Home and Garden
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Why the industrial look is hot and how you can implement itAug 25, 2019 7:00 am - The word “industrial” may conjure up cold and hard imagery, such as cement, metal and machinery. But when talked about as a design aesthetic, many experts get warm and f...
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Get your spring bulbs in the ground this autumnAug 25, 2019 6:00 am - It is time to plan for and order spring-flowering bulbs for your garden. Ordering early ensures availability of what you want to purchase. The soil in a bulb garden shou...
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Home inspector and electrician disagreeAug 25, 2019 6:00 am - Q. The lady who bought our home hired a home inspector and then nearly drove us nuts with repair demands. The main problem was a faulty finding in the inspection report....
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The sultry plant that will break your heartAug 24, 2019 7:00 am - The tropical hibiscus produces some of the most lurid blossoms in the garden — a broad, ruffled, flared collar around a central antenna full of knobbly, nectar-rich prot...
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How to decorate dorms and small bedroomsAug 24, 2019 7:00 am - Recently, I had the bittersweet experience of decorating my daughter's dorm room. Luckily, she wanted something simple, no thematic decor. Her only requirements were tha...
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What about tipping an agent?Aug 24, 2019 6:00 am - Q. We are buying our first house, and we're both so pleased with the extra help our real estate agent has been giving us. She will be paid by the sellers, and we won't h...
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Creative spaces are often works in progressAug 23, 2019 7:00 am - How do you create a space conducive to creative thinking? A number of recent books explore the working environments of creative people in search of hints and inspiration...
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Fresher alternatives to subway tile? There's not just one answerAug 23, 2019 7:00 am - Everywhere you look, in practically every American neighborhood, there is a visible thread of continuity that once culturally galvanized us: white subway tile. It seemed...
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Toms Price debuts new Rug Studio at three storesAug 21, 2019 11:00 pm - Toms Price announced the recent opening of three rug galleries at its Lincolnshire, Skokie and Wheaton locations to enhance the customer shopping experience. The Rug St...
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How Schaumburg Community Garden Club continues to share the bountyAug 20, 2019 6:00 am - At long last, local gardeners are reaping their homegrown tomato crops this month, and so are the volunteer gardeners involved with the Schaumburg Community Garden Club'...