Home and Garden
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Annual orchid show returns to DuPage Country Fairgrounds Feb. 15-16Jan 19, 2020 10:00 pm - The annual Chicago Suburban Orchid Show and Sale will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, at the DuPage County Fairgrounds...
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Prairie State Bonsai Society to host its first Silhouette Show Feb. 15Jan 19, 2020 10:00 pm - The Prairie State Bonsai Society invites the community to its first Bonsai Silhouette Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at Cantigny Park Visitors Center, 1S...
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When it starts to feel contrived, it's time to edit and purgeJan 19, 2020 6:01 am - I am so confused! Even as the new year begins, I promise my family and myself that I will not bring another piece of furniture into the house. All of a sudden, I glimpse...
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Famille Rose porcelain made in ChinaJan 19, 2020 6:01 am - Q: Enclosed is a photo of a porcelain teapot and a pair of matching cups and saucers. They are decorated with pink flowers, birds and figures against a white background....
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Cyclamen grows beautifully on north-facing windowsillJan 19, 2020 6:00 am - Cyclamen plants will continue to bloom for a few weeks if they are kept in a north-facing window in a cool room (55 to 60 degrees) and watered enough to keep the soil ev...
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To give your kitchen cabinets an updated look, think fun colors and flat frontsJan 19, 2020 6:00 am - While stainless steel appliances and quartz countertops receive most of the admiration in a kitchen design, cabinets have become look-at-me stars, too. Modernizing them ...
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Low-maintenance succulents make watering a breezeJan 19, 2020 6:00 am - Looking for an easy plant to care for? Try a succulent. Any plant with fleshy stems or leaves is called a succulent. Aside from cactuses, only a few other plant families...
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Sweat equity can be a pushup to homeownership
Jan 19, 2020 5:20 am - When Joyce Ayaribire, a clinical technician at Inova Hospital and single mother of two boys, wanted to leave her Alexandria, Virginia apartment because she was concerned...
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How to figure out how much homeowner's insurance you need
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Hot attic cause furnace blower to activateJan 19, 2020 5:00 am - Q: Last year we replaced our rock roof with asphalt shingles, and the strangest thing has been happening ever since. Whenever the weather is hot, the forced air furnace ...