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Check out Hermantown, Minn.-native Jill Vegas at Design Within Reach on Thursday. And florist/stylist Tom Brandt will help customers make fall centerpieces at Petunia's in Excelsior on Thursday.

 

Check out Hermantown, Minn.-native Jill Vegas at Design Within Reach on Thursday.
 
The room stager/decorator will share seven basic design considerations from her just published book, "Speed Decorating" (Taunton Press, $21.95). The free event is 6-8 p.m., 2939 Hennepin Av. S., Minneapolis, 612-827-0990; refreshments will be served.
 
Can't make the event? She says the essentials are flow, light, color, clutter, condition, cleanliness and lifestyle.
 
Florist/stylist Tom Brandt will help customers make fall centerpieces to order at Petunia's in Excelsior on Thursday, starting at 6:30 p.m.
As part of the store's Fall Harvest Soiree, Brandt will demonstrate techniques and advise attendees how to make an arrangement from their choice of fresh plants, found objects, seashells and other bits. Those and several other of his remade pieces will be for sale, starting at $20.
The store will stage a fall flea market, featuring decor and furniture from selected dealers, Saturday until 4 p.m. 421 3rd St., 952-474-0461.