Home and Garden
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Easy-to-grow amaryllis offer spectacular flowersNov 13, 2016 5:00 am - When beds and borders are tucked in for winter, gardeners search for ways to keep their gardening thumbs green. Planting amaryllis bulbs is one rewarding possibility. Th...
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Enhancing your decor can be a new holiday traditionNov 13, 2016 5:00 am - Christmas is a joyous time of year with lots of decorations, shopping, gift wrapping, baking and parties. But it is also a lot of work. All of the elements that give ple...
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Living room lags behind rest of houseNov 13, 2016 5:00 am - My husband, Ernest, and I have lived in our house for 30 years. We still have the same furniture and decor in the living room that we had when we first moved in. Anytime...
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'Chim-chiminy' stereotype reconsideredNov 13, 2016 5:00 am - Q. We have a disagreement between a home inspector and a plumbing contractor over a chimney issue in our attic. The people who are buying our house hired a home inspecto...
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A fix for the 'hand-me-down' roomNov 13, 2016 5:00 am - Although we love our "hand-me-downs," it's time for our family to have a living room/dining room that we can call our own. We use this room for entertaining when we hav...
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Large, open family room seems 'awkward'Nov 13, 2016 5:00 am - This room is a blank slate. It's been that way for 12 years. It's an awkward room to place furniture. I'm sure a designer would have some ideas! Design By Treetime C...
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Outsmart Jack Frost's early advancesNov 13, 2016 5:00 am - One of the hardest things to learn about gardening is when to quit. In fall, a bed of once-radiant annual flowers may still sport a few spots of bright color. But if the...
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A river cottage holds true to its 1948 rootsNov 13, 2016 4:00 am - Swirling snowflakes and snow-covered marshes greeted Dana Gibson the first time she and her family drove to the 1948 cottage that would become their Rappahannock River w...
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Review: Google Home is promising, but still a work in progress
Nov 12, 2016 6:17 am - Google has said that the promise of Google Home - its smart voice-activated speaker - is that I won't have to break my stride to find a light switch, change the channel,...
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Home values growing at rapid paceNov 12, 2016 5:01 am - Home values have been rising during the past year. In fact, in major metro areas, values have grown at the fastest pace in two years. Home values are up 5.5 percent over...