Home and Garden
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Color of the year is a startling choiceDec 23, 2015 10:00 pm - We must be in trouble. The color of the year is Alabaster, which is essentially white. Plain old white is supposed to get us excited? I am stopped still in my tracks by ...
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Amaryllis, a gift that can brighten the dreary days of JanuaryDec 23, 2015 10:00 pm - The big, red blowsy amaryllis has positioned itself as a holiday bloom, but I'm with Christian Curless, a horticulturist who raises and sells this Samson of flowering bu...
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Autumn leaves winter cooling its heelsDec 20, 2015 6:00 am - I keep telling myself that any day now the clay soil will be rock-solid frozen, or at least the garden will be iced with a hoar frost. But the day never comes. Instead, ...
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Different years and seasons can produce different colorsDec 20, 2015 12:00 am - The Washington Post's gardening columnist Adrian Higgins answered questions recently in an online chat. Here is an edited excerpt. Q. I have two Japanese maples. One is ...
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Jonathan Adler's design fundamentalsDec 20, 2015 12:00 am - Designer and author Jonathan Adler joined The Washington Post staff writer Jura Koncius recently on the newspaper's Home Front online chat. Here is an edited excerpt. Q....
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Books for a gardener's winter readingDec 20, 2015 12:00 am - Once the holidays are over, gardeners settle in for a long winter indoors. An armchair and a stack of garden books help scratch our gardening itch until we can once agai...
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Apartment rents still rising, but not as fastDec 19, 2015 12:01 am - An increasing supply of rental units is slowing the rise in rents. The annual rent appreciation has slowed for the past three consecutive months as more apartments becom...
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Entire condominium property can be soldDec 19, 2015 12:00 am - An interesting trend is emerging in the condominium arena throughout the Chicago area. There is a growing number of real estate developers seeking to acquire entire exis...
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Reader input and dealing with scamsDec 19, 2015 12:00 am - This first letter arrived in the front-door mailbox, in an envelope, with a canceled stamp. It was addressed in excellent Palmer-method cursive handwriting. What's more,...
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Creative solutions for table centerpiecesDec 18, 2015 5:00 am - Entertaining guests is a great way to open and share your home and make memories with family and friends. If your entertaining includes a meal, chances are everyone will...