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Today, Analysts Review released its analysts' notes regarding The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD), Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: RH), Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY), Williams-Sonoma Inc. (NYSE: WSM), and Vail Resorts Inc. (NYSE: MTN). Private wealth members receive these notes ahead of publication. To reserve complementary membership, limited openings are available at: http://www.AnalystsReview.com/register

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The Home Depot, Inc. Analyst Notes

On March 27, 2014, shares of the Home Depot, Inc. (Home Depot) closed at $78.68, down by 0.24%. Over the past five days of trading, Home Depot's shares slipped 1.76% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.41% during the same period. The full analyst notes on The Home Depot, Inc. are available to download free of charge at:

http://www.AnalystsReview.com/04012014/HD/report.pdf

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Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc. Analyst Notes

On March 27, 2014, Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc. (Restoration Hardware) reported its Q4 FY 2013 and FY 2013 financial results (period ended February 1, 2014). For the quarter, GAAP net revenues grew 18.5% YoY to $471.7 million. GAAP net income totaled $26.6 million or $0.65 per diluted share for the quarter, compared to a net loss of $28.4 million or $0.79 per diluted share in Q4 FY 2012. For FY 2013, GAAP net revenues grew 30.0% YoY to $1.6 billion. FY 2013 GAAP net income was $18.2 million or $0.45 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $12.8 million or $1.36 per diluted share in FY 2012. Commenting on the results, Gary Friedman, Chairman and CEO of Restoration Hardware, stated, "In 2013, RH continued to outperform the home furnishings industry by a wide margin. As we enter 2014, we remain focused on our two largest value driving strategies - the expansion of our offer and the transformation of our retail stores." The Company stated that it expects Q1 FY 2014 net revenues to be in the range of $345 million to $350 million. The full analyst notes on Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc. are available to download free of charge at:

http://www.AnalystsReview.com/04012014/RH/report.pdf

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CELEBRITY HOME REMODELS HEADLINE NEW SERIES ON HGTV AND DIY NETWORK

NEW YORK [For Immediate Release - April 1, 2014] HGTV and DIY Network will premiere 31 new series, including three that star Jennie Garth, Daryl Hall and William Shatner. The two networks will bring back more than 54 favorite series and debut 24 specials in 2014. With 1,200-plus hours of new programming planned, the networks also have more than 22 pilots in active production. After a record-breaking 2013 that attracted an average of 72 million viewers per month, the networks continue to perform strongly among upscale viewers - HGTV ranked #1 among upscale W25-54 for the seventh consecutive year and #2 among upscale P25-54.

"Celebrities like Jennie Garth, Daryl Hall and William Shatner will deal with the highs and lows of actual remodels in many of our new series," said Kathleen Finch, president, HGTV and DIY Network. "Their stories are universally compelling to anyone who has been through the renovation process or is even considering it. Our ability to attract great personalities and tell relatable stories is the reason that HGTV and DIY Network dominate the lifestyle television landscape in the home category."

HGTV's new lineup will showcase eight new series, including celebrity home remodels, house-flipping adventures or winner-takes-all home renovation competitions. The Jennie Garth Project, premiering in June, will follow single mom and actress Jennie Garth, star of Beverly Hills, 90210, as she renovates a dated Hollywood Hills, Calif. house for herself and her three daughters. Flipping the Block, HGTV's next high-stakes renovation rivalry, will feature four couples who compete to win big money at auction in the ultimate home-flipping competition. And Flip It Forward will star real estate entrepreneurs and brothers David and Jason Benham as they leverage their good-natured sibling rivalry to help families find a fixer-upper and transform it into the dream home they never thought they could afford.

HGTV also will offer a closer look at the realities of handling home renovations with a family in tow. The new series Fixer Upper will feature husband and wife home-remodeling team Chip and Joanna Gaines as they balance their successful home-flipping business with parenting four young children. My Big Family Renovation will follow Austin, Texas-based author and popular mommy blogger Jen Hatmaker as she and husband Brandon sell their home and move with their five kids into a place that needs a major remodel.

At DIY Network, the brand is expanding its "celebrity home rehab" collection with the production of The Shatner Project, a series that follows the home renovation of actor William Shatner, recognizable to television fans as Star Trek's original Captain James T. Kirk, commander of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise. Daryl's Restoration Over-Hall, premiering in May, stars singer/songwriter Daryl Hall from musical duo Hall & Oates as he fuels his second passion for historic home restoration with his latest project, a quaint 18th century Connecticut home.

Additional new DIY Network series include Sledgehammer, starring popular licensed contractor Jason Cameron who will help homeowners smash their way to gorgeous new spaces by wrecking and remodeling their worst rooms. First Time Flippers featuring overzealous property virgins who put their do-it-yourself real estate skills to the ultimate test; Family Under Construction: Hawaii, which will follow along as a family of five lives through a whole home renovation in Hawaii and Disaster Decks, which will feature designer/carpenter Paul LaFrance as he rescues homeowners from their outdoor renovation woes.

The networks' popular home giveaway franchise continues to generate millions of entries each year. This year, HGTV will showcase the HGTV Dream Home in Lake Tahoe; HGTV Smart Home in Nashville; and a new HGTV Urban Oasis. On DIY Network, Blog Cabin, the interactive home building series, will invite fans to design the 2014 vacation home, a 1920s lakeside getaway located in Winter Haven, Fla.

ABOUT HGTV & DIY NETWORK

America's leading home and lifestyle brand, HGTV features a top-rated cable network that is distributed to more than 98 million U.S. households and the HGTV website, HGTV.com, the nation's leading online home-and-garden destination that attracts an average of four million unique visitors per month. DIY Network, currently in more than 58 million homes, covers a broad range of programming, including home improvement and landscaping. The network's award-winning website, DIYNetwork.com, consistently ranks among America's top home and garden Internet destinations for entertaining videos and home improvement advice. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., HGTV and DIY Network are wholly owned by Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (SNI).

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Marco Forsters historic home is on the market

The current homeowners of the historic Durnford-Forster House in the Mission Hill neighborhood of San Juan Capistrano are looking to sell the property. The home was built in 1925 for Marco Forster and his family. Courtesy of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

By Brian Park

For prospective homebuyers looking to grab a piece of San Juan Capistrano history, an early 20th century home, formerly occupied by one of Orange Countys most prominent families, is now on the market.

After 11 years, Christopher Zell and his partner Matthew Jacob are selling their home, the historic Durnford-Forster House, located at 31319 Andres Pico Road, in the Mission Hill neighborhood.

The 2,214-square-foot home, which is listed at $1.25 million, was built in 1928 by Fred Stroschein for Marco Forster and his young family. Marco, a former city councilman and member of the former San Juan School Board of Trustees, was the great grandson of John Don Juan Forster, one of the largest landowners in California during the 1800s and whose family owned and lived in the Mission before President Abraham Lincoln deeded it back to the Catholic Church in 1864.

I love telling that story, Zell said, that we have that connection not only to the Forster family but loosely to Abraham Lincoln.

Zell and Jacob were drawn to San Juan Capistrano by the Mission and would make the short drive down from their home in Coto de Caza on the weekends to walk through its courtyard and gardens.

It was more spiritual than religious, Zell said. Its such a special place, and it just pulled us in.

The couple first opened a salon business across from the Mission, Christopher Perry at the Mission, which was sold five years ago and is now Brush Salon.

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Home furnishings retailer Restoration Hardware Holdings Inc (RH: Quote), Thursday said it swung to a fourth-quarter profit, driven largely by growth in revenue and gross margins, while the prior year was weighed down by one-time charges. Earnings for the period came in line with Wall Street analysts' estimates, while revenues fell short of expectations.

Nonetheless, shares of the company surged nine percent in extended hours, after it detailed first-quarter and full year earnings outlook above the Street's current estimates.

Corte Madera, California-based Restoration Hardware reported fourth-quarter profit of $26.6 million or $0.65 per share, compared to a loss of $28.4 million or $0.79 per share last year.

Last year's loss mainly reflects non-cash compensation expense and other charges related to Restoration Hardware's IPO in November 2012.

Adjusted earnings for the quarter improved to $34 million or $0.83 per share from $24 million or $0.64 per share last year. On average, 14 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected earnings of $0.83 per share for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.

Revenues increased 18 percent to $471.7 million from $398.1 million last year. Thirteen analysts had a consensus revenue estimate of $493.09 million for the quarter.

Comparable store sales grew 17 percent year-over-year on top of a 26 percent growth last year.

Gross margins improved to 37.1 percent from 36.5 percent last year.

Looking forward the the first quarter, the company expects adjusted earnings of $0.09 to $0.11 per share and revenues of $345 million to $350 million. Analysts currently expect earnings of $0.07 per share on revenues of $350.11 million.

For the fiscal 2014, the company expects adjusted earnings in of $2.14 to $2.22 per share and revenues of $1.83 billion to $1.86 billion. Analysts currently expect full-year earnings of $2.17 per share on revenues of $1.89 billion.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The 66th annual Home Show and Flower, Lawn and Garden Show kick off Friday at Bartle Hall.

This year, 250 exhibits from award winning vendors will showcase the latest remodeling ideas. Everything from interior design to landscaping to furniture restoration will be on display through the weekend.

The show is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Ticket prices are $10 at the door, $8 in advance and kids 16 and under are free. Guests who donate $5 to Harvesters or bring five canned goods can buy one ticket and get a second ticket free.

Organizers said this is a great way to get a lot of ideas in one place, and see examples in person rather than online or in a magazine.

For the kids there are some amazing LEGO creations, a puppet show plus an interactive workshop with Home Depot.

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GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. -- A possible closure of the Kinney Nursing Home could send residents far away from their homes and families. But with an outcry of community support, efforts are being made to keep the nursing home and its residents right here in Gouverneur.

"Can you imagine the fear to think that they might rip you out of your community and put you down in Long Island or down in Buffalo," asked Rev. Robert LaVeck.

That fear is becoming very real to the people of Kinney Nursing Home. St. Lawrence Health Systems has filed a plan to close the nursing home. The plan is currently under review by the state, but if approved, it would push residents out of Gouverneur.

LaVeck said, "We have these elderly people in the nursing home. There's nothing these people can do to defend themselves. We have to be their voice."

The community is rallying to keep the nursing home right where it is. However, they may be facing an uphill battle. The nursing home is losing patients and money. An aging group of baby boomers and increased healthcare costs make it difficult for nursing homes to turn a profit.

"With restrictions and limited Medicare and Medicaid funding, it becomes troublesome to try and get to a break even point," explained Mayor Ron McDougall.

The town and village have passed resolutions asking the state to reconsider closing the nursing home. However, county legislators say the people should find alternatives to keep a nursing home in Gouverneur.

"The bricks and mortar are there. Lets utilize them. Lets renovate it, a restoration project. Let's see if we can't find some money to support it," suggested Alex MacKinnon, a St. Lawrence County legislator.

Those ideas could keep a nursing home part of Gouverneur.

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Malunnah to be restored to glory days

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STATELY Devonport home Malunnah, built in 1888, has new owners after almost 10 years on the market, and is about to get a major facelift restoring it to former glory days.

The landmark property, at 1-3 Malunnah Close, is believed to have sold for an unconfirmed $1.2million two weeks ago.

Several years ago Malunnah was listed for $2.5million when waterfront property prices were inflated, and it failed to sell.

New owner Dennis Parker, a financial planner from Kiama, New South Wales, said he intends to refurbish the once grand Victorian homestead and eventually live in it.

Mr Parker said the builders would be going in to start work, but the restoration project could take a while.

Landscapers have already been at the site and truckloads of green waste taken away in readiness to start replicating the original garden design.

In old black and white photographs of the garden, it features box hedges and a gravel driveway.

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The Ford Plantation, a residential community and private sporting club near Savannah, Georgia, is currently undergoing an extensive restoration of its Pete Dye golf course under the direct supervision of Pete Dye and golf course architect Tim Liddy. The restoration started in the fall of 2013 and is due to be completed in the fall of 2014.

Southeast Discovery, a company that helps buyers actively looking for a retirement or second home in the Southeast select appropriate master-planned communities or general real estate in the region, sees this as positive and exciting news for buyers looking to relocate to a premier Georgia golf and sporting community.

The Ford Plantation's Pete Dye golf course restoration is an extensive reconstruction, occurring at a time when few golf courses are being built in the United States. There are only a handful of new courses under construction, and according to the USGA, more golf courses are closing than opening, said Marian Schaffer, Principal and Founder of Southeast Discovery. The Pete Dye course restoration signals the financial stability of The Ford Plantations private club, and its members ongoing commitment to capital improvements.

The restoration will likely be the most extensive reconstruction project of a course in the United States in 2014, and will be overseen by Dye, who just celebrated his 88th birthday. Originally designed by Dye in the 1980s, The Ford Plantation golf course features a front nine designed around 250 acres of freshwater lakes, while the back nine is a Lowcountry links style course with holes placed among the propertys original rice fields.

Dye enlisted golf course architect Tim Liddy to help showcase his evolving vision in course architecture. The restoration includes renewing and re-contouring the greens, bunkers, and fairways, and installing state-of-the-art infrastructure improvements to drainage and irrigation. The restoration also promises to increase the environmental sensitivity of the course, surrounding areas, and the community as a whole.

When our clients are seeking out real estate in the Savannah, Georgia area, we recommend The Ford Plantation with the highest regard, said Schaffer. Their commitment to investment in amenities and infrastructure is unsurpassed, and the Pete Dye golf course renovation is a perfect example of that.

In addition to the Pete Dye golf course, The Ford Plantation 400-home equity club community features a full service club with outstanding events throughout the year, an on-site day spa, state-of-the-art fitness center, a deep-water marina on the Ogeechee River, a world-class equestrian center, an organic garden, and more than 10 miles of scenic horse, biking and hiking trails.

About Southeast Discovery Since 2004, Southeast Discovery has been providing timely, relevant, and unbiased real estate information on communities and developments in the Southeast. Through its highly-ranked web portal and one-on-one work with clients, Southeast Discovery helps buyers actively looking for a retirement or second home navigate the process of identifying the right area and community for their needs. Through ongoing research and regular property visits, Southeast Discovery has built a reputation as a trusted resource for candid information and insight on communities and developments in the Southeast. To learn more, visit http://www.southeastdiscovery.com/.

About The Ford Plantation One of the nations leading residential communities and private sporting clubs, The Ford Plantation features 400 home sites nestled on 1,800 breathtaking acres near Savannah, Ga. Located on the site of a former antebellum rice plantation, this majestic waterfront location once captivated the imagination of automobile magnate Henry Ford, who built a historic winter retreat on this lush property in the 1930s.Today, this gated sporting community features a challenging Pete Dye golf course, an on-site day spa, a deep-water marina, world-class equestrian center, organic garden and state-of-the-art fitness center, as well as more than 10 miles of scenic horse, biking and hiking trails. For additional information about The Ford Plantation, please visit http://fordplantation.com/.

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