Home and Garden
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After removing decorations, prepare your tree for the birdsDec 30, 2018 5:00 am - After Christmas, your live cut tree can be moved outside and be redecorated for the birds. Anchor the tree in a bucket full of damp sand. Add strings of popcorn and cran...
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Emotional comfort is on trend for home decor in 2019Dec 30, 2018 5:00 am - What trends will dominate home decorating in 2019? When we asked interior designers about the colors, fabrics and styles likely to be popular next year, one message came...
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Rock salt can damage your lawn, flower bedsDec 30, 2018 5:00 am - Q. How damaging to plants and lawns is sodium chloride that is used to melt ice on walkways? A. Sodium chloride, or rock salt, is the most commonly used de-icing product...
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Refresh a guest room for the holidaysDec 29, 2018 5:00 am - Jessica Ann McCarthy, creative director of the digital design firm Decorist, joined staff writer Jura Koncius on The Washington Post's Home Front online chat and offered...
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Condo-selling specialistDec 29, 2018 5:00 am - Q. Although I've bought and sold several homes, I always feel like I don't know what I'm doing! I'm selling my condo next year, and I was wondering if I should seek a Re...
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HECMs can reduce retirement income instabilityDec 29, 2018 5:00 am - The HECM reverse mortgage is an ingeniously designed instrument with multiple possible uses, but its full potential has yet to be realized. A major reason is that it has...
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Family portraits by artists stand out as different, lastingDec 28, 2018 5:00 am - Jewelette McDaniel always felt guilty about not sending photos often enough to her mother-in-law. So last Christmas, she commissioned an artist to paint a family portrai...
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Scene-setting home fragrance namesDec 28, 2018 5:00 am - The home-fragrance market has long been dominated by relatively simple iterations of popular aromas: vanilla, cinnamon, evergreen and citrus scents. But that marketplace...
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How to choose a home inspectorDec 28, 2018 5:00 am - Q. In the past, I've hired good and bad home inspectors. Now that I'm buying another home, I want my next inspector to be the best. My agent has given me some referrals,...
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Christmas trees and their decorations have evolvedDec 25, 2018 10:00 pm - In the story of St. Boniface, a Thunder Oak decorated with lit candles and gilded apples was glowing in the dark forest one Christmas Day in 8th century Germany. The pag...