Home and Garden
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Owners can request an annual board electionOct 24, 2015 1:00 am - Q. I've lived in my Illinois condominium for many years and the same people have run the building without any annual elections. Recently, the idea of holding elections c...
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Suburban woman happy after serving as her own general contractorOct 24, 2015 1:00 am - The rough-hewed dining room table and the extra-wide crown molding grab attention when men visit the house Phoebe McCorkindale built. But women friends gravitate toward ...
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Simple interest mortgages are not for the undisciplinedOct 24, 2015 1:00 am - Q. I represent a couple facing the foreclosure of their home. My clients' loan is currently being calculated as a daily simple interest loan which is causing them to be ...
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Few deals on home-related items this monthOct 23, 2015 1:00 am - There aren't many bargains on home-related stuff in October. If you're looking for deals on major appliances or TVs, wait until the end of November. Q. We really like yo...
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Buyers denied choice of home inspectorOct 23, 2015 1:00 am - Q. When we sold our home, the buyers' home inspector did such a good job that we decided to hire him for the house we are buying. Three days before the inspection was sc...
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Crackdown coming on realty referral dealsOct 23, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Homebuyers usually don't have a clue about the existence of under-the-table marketing kickback deals, and they can end up paying hundreds or thousands of do...
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Design blogger Eddie Ross says to mix old with newOct 22, 2015 10:00 am - If you follow Eddie Ross on Instagram, you may wonder where this guy is putting all the silver strawberry spoons, purple canning jars, Italian ceramic monkeys and stacks...
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Beyond butterflies: The many uses and benefits of milkweed plantsOct 20, 2015 11:00 pm - Thousands of seeds are floating across fields this month, like tiny paratroopers dangling from silky parachutes. They're milkweed seeds, launched from ripe seed pods. If...
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Schaumburg house an architectural masterpieceOct 20, 2015 6:00 am - Hidden behind a nondescript mailbox and down a gravel driveway in Schaumburg is a true architectural masterpiece that is even listed on the National Register of Historic...
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Spend time in garden before putting it to bedOct 19, 2015 6:00 am - Instead of viewing autumn as the finale of the vegetable garden, consider it the preamble of the garden next spring. Actions taken now will not only improve the health o...