Home and Garden
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Use few remaining warm days wiselyOct 21, 2018 6:00 am - Warm fall days are great for installing Christmas lights. It is much easier to wrap branches with strings of lights on warm days in mid- to late October than on cold day...
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Door company updates suburban tract homesOct 21, 2018 6:00 am - Imagine completely transforming and updating the doors throughout your home without any on-site construction, paint cans or tarps littering your living spaces, and witho...
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Woman at wit's end with deteriorating tubOct 21, 2018 6:00 am - My desire for refinishing the tub area has taken a back seat to other home improvements for the past five years!!! I don't think I can go through another month taking a ...
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Lighter kitchen would brighten her mother's dayOct 21, 2018 6:00 am - I am submitting for my mom, who also lives in Elk Grove Village. She is the best person I know and never spends money on herself. She is an ER nurse, cares for her two g...
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Mulch needed to protect strawberriesOct 21, 2018 6:00 am - Q. How can I take care of my strawberry plants to get them through the winter? A. Strawberry plants need to be mulched once they go dormant in late fall. This is when th...
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Attract more birds to your yard by 'birdscaping'Oct 20, 2018 6:00 am - Food, water and shelter are the basic requirements for attracting birds to your yard. But you can boost the number and variety of species that visit by taking an additio...
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Creating the perfect kitchen islandOct 19, 2018 6:00 am - Interior designer Abbe Fenimore knew that adding a kitchen island was one of the most important decisions she'd make in remodeling her 1940s-era home in Dallas. A well-d...
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Does going green net you more green when selling your home?Oct 19, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - If you make extensive energy-conservation and other green improvements to your home, will they earn you a premium price for the entire house when you go to ...
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Buyer decides to do a 'selfie' home inspectionOct 19, 2018 6:00 am - Q. The house I'm buying is about 15 years old, and I've decided to do the home inspection myself in order to save money. One of the things I noticed is that the clothes ...
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There are more than 900 species of azaleas and rhododendronsOct 17, 2018 6:00 am - Q. How do I care for azaleas and rhododendrons? A. Both azaleas and rhododendrons belong to the same genus: Rhododendron. Although there are more than 900 species and cu...