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On a beautiful spring morning, Brenda Pender stands pondering one of her gardens. Specifically, she is looking at a sofa — the sofa. When she was designing this backyard a couple of years ago, she knew that she needed something in that exact spot. A cooking area and a dining area flowed one into the other, one space arching a bit in one direction, the other then arching a bit in another.
AKRON, Ohio — Rain barrels are good for Earth, but they’re not always easy on the eye. So a group of young artists has set out to change that.