Home and Garden
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How to incorporate a collection into your decorDec 05, 2014 5:01 am - Just about everyone collects something - matchbooks, sand dollars, George Washington-themed memorabilia or majolica. In "Collected. Living With the Things You Love," Fri...
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To sleep? Perchance to phone, text and watch TV, too!Dec 05, 2014 5:00 am - Q. We spend a lot of time in our bedroom. Before we moved, we had plenty of space for a sofa to watch TV and for my home office (I do a lot of charity work). The bedroom...
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It's fall, and boxelder bugs want inDec 05, 2014 4:45 am - Batten down the hatches. It's that time of year when boxelder bugs are snooping around looking for a winter home. Your home and mine, that is. You know these bugs. They ...
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Our holiday lights contest is back for 2014Dec 05, 2014 4:30 am - Editor's note: To clarify, one random voter will win a Toro snowblower with an MSRP of $439. Is a snowblower on your Christmas list this year? If so, you might not ...
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Consider windbreaks to protect evergreensDec 04, 2014 12:01 am - Q. Last spring I found a lot of brown needles on my evergreens. I think it was a type of "winter burn" due to strong cold winds. How can I prepare my evergreens to avoid...
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Sneak peek: Geneva Christmas House Tour homesDec 03, 2014 6:01 am - Get holiday decorating ideas at the annual Christmas House Tour. Five homes, each with their own distinctive character, will open for self-guided tours from 11 a.m. to 8...
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Find holiday spirit at Geneva Christmas Walk and House TourDec 02, 2014 6:01 pm - Holiday elves have been busy creating a magical experience in Geneva for its 47th Christmas Walk on Friday, Dec. 5, and House Tour festivities on Friday and Saturday, De...
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Art of flower arranging meets holiday decorDec 02, 2014 5:00 am - Holiday decorations in the U.S. are often symmetrical: Two candles on either side of the mantel, a round wreath in the center of the door, a centerpiece with matching sp...
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Tucking your cold-weather babies into bedsDec 02, 2014 4:45 am - Frankly, they look a little like Halloween decorations: billowy, semi-sheer white fabric pieces draped over two of my urban front-yard garden's raised beds. Ghostly, or ...
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Visitors see plenty of reds - and whites and pinks - at CantignyDec 02, 2014 12:01 am - It was a day to see red. Lots and lots of red. Roughly 350 visitors got the chance to visit the Cantigny Park greenhouse Tuesday to check out the Wheaton facility's one-...