Lifestyle Stories from November 14, 2014 (Change date)
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Claiming a tiny but tasteful dining nookNov 14, 2014 11:05 pm - Q. I grew up in a house with a breakfast nook and would kill to have one in our new house. The problem is space. I'm willing to give up some base cabinets in my kitchen....
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Real estate professionals know 'buyers determine value'Nov 14, 2014 11:05 pm - Q. Our solitary, elderly and recently widowed sister can't sell her house, which is adjacent to a neat golf course. Hers and other houses are just not selling even thoug...
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Condominium property must be safe from neighbor's treesNov 14, 2014 11:05 pm - Q. A neighboring landowner's trees are planted so close to the property line of our condominium association that the branches bang into the windows and siding of our bui...
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Designer Erin Gates on how to find your styleNov 16, 2014 5:25 am - Designer and writer Erin Gates, 35, lives in a white clapboard Colonial in Newton, Massachusetts, with her husband, two dogs and a leopard-print stair runner. Gates pens...
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Why the standard mortgage is obsoleteNov 14, 2014 11:00 pm - Last week I wrote about the so-called wealth-builder (WB) mortgage, designed to marry the rapid balance pay-down of a 15-year mortgage with the low monthly payment of a ...
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Felicity Jones is an essential addition to 'Theory'Nov 15, 2014 6:28 am - NEW YORK - Twice in two years, Felicity Jones has stood out playing women who refuse to be relegated to mere supporting roles in the biopics of great men. In last year'...
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Solvang, Calif.: Danish sweets and fine wineNov 15, 2014 6:28 am - SOLVANG, Calif. — As a Southern California native with a Danish dad and the tongue-twisting Danish name “Solvej,” I've always been asked, somewhat cheekily, “Hey! Do you...
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Smithsonian unveils $2 billion museum face-liftNov 15, 2014 6:28 am - WASHINGTON - The Smithsonian unveiled a plan Thursday to give museums and gardens along the south side of Washington's National Mall a $2 billion face-lift, creating mor...
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Traditional silhouette artists a rare breedNov 15, 2014 6:28 am - The silhouette, an ancient form of portraiture, may be dying. Only a handful of artists have learned to cut these precision profiles - traditionally clipped from black p...
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Jazz up your holidays with the latest in lightsNov 15, 2014 6:28 am - Clark Griswold would be proud. Thanks to advances in lighting technology, suburban dads (and moms) across the country have a lot to choose from when it comes to creative...
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