Home and Garden
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Which came first, Governor Winthrop or Chippendale?Feb 25, 2018 5:01 am - Q. The mahogany secretary seen in this photo is a bit over 7 feet tall and 40 inches wide, and the bookcase is 9 inches deep. The mahogany finish is very good; the glass...
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Make compost through the winter for your spring supplyFeb 25, 2018 5:00 am - Consider using a free-standing plastic composter to compost in your garden. Continue putting organic material from the kitchen in the composter during the winter. Since ...
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Trendy or not? Does it really matter?Feb 25, 2018 5:00 am - Are you more cool contemporary, shabby chic or traditional with a twist? Trying to define who we are within the vast world of interior decor can be mind-boggling. Once u...
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'Garbage' garden will provide cheap, attractive entertainmentFeb 25, 2018 5:00 am - Q. Someone was talking about garbage gardening. What is that? A. Garbage gardening is growing plants from your kitchen scraps. In every kitchen garbage bin there is a ga...
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Japanese kerria brightens winter landscapeFeb 25, 2018 5:00 am - There are some plants in my landscape that I must admit I don't give much attention most of the year. Kerria japonica seems to vanish in the shrub border along the west ...
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How to buy a house that hasn't been built yetFeb 25, 2018 12:15 am - Trisha and Dennis Rawlings, a couple in their early 30s, are moving to suburban Chicago and leaving their over-60-year-old first home in the St. Louis area behind. “We w...
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How to make the home-loan market work better for buyersFeb 24, 2018 5:00 am - A major piece of unfinished business from the financial crisis is what to do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have been in a government conservatorship since 2008....
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What to ignore when pricing your house to sellFeb 24, 2018 5:00 am - Q. Before getting a real estate agent, we are going to try putting the house up for sale ourselves in the spring. It would help if you could give us some guidelines abou...
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New budget holds hidden tax benefitsFeb 23, 2018 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - Call it buried tax treasure for homeowners: Deep inside the behemoth 654-page bipartisan budget bill recently signed into law by President Donald Trump are ...
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Surge suppressor may not save your computerFeb 23, 2018 5:00 am - Q. My home was built in 1958, in the days when electric outlets were ungrounded. When I purchased the property last year, my home inspector mentioned this could pose a p...