Home and Garden
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Choose color carefully to create best lighting schemeDec 03, 2015 5:00 am - Using light to your advantage is fundamental to designing a home to make it the very best it can be. Your home can be completely transformed by changing your lighting. A...
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Cutting your own Christmas tree in 'burbs 'all about creating memories'Dec 01, 2015 10:00 pm - It's time to find that artificial Christmas tree in the garage and drag it into the living room. Or is it? Local tree farmers say that heading out to a farm and cutting ...
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Drawbacks to giving home to kidsDec 01, 2015 12:00 am - Q. I am a 70-year-old homeowner who is thinking of putting my home into my two daughters' names. I would appreciate advice on the pros and cons. I need help with the who...
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Step into the season at Geneva's Christmas Walk and House TourNov 30, 2015 10:00 pm - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas as the holiday elves have been very busy creating a magical experience in Geneva for its 48th Christmas Walk on Friday, Dec. ...
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Home back on Mount Prospect tour after new owner found it in 2001Nov 30, 2015 11:00 am - Home back on walking tour after newest owner fell in love with it during 2001 Holiday Housewalk
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Stylish ways to bring the majestic deer into your holiday homeNov 29, 2015 10:00 pm - DENY Designs Allyson Johnson Deer And Aztec Duvet Cover$140 bedbathandbeyond.com Santa's Sleigh Stocking Holders$40-50 Pottery Barn Reindeer Zinc Pillar Hold...
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How to prevent house fires this holiday seasonNov 28, 2015 10:00 pm - With the winter holiday season comes risk factors for house fires. Residents start using furnaces and space heaters. They bring flammable Christmas trees into their home...
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Cookie jar is authentic, not a fairy taleNov 28, 2015 6:01 am - Q. Enclosed is a photo of a Little Red Riding Hood cookie jar that belonged to my mother-in-law. My husband remembers her having it during his childhood in the 1950s and...
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Catering to the family dining room's full plateNov 28, 2015 12:00 am - Fifteen years ago, when my husband and I moved into our apartment, I insisted on having a proper dining room. I had grandiose ideas of weeknight family meals with cloth ...
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How to set up legal budget reservesNov 28, 2015 12:00 am - Q. The declaration for our condominium requires the board to build up and maintain a reasonable reserve for contingencies and replacements, and requires the reserve to b...