Real Estate
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Consultants could get Glen Ellyn apartment/retail project going againMay 09, 2017 1:00 am - Glen Ellyn officials and developers plan to work with real estate advisers to build momentum on a stalled project to transform the site of a vacant grocery store into ap...
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Most American homes are worth less than before the crash
May 07, 2017 7:19 am - You can't blame a homeowner in Fresno, California, for viewing the thriving metropolis to its northwest with both envy and dismay. While San Francisco home values have s...
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Wall colors reveal if home is ready for a makeoverMay 07, 2017 6:01 am - What if your walls could talk? What would they say about you? Would they be a dead giveaway of the last time you decorated your home? There are all sorts of ways to upda...
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Enjoy whatever space is available to youMay 07, 2017 6:01 am - Nothing is as delicious as an outdoor room for summer. Of course, if you live in mosquito country, you are rolling your eyes and thinking about screened-in porches. That...
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With the kitchen the centerpiece of your house, you need to decorate it just rightMay 07, 2017 6:00 am - At a different time in our country, when it was more popularly accepted that "children should be seen and not heard," kitchens were to be neither seen nor heard. Tucked ...
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Backyards are for fun and gamesMay 07, 2017 6:00 am - Volleyball courts. Sand pits. Splash pools. Giant movie screens. You don't have to be a kid to design and enjoy an outdoor play space. Alfresco kitchens, all-weather lig...
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A new angle for interior designMay 07, 2017 6:00 am - What was straight now curves. What was hard is now soft. There is a big shift happening in residential interiors right now - to a look that is comfortable, livable and m...
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Praise for rechargeable cordless lawn mowersMay 07, 2017 6:00 am - Q. I am tired of the maintenance for my old gas lawn mower. I might buy a rechargeable cordless mulching one. Are they powerful enough for a normal yard and what feature...
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Researchers want to track nesting birds in your gardenMay 07, 2017 6:00 am - The ridiculous extremes of weather of late have unsettled not just the plants and the gardener on the landscape stage, but the songbird. The balmy late winter (before it...
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Some plants thrive when rainfall is abundantMay 07, 2017 6:00 am - Poorly drained areas in the garden may be the curse of death for perennials that require well-drained soil for healthy growth, but some plants tolerate, or even thrive, ...