Home and Garden
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When looks rank as high as comfortFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - For everyone who thinks most comfortable loungers or chairs are ugly, Thos. Moser introduces the Kinesis chair and ottoman. David Moser, who designed this carved chair o...
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Turn outdoor gardens into 'floral rooms'Feb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - • The Garden Club of Inverness hosts Pat Hollingsworth of RLS Landscape and Nursery in Elburn for a lecture on creating outdoor gardens into "floral rooms." The meeting ...
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Does this shape make it taste better?Feb 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Does this shape make it taste better? Valentine's Day can be a lot of fun, although I remember at least one where the snow was so heavy that romantic dinners were ruined...
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Designers hunt through shops in search of treasureFeb 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Even interior designers look to used furniture stores to find that "just right" piece. Mike Moore, owner of MJM Design Group in Elk Grove Village, discovered a lime gree...
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Creating a romantic Valentine's Day table settingFeb 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Champagne, check. Flowers, check. Harley Davidson glasses, check. Valentine's Day, Saturday, Feb. 14, brings a romantic interlude in the middle of winter, just when we n...
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Sprouts and micro greens: Houseplants you can eat
Feb 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Micro greens and sprouts, those immature vegetables short on size but large on taste, are making their way from trendy restaurants and stylish markets into family kitche...
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Virtual garden tours can teach, entertain, enticeFeb 06, 2009 10:00 pm - AP - Travel is a great way to top off an education, especially for gardeners, who can pick up landscape and planting ideas and advice by seeing others' gardens. But they...
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Home office essentials: What to look for
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Furniture deserves a second chanceFeb 06, 2009 10:00 pm - The old cliché states that one man's junk is another's treasure. Used furniture has long fit the junk, or at least shabby, definition in the minds of many. While "shabby...
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Tchotchkes are not meant for a museum caseFeb 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Some of us buy things because of their looks; some buy things as mementos of a place or an experience; and some buy things in order to show off their taste, worldliness ...