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“Recent clients had an extensive vinyl collection,” he says. “Others have wanted a room to enjoy music during large family gatherings.”Make sure the size of the space suits your activity and you use materials to set the tone.

“Bring in warmth and a sense of calm with things like natural tan oak, cork, bamboo, neutral tones and organic textures,” Ovadia says.Small table lights can be set on a timer to play calming nature sounds. Some offer a soft amber glow or an array of soothing day-to-evening hues. Invest in a comfy sectional if you have space, or look for flop-worthy giant beanbags and squooshy oversize chairs.If it’s an energy-filled space you’re after, Bueno has some suggestions for lighting that kicks things up a little, or a lot.

“We did a home gym with red accents, to bring in passion and motivating energy,” he says.Engaging art can add to that vibe. Bueno mounted a clubby neon work in a large music/family room that says, “This Must Be the Place.” In the red gym hangs a contemporary piece that reads, “Keep On Keeping On.”

And for the quiet well room? Dreamy nature photographs, prints or mural wallpaper would be the chef’s kiss.

Nowhere to stake out a wellness room in your own place? You might have something similar in your hometown.The destruction, she said, is “driving these large numbers of people closer towards the famine numbers that we think are possible.”

Follow AP’s war coverage atAP correspondents Wafaa Shurafa in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Samy Magdy in Cairo and Sarah El Deeb in Beirut contributed to this report.

, the real estate developer turned commander in chief, is laying bare his style of diplomacy in the early weeks of his new term: It’s a whole lot like a high-stakes business deal, and his No. 1 goal is to come out of the transaction on top.The tactics are clear in his