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03.23.2014 SUNDAY 1 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH H3 YOUR HOME Upholstery Basics Get a hands-on introduction to basic upholstery as you explore the tricks to re-covering the seat of an old dining chair and learn to create a new seat structure with webbing. Plus, leave with your own handmade webbing stretcher. All materials provided. 6:30 to 8:30 Thursday (last day to register is Monday) at Shop, 7413-15 South Broadway.

$35. 314832-2288 St. Charles Builders Home Show Hands-on oral design seminars; Joe Washington, host of about 350 home exhibitor booths. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

April 4-5; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 6 at St. Charles Convention Center, One Convention Center Plaza Admission and parking are free. stlhomeshow.com.

Gardening Under Trees This talk will teach you how to garden under your trees without damaging them. Also discussed will be the ever-expanding selection of shade plants. Learn how to combine ower and foliage color, form and texture for season- long interest in your garden. 5:30 p.m April 8 at Sugar Creek Gardens, 1011 North Woodlawn Avenue, Kirkwood. Free.

314965-3070 Garden Expo and Kite Flying Learn about gardening, shop for plants, get accessories for your yard and learn how to a kite, too! Free saplings for the rst 50 families. Learn about hydrangeas from master gardener Anne Kirkpatrick at 11 a.m. Kite ying at 10 a.m. Event is 9 a.m to 1 p.m. April 12 at Historic Darius Heald Home, Jessup Drive, Fort Zumwalt Park in Mo.

Free. 636-379-5614 DIY Demo: Goodbye Wobbles and Scratches Dings, scratches and wobbles seem inevitable with wood furniture, but not so hard to repair as you might think. In this informal demo, Perennial will show you tricks to cover up and repair surface damage that is commonplace among chair legs and tabletops. learn simple materials and methods you can use to hide damage caused by pets, kids or a previous owner. 11 a.m.

April 12 at Shop, 7413-15 South Broadway. $5. 314832-2288 Get Organized St. Louis 2014 Let the National Association of Professional Organizers help you get on the path to a more organized future with a full day workshop. Topics include: General organizing, kitchens, photos, hoarding, paper budgeting, kitchen space planning and design, steps to becoming a professional organizer.

9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 26 at St. Charles County Community College, SSB Auditorium, 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive, St. Peters.

$77. Register at tinyurl. or call 636-922-8233. Find more events, or add your event to our calendar at events.stltoday.com. HOME AND GARDEN EVENTS BY SUSAN FADEM Special to the Post-Dispatch Even the showers have lace curtains, backed inconspicuously by plastic liners.

This union of and practical, spunked up by periodic in-your-face humor, distinguishes Lindy historic home. Sure, she has the hand- carved, wood-framed antique sofas and matching chairs, and also the voluminous armoires meant to store an entire wardrobe. But presiding in one of the two Victorian parlors, above the original mantel and fireplace, is a head. An amply antlered, hairy head. And, as if not eye- riveting enough, Rodney Ramjet, as been christened, sports a collar of sleigh bells.

Just feet away stands a lanky, wooden Abraham Lincoln. An attached platform elevates the stovepipe-hatted former president to his nearly 6-foot-4 actual height. Is Honest Abe a greeter? A photo opp for guests? It makes no difference. He brings joy to Lindy, who long dreamed of living in a genuinely old house. Hers, still officially known as the Holden House, fits the bill.

Built in 1876, the brick residence belonged to Charles Holden whose descendants kept it in the family until 1988. when Lindy and her then-husband, Jorges, purchased the house from a great-great grandson. Long ago converted into two apartments, the house was stripped by the couple down to its studs. During what turned into a four-year process, the Jorgeses did much of the work themselves. Initially, the couple had planned to live upstairs while redoing the downstairs and vice versa.

The vice versa never happened. The day they found ceiling chunks, protruding like coconut frosting from the butter on their makeshift second-floor kitchen table, the upstairs- domicile part fizzled. when they decided to move off-site while the bulk of the work continued. Eventually, furnishing the house proved a dream. Both Lindy and Roo worked for the airlines, she as a flight attendant and he as a pilot.

Assigned to the same flights, they shared the same layovers, meaning they had long shopped together for antiques from coast to coast and abroad. These days, although she claims maxed out on space, Lindy still collects and displays everything from old hatboxes to vintage coffee cans. And whatever she buys in town, she attempts to load into her decidedly non- vintage, red convertible, 2006 Pontiac Solstice. AT HOME WITH LINDY JORGES ight 1876 home boasts eclectic furnishings from around world PHOTOS BY DAVID CARSON Honest Abe and Rodney Ramjet the moose welcome guests into the two Victorian parlors. The Holden House, as it is still known, is scheduled to be open to the public this fall during the Alton Area Landmarks annual house tour.

The house was rst showcased by the association during its renovation phase, when you could in the kitchen (likely added in the early 1900s) and see the basement and says owner Lindy Jorges. The walnut newel post and staircase are original to the house. Except for the photos she bought and also copied of the original Holden family owners, most of she purchased, frames included. The plaster ceiling medallion came from London. An exterior view of home and the address plaque on the front of the house.

Photos of original owner Charles Holden Jr. and his family seem right at home atop a handmade placemat. Crocheted doilies, tablecloths and placemats proliferated in Victorian homes. Holden is shown in front of the same replace Lindy stands in front of (above). What Lindy hopes to add most to her collection of vintage co ee cans is one from the Sky Maid company, showing a ight attendant holding a cup of co ee with an airplane in the background.

LINDY JORGES Home Alton Age 63 Occupation Now retired, she spent 42 years as a ight attendant Family Divorced after 24 years of marriage to now-retired airline pilot Roo (David) Jorges, she has two stepchildren. Her cats, both rescued Siamese, are Reba and Josie. She met her present companion, Gerry Fisher, through an online dating service. Their initial attraction: old houses. In fact, he was recently featured in an story.

See more photos of Lindy home. stltoday.com/lifestyles.