spruce up

Kirsten Conner, founder of Kirsten Conner Interior Design, agrees that seasonal decorating’s benefits go beyond an external spruce-up.

You probably don’t want to put a new coat of paint on your exterior walls in February, but winter is an excellent time for interior painting and giving your rooms a quick spruce-up.

One of the benefits of Disneyland getting a major land expansion via Galaxy’s Edge was a spruce-up for the rest of the park, from Sleeping Beauty Castle — now brighter, bolder and more overtly referencing the ink of the original animated work — to a fresh coat of paint and a few new illusions for the Haunted Mansion, a project that was completed during the pandemic.

In addition to the planned clock tower spruce-up, Joyal said the city had already contributed $5,000 to get the ad hoc planning committee going and another $50,000 to help the committee with other initial expenses, including merchandising and booking and reserving entertainment.

Three years ago, Bulgari, the luxury brand, paid for a €1.5 million, 10-month spruce-up.