A kinder, gentler reality show?

Would you like to be on television?

My First Place, an HGTV show, is looking for people in our area who are looking for their first homes.

You have to be shopping within 90 minutes of downtown Chicago, but you can be searching for a condominium, townhouse or single-family home.

You also have to be fun and excited and meet a few other requirements.

Visit www.highnoonentertainment.com and click on casting or call Theresa Mercado at (303) 712-3262.

Do you dare to use Mustang Red?

How do you feel about red?

Do you like it well enough to put a Mustang Red faucet in your shower?

That's the newest color for Alsons Corporation's shower system called IN2ITION. This is a hand shower set inside a fixed shower head. You can remove the hand-held shower from the fixed head or use them both together.

If red is not your color, the company also makes shower systems in brushed chrome, satin nickel and oil-rubbed bronze.

The price is $225, and the IN2ITION can work in new showers and ones that are being upgraded. For information on purchasing, call (800) 421-0001 or e-mail info@alsons.com.

You'll find antiques in any palette

Other people must love articles about decorating with antiques as much as I do or they wouldn't be featured so frequently in shelter magazines.

The current Country Home offers several looks at people who do this.

A man who bought an old house in the Catskills shares his tips.

Always use odd numbers in your display and don't use more than five items on a table top.

Narrow your focus. He collects antique silhouettes depicting George and Martha Washington.

Pick a palette and stick with it. He likes a similar hue for a large display, but every now and then he throws in a different color. For example, he has covered milk glass dishes - with a few green pieces.