Home and Garden
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Is your deck ready for the in-laws?Feb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Summer will come. We promise. And when it does, the word is we'll be spending more time at home because entertaining family and friends here costs less than going out. F...
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Follow these decorating rules, but only if you want toFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Rules are made to be broken. That's very true - and even legal - when you're dealing with decorating. But on the other hand, rules such as "don't hang too many family pi...
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Keeping a garden journal lecture scheduledFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Garden lectures • Bonnie Tawse, coordinator of environmental programs for Millennium Park, leads a lecture on "Keeping a Garden Journal" from 10 a.m. to noon, Satur...
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Indoor avocados are an iffy proposition
Feb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Everybody wants to grow some of their own food these days. How about avocados? We're talking about a plant that really does bear fruit, not just the stems and leaves you...
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How to insulate yourself from teen noiseFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Noise in the home can be a maddening problem, but it's seldom adequately addressed in plans for renovations of older houses. And that's an unfortunate oversight. While n...
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Not pretty: rugs from child laborFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - While we often worry about the working conditions of the people who make products we buy, the South Asian rug industry is notorious. Several groups are working to help t...
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Help for old quilts, getting the wrinkle out of that dressFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Q. I have inherited some precious quilts and need advice on how to keep them. One has some stains and other problems. Can I bleach old fabrics? What is the best way ...
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Home improvement showcase moving to Arlington HeightsFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - • The Home Improvement Showcase finishes up its run at the Libertyville Sports Complex, at Routes 45 and 173, Libertyville, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15. It th...
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Neutral means style as well as colorFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - We almost stumped the queen of staging. Believe it or not, Lisa LaPorta of HGTV's Designed to Sell has seen homes that looked like visitors - much less ones carrying tel...
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Is 'Green Design' consistent with beauty, fun and fantasy?Feb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - At the risk of seeming curmudgeonly - or, even worse, politically incorrect - I do wish the environmental movement hadn't popularized "green" as a synonym for anything t...