Home Decor: Visit the islands with Tommy Bahama Fabric
The name Tommy Bahama has become synonymous with easy, island living. Waverly has introduced a line of tropical fabrics patterned after Tommy Bahama designs that are available in many different patterns and colors meant to turn any room in your home into a tropical paradise. 
- Bahamian Breeze is available in a soothing neutral called coffee bean as well as an outdoor version in a mysterious black and green color called coal. The soothing fern pattern will make you think you are sitting in a tropical garden when used as outdoor upholstery or window treatments in a sun room.
- If you are wanting something a bit more relaxing and cool, consider the Surf version of Bahamian Breeze. This colorway features cool greens and aqua blue that mimic the colors found in the ocean.
- Young boys often dream of traveling the high seas. You can help make this dream come true by using Outdoor Island as bedding and/or window coverings. This tongue-in-cheek map fabric showcases areas such as “Cape Relax” and “Point of no return”.
No matter where you choose to use these sophisticated yet durable fabrics, you will, undoubtedly, enter into vacation mode each time you enter the room.
A report this month from Resources for the Future looks at the stimulative effect of last summer’s $3 billion car rebate program (“Cash for Clunkers”). The report concludes that the program increased new vehicle sales by about 390,000 during July and August of 2009, with the net increase reduced to 250,000 from June to December. The difference suggests, the report concludes, “that, as intended, the program significantly shifted sales to July and August from other months.” Will cash for appliances provide a similarly short-term shot in the arm for appliance makers? The indu