Home and Garden
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How volunteers helped create a rare bird habitat at FermilabMay 14, 2018 11:00 pm - In honor of Arbor Day, Fermilab in Batavia recently held a volunteer workday with the goal of creating a shrub land habitat for rare birds. While Fermilab is known for i...
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Owner fond of porcelain family heirloomsMay 13, 2018 7:01 am - Q. I have enclosed a photo of a pair of porcelain vases. My husband remembers seeing them on his grandparents' mantel, and later on his parents' mantel. They have been i...
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Interior design rules are meant to be brokenMay 13, 2018 7:00 am - Interior design and decorating are somewhat bound by rules developed over time to regulate housekeeping, maintenance and aesthetics. Some rules are the result of etiquet...
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Plant tomatoes with companionsMay 13, 2018 7:00 am - Some things are just better with a buddy. Consider peanut butter and jelly or thunder and lightning. After all, where would Andy be without Raggedy Ann? Companion planti...
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Adding sulfur to your soil will help flowers thriveMay 13, 2018 6:00 am - If your soil is too alkaline, elemental or granulated, sulfur can be added to lower the pH. Rhododendrons and azaleas are examples of plants that can benefit from sulfur...
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How to decorate tiny rooms with high ceilingsMay 13, 2018 6:00 am - Editor's note: Christine Brun is taking some time off. The following column originally published in 2015. Julia Child famously towered over most people. She said being t...
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The upside of downsizing on display at Schaumburg tiny home showMay 13, 2018 1:00 am - Looking to downsize to a smaller home? Really downsize? Then you might be open to some of the homes on display this weekend during the first Chicago Tiny House Show at B...
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Is a homeowner better off with an FHA loan?May 12, 2018 6:00 am - Q. Assuming the same interest rate, is there any way in which a homeowner is better off having an FHA rather than a conventional mortgage? A. Having an FHA mortgage is p...
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A growing gender gap that gets little notice: home buyingMay 11, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - It's the gender gap you don't hear so much about: Single women are buying homes and condos at what may be more than twice the rate of single males, and the ...
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Fight stainless steel's biggest (and smallest) foe: FingerprintsMay 11, 2018 7:00 am - When interior designer Elizabeth Pash set about renovating her Manhattan kitchen, one thing she knew for sure was she wanted the space to include a mix of materials: woo...