Home and Garden
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Top home furnishings companies debut new lines at Las Vegas showMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - LAS VEGAS — “Metal with wood is big right now,” said Cameron Cook of Four Hands. The Texas-based company debuted its Irondale Collection during the winter...
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Sweet-smelling Mother’s Day giftMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - Take a fresh look at garden herbs
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Dig in for a flower power garden partyMay 10, 2012 10:00 am - Let's be honest here, guys. Flowers really do have a captivating effect - not just on your wife or girlfriend or daughter - but on you as well. A real man can appreciat...
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Art in the garden: Growing the perfect tomatoMay 10, 2012 1:00 am - Tomatoes are the most commonly grown vegetable in home gardens. They are easy to grow, produce a lot of fruit in a small space, and taste delicious. Growing the perfect ...
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Aficionados seek top quality in grills in suburbsMay 07, 2012 6:00 am - Andy Workinger is not the type to embrace disposable consumer goods. That's one reason he loves Solaire Infrared Grills. Workinger sells Solaire grills, but his persona...
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Designer turns Midwestern ranch into Old World masterpieceMay 06, 2012 6:00 am - As an interior designer, Brian Ellingson has overseen a lot of home makeovers, but probably none more dramatic than his own. How dramatic? He started with a basic 1950s ...
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Get Your Summer On features ideas to spruce up yardMay 06, 2012 1:00 am - Earlier this year, we asked Daily Herald readers to get in the mood for summer by telling us why their backyards need a makeover. Boy, did you respond. Nearly 300 reader...
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My boring backyardMay 06, 2012 1:00 am - We have been in our home for 13 years and I would love nothing more than to have a comfortable backyard that I can entertain in. I would love to have birthday parties an...
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Do you see a waterfall?May 06, 2012 1:00 am - We have done SO much work in our yard over the past 20 years! But along came kids and our time (and energy) is gone and we never got to the beautiful rock waterfall/brid...
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Clueless in WarrenvilleMay 06, 2012 1:00 am - As first-time homeowners, we purchased this 1947 Cape Cod which was under despair. A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into cleaning up the yard to get it to the point ...