Home and Garden
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Local company quickly updates kitchen cabinetsNov 10, 2018 6:00 am - Dimitris Nacopoulos has been the owner of suburban Chicago's Bath Planet dealership for 19 years, renovating and modernizing home bathtubs and showers. In 2017, Nacopoul...
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Why Not Use Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to Reduce Mortgage Costs?Nov 10, 2018 5:00 am - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have now been in federal governmental conservatorship for 10 years, with no end in sight and no plan for their future. While the prevailing po...
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Concealed doorways are the latest trend in home designNov 09, 2018 6:00 am - Washington and secrets go together hand in glove. Or maybe it's more like cloak and dagger. It should be no surprise then that the D.C. area is one of the hot spots ener...
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A taste of India can make a minimalist American interior popNov 09, 2018 5:00 am - Lucky is how I feel each time I travel to India. No matter how many times I've visited, I see and learn something new. The world's largest democracy is complex, layered ...
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For-sale-by-owner deals appear to be fizzlingNov 09, 2018 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - What's been happening to that good old-fashioned American way to sell your home - doing it yourself, with minimal or no commission costs? If you believe new...
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Laundry water drains into backyardNov 09, 2018 5:00 am - Q. The home I'm buying has a bootlegged drain pipe for the washing machine, as reported by my home inspector. Instead of draining the laundry into the septic system, the...
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Wasco Nursery offers holiday workshopNov 07, 2018 10:00 pm - Wasco Nursery & Garden Center, now in its 93rd year, is offering holiday workshops in November and December. • A free Holiday Indoor Decorating Seminar will be offered ...
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Gardeners question compromise about Naperville post office prairieNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - A longtime gardener and a conservation advocate thought they had their problem solved when they reached a compromise with U.S. Postal Service officials about the future ...
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Make your guests feel at home with easy updates to your living spaceNov 04, 2018 2:00 pm - The holidays are right around the corner and chances are, you will be having family and/or friends over for a Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah or New Year's gathering. ...
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Tiny houses catch on in war on homelessness
Nov 04, 2018 1:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The 13 tiny houses sit in neat rows on the small plot of land in south Kansas City. There's a comforting uniformity to the group, each structure a sim...