Home and Garden
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How refinancing can save you money on credit card debtJun 30, 2018 6:00 am - While rising interest rates have sharply reduced the number of mortgage borrowers who can refinance into a lower rate, rising home prices create opportunities for some b...
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Help your children be prepared to sell your house one dayJun 30, 2018 6:00 am - Q. One other piece of advice to a widow leaving a house to multiple children, especially if they live outside her immediate area, is to choose a real estate agent in adv...
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Professional kitchens for the home cookJun 29, 2018 6:00 am - Avid home cooks often want to outfit their kitchens with the kind of high-end appliances and gear used by professional chefs. There's that aspirational notion that someh...
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Houseplants for the horticulturally impairedJun 29, 2018 6:00 am - Hints of the long-awaited summer weather might stir a desire to grow plants even in people not usually drawn in that direction. If you are one of them, yet your thumbs l...
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A DIY guide to repainting your front doorJun 29, 2018 6:00 am - When you walk up to your front door, is it dirty? Dingy? In need of repair? Does it scream “go away” instead of “welcome”? Give your front door a well-deserved facelift ...
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Home inspector wrong about safety glassJun 29, 2018 6:00 am - Q. Our home is about 50 years old. When we bought it, our home inspector said the sliding glass door did not have safety glass, and he advised us to replace it. Last wee...
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Booming home equity: Financial opportunity or warning sign?Jun 29, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - If you've got it, don't piggy bank it - borrow against it. That seems to be the prevailing sentiment among tens of thousands of American homeowners who've s...
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'Prairie paramedic' worries Naperville pollinator garden could be removedJun 28, 2018 5:33 am - A wildflower garden at a Naperville post office will be in jeopardy if postal officials follow through on plans to eliminate it. Carolyn Finzer, who has spent years hel...
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Postal service offers meeting on future of Naperville pollinator gardenJun 28, 2018 1:00 am - Conservationists concerned about the future of a prairie garden outside the Naperville post office on Ogden Avenue say they're optimistic a meeting with the postmaster c...
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COD art students paint mural to reflect sustainable environment on campusJun 26, 2018 11:00 pm - College of DuPage art students are painting a new two-sided mural outside of the college's greenhouse that will embody the environmentally friendly initiatives of the co...