for Jessica Vincent, 43, of Lynchburg, Virginia — until it wasn’t. She spent $3.99 on a vase that caught her eye at Goodwill and wound up selling it for more than $100,000 — a thrill that she said changed her life. "It's a really special piece, and it will always have a special place in my heart and in my life," Vincent told Fox News Digital in an interview.
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Love Your Neighbor

When Jay and Julie Cruz moved their family from California to Robinson, Texas a little over a year ago, they had two things in mind when designing their custom-built modern farmhouse style home: creating a dream home they would never want to leave and cultivating a sense of community with their neighbors. “Every other city we’ve lived in, we never knew our neighbors,” Jay Cruz, a fitness/wellness trainer and lifestyle YouTuber and podcaster, said. “Even right next door, maybe 10 steps. I mean, we knew them, but we never hung out with them. Since we moved here, we know tons of the neighbors on all the streets.”
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California fixer-upper sells for nearly half a million dollars: 'The Bridge House of L.A.'

A tiny and unique house built into the side of a bridge in Los Angeles County — dubbed the "troll house" — sold for nearly half a million dollars this month amid today's competitive housing market. "We originally listed it for $249,950," Douglas Lee, listing agent/broker with Compass Real Estate in Pasadena, California, told Fox News Digital. "So basically $50 short of $250,000. It was on the market for a little over a week, maybe two weeks. And we sold it for $430,000 cash to a really cool gu
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Rare white squirrel spotted in North Carolina: Why some US towns are used to the fair-furred rodent

A Cary, North Carolina, resident snapped a photo of a rarely-seen white squirrel this week — a photo that generated interest as many people who commented on the local news station’s Facebook page said they had never seen one of the creatures before. "What a beautiful white squirrel. They are rare. I don’t think I have ever seen a white squirrel before. That one is so beautiful," one person commented. But in Brevard
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Mid-Century Modern

Built in 1961, this classic mid-century modern brick home in Cameron Park has only housed two owners. Architects Robert S. Braswell and William P. Davis designed the 2,100 square foot one-story, three bedroom, two bath home on a raised .64-acre lot. With its flat planes, large windows and views of the outdoors, the home is known as one of the only true mid-century homes in the neighborhood. The current owners, who consider themselves preservationists, chose to modernize the home while honoring its classic and historic mid-century architecture. In January 2020, it was gutted to the studs and was mostly completed that July.
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A Splash of Swank

Peace and calm — with a splash of swank. That’s what interior designer Renae Palmer of Palmer Davis Designs was tasked with creating for a client upgrading their primary suite into a larger, more open and functional space last September. “They wanted to remodel their primary bedroom because it was too small, but it actually is really good square footage,” Palmer said. “It simply was not laid out in a functional manner. The bedroom was massive, and it included a sitting area with a beautiful Hill Country-like wooded view — but that no one was using."
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Vintage Pyrex bowls may be worth big bucks as collectors hunt high and low for nostalgic dishes

There was a time when no respectable casserole or Jell-O salad was served in anything but a brightly colored piece of Pyrex glassware — and every cupboard was stacked high with the functional mixing bowls, baking dishes and storage containers. Now, Pyrex dishes are fetching big bucks as dealers make rare finds they call the "holy grail" and snap up nostalgic kitchen pieces as seen in their favorite Netflix shows. Social media has helped people spread the word — and the enthusiasm. "I didn’t k
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Utah couple buys new house, get the seller’s cat, too

My realtor says it’s a first for her #catsoftiktok #persiancat #catlover #homeownership #buyingahouse A couple and their new cat have gone viral on TikTok after it was revealed the feline was included in their recent purchase of a new home. Tori Taillac, an aesthetic physician assistant in Salt Lake City, Utah, and her fiancé, Alex Kravets, moved into their new place last month. Eagerly awaiting them was Loki, an adventurous, outdoorsy feline who began courting the soon-to-be married couple wh
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Utah couple buys home and seller allows them to keep his pet cat with purchase | Video

A couple and their new cat have gone viral on TikTok after it was revealed the feline was included in their recent purchase of a new home. Tori Taillac, an aesthetic physician assistant in Salt Lake City, Utah, and her fiancé, Alex Kravets, moved into their new place last month. Eagerly awaiting them was Loki, an adventurous, outdoorsy feline who began courting the soon-to-be married couple when they first toured the home, Tilliac said.
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Garden Getaway

If planting a garden is believing in tomorrow, Susan DeWitt will be the first to say that her husband, Terry, is a true believer. While that might sound a bit existential for a guy who really just likes to take on a good challenge, the fruits of his labor in their ever-evolving garden have made life at the DeWitts’ both interesting and beautiful. “I post pictures of flowers and these wonderful vegetables, and everybody says, ‘Oh, you have a green thumb,’ but, it’s Terry,” DeWitt said. “He’s the
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Time for Tulips

Bright red. Deep purple. Powder pink. Fiery orange. Sunny yellow. Nothing signals the arrival of spring quite like the season’s quintessential flower — the tulip — in its many vibrant hues. But even though spring doesn’t officially begin until March 19, Central Texans can get a sneak peek of the milder season beginning this month through April by making a trip to Texas-Tulips in Pilot Point or Dallas Blooms at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden. Tulip lovers will experience a feast for th
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Like Coming Home

Character. Style. Livability. That’s what Duke and Steve Nelson were looking for in a home when they decided to move back to Central Texas from the Dallas-Fort Worth area with their growing family. They found all that — and the added bonus of welcoming, genuine and supportive neighbors who instantly made their house feel like a home — on a wooded lot in the Carriage Square neighborhood of Landon Branch in Waco. “We walked in and immediately fell in love with all of the windows and all of the tr
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Making People Feel Welcome

She’s a Syrian-born allergist with a passion for her patients and spreading an understanding about the severity of food allergies. He’s a Jordanian-American health care administrator who grew up in the South and is enthusiastic about joining a hospital in Waco and being a part of the growth and expansion of downtown — and has a great laugh. Maya and Feras Gharfeh, who purchased a fixer upper in Castle Heights a year ago this month, said they moved their family — which includes Olivia, 3, and Et
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Modern Mediterranean

It might sound odd to say that Weldon and Margaret Ratliff’s four bedroom, seven bath home tucked away on 4.5 beautiful wooded acres in Regency Park doesn’t feel like a huge house. A grand circular driveway leading to a majestic Mediterranean style home flanked by stately palms gives the impression of large California luxury. And while luxurious it certainly is, the Ratliffs have created a warmth and functionality that makes their home a place anyone would feel comfortable kicking back and stayi
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Lakeview Leisure

You might have to be a longtime Wacoan to know there are lakeview homes in Windmill Hill, a neatly manicured West Waco subdivision of mostly patio homes that was established in the early 1970s. But there are just a few, tucked way back along the far edge on a street by the same name. And when one of them went on the market last year, Phil and Edana Croyle discovered everything they were looking for in a new house. The retired cardiovascular surgeon and his wife, a former speech pathologist, sai
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Midtown Oasis

When Kim and David Littlewood purchased a sprawling brick house in Regency Park, near Lake Waco, you might say they were coming home. Though they had not lived in the neighborhood before, they both grew up in Waco proper and shared two homes inside the city limits before moving to the suburbs when their daughter was in high school. But they longed to return to an older, established, wooded neighborhood in town. And that’s just what they found in a home tucked back from the street — a home they’v
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