Home and Garden
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From Sweden, an unsentimental take on de-clutteringDec 09, 2017 5:00 am - For anyone who somehow missed out on Marie Kondo's "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up," or who found her decluttering style too quick, too cute or too oriented towar...
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How to help first-time homebuyers save for a down paymentDec 09, 2017 5:00 am - This is a hot-button issue. Many aspiring first-time homebuyers find it difficult to save for a down payment, and millennials heavily burdened by student debt find it es...
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Tax proposal could carry high costs for many homeownersDec 08, 2017 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - Whether you already own a home or are thinking of purchasing, the new tax legislation pending before Congress poses serious questions: Am I going to get sma...
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Forced air furnaces in closets can be problematicDec 08, 2017 5:00 am - Q. We recently read about a man who changed the filter in his furnace and did not replace the cover on the filter compartment. As a result, he reportedly died of carbon ...
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Continue watering shrubs, trees through autumnDec 07, 2017 5:00 am - Q. A friend of mine told me not to put my garden hose away until we get a frost so that I can water my trees and shrubs. Isn't that awfully late? A. Keep that garden hos...
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Collector is losing sleep over Sanka setDec 03, 2017 5:01 am - Q. Enclosed you will find a photo of a Sanka coffee set. It includes an individual-sized ironstone coffee pot, two matching cups and saucers, an orange tray and two gold...
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Baby-boomer 'retirements' lead to lifestyle communitiesDec 03, 2017 5:00 am - Baby boomers, still a large part of the American homebuying public, drive a significant segment of the housing development industry. What do boomers want, and what are t...
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Decorate the garden for the holidaysDec 03, 2017 5:00 am - As we begin holiday decorating, the Christmas tree goes up festooned with all the trimmings, lush roping is hung around the front door and containers are filled with gre...
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Hybrid roses require special winter careDec 03, 2017 5:00 am - Winterize your hybrid roses after there have been two to three hard freezes (temperatures in the teens), which typically occurs in late November at the Chicago Botanic G...
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A city plot undergoes its own evolutionDec 03, 2017 5:00 am - "Holy cow! I think it's a monarch," Barbara Downs says as an orange-and-black butterfly flicks across her mature Georgetown garden. "We have lots of swallowtails, but I ...