Home and Garden
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Nearly 100 years old, Elgin bungalow gets new kitchenDec 18, 2011 5:00 am - When Len Govednik bought his 1913 bungalow in Elgin in 1988, remodeling the kitchen was on his to-do list. But the gut rehab of the kitchen, once only 10 square feet, w...
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Designers create the sparkle from thrift store findsDec 17, 2011 11:00 pm - Gift shopping may have emptied our wallets, but we still need decorations to bring holiday cheer to our homes. Fortunately, sentimental holidays like Christmas are ideal...
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Treasures in your attic: 'Hot Lips' sofa could get some love at auctionDec 17, 2011 12:00 am - Q. This sofa has been in my family for the past 19 years. We are packing to move and maybe it is time for the piece to go to a better home. After doing some Internet...
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It's OK — grand in fact — to use purple in your homeDec 16, 2011 5:00 am - Home furnishing catalogs and décor magazines tell us that purple is all the rage, and top designers have been filling clients' homes with everything from purple wallpape...
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Museum quality Guggenheim collection of paint colors bring art homeDec 14, 2011 11:54 pm - NEW YORK — The calm gray-blue sky in an otherwise agitated Vincent Van Gogh painting. The flesh of a nude woman as painted by Amedeo Modigliani. Or the vibrant yellows, ...
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Chicago decorating style tough to pegDec 11, 2011 5:00 am - Can you define a Chicago decorating style? Jan Parr, editor of Chicago Home + Garden magazine says she can't. “I don't think there is a Chicago interior design style in ...
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Books to consider when filling holiday wish listsDec 11, 2011 5:00 am - Books still make great holiday gifts for homeowners and gardeners. Not only do they fit all tastes, needs and budgets, but they are easy to mail. And while downloadable ...
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Treasures in your attic: Dutch dish is definitely DelftDec 11, 2011 12:00 am - Q. This dish always hung in my mother’s house until her death in 1988. Neither my siblings nor I know anything about it. I have tried to research Delft pottery, but ...
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Wasted living space expelled from SchoolStreet designDec 06, 2011 11:00 pm - Sarah Susanka delivers. For more than a decade the architect has been designing “Not So Big Houses” and writing books about them. Fans have studied the pictures, reread...
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The home that Sarah Susanka designedDec 06, 2011 11:00 pm - The home designed by Sarah Susanka is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays through May 20. It is at 138 School St. in downtown Libertyville, just...