Create DIY luxe ambient accent lighting with a few supplies from Dollar Tree, including embroidery hoops, gold paint, and a couple of wood accent pieces.

White oak reigns in the main room, where cabinets flank a central wood stove set against a wall of red Heath tiles ... necessitating a gentler lighting scheme after sunset. To compose intimacy ...

There’s another layer of deception at play here, too. Typically, “rising” fastballs are thrown by pitchers with over-the-top arm angles, who have an easier time putting backspin on the baseball. But ...