Home and Garden
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Choose the right tub for your bathroom renovationAug 19, 2018 6:00 am - It's true most folks prefer to get clean themselves in a shower rather than a bathtub nowadays. Consider the results of an Angie's List survey of 2,000 people published ...
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The persisting pleasure of Chanticleer GardenAug 19, 2018 6:00 am - A decade ago, I started work on a book about Chanticleer Garden in Wayne, Pennsylvania, and with photographer Rob Cardillo produced what I hoped would be not just anothe...
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Garden staff adds new plants throughout the summerAug 19, 2018 6:00 am - Monitor any new plants that have been installed over the last couple of years to assess their watering needs. Conditions have become drier after a very rainy spring, and...
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Why your next kitchen remodel should be driven by the way you cookAug 18, 2018 7:00 am - When it comes to kitchens, we're all suckers for glamour and gleam. And, the bevy of home-related TV programming generously feeds our attraction. But before set your sig...
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Distinguishing mortgage shopping sites from 'gotcha' sitesAug 18, 2018 6:00 am - A mortgage-shopping site is designed to allow a potential borrower to select the best offer from a competing group of lenders before contacting one, avoiding the sales p...
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What mortgage should first-time buyers look for?Aug 18, 2018 6:00 am - Q. We are planning to buy our first home. Between us we have good income and pretty good credit, but not all that much cash for a down payment. Also, we are not married....
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How to reduce plastic, foil and other kitchen disposablesAug 17, 2018 11:00 pm - Disposables have become a mainstay of many American kitchens — plastic sandwich bags, plastic wrap, paper towels, aluminum foil, plastic straws and more. Reducing or eve...
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Frozen credit files can slow mortgage processAug 17, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after the catastrophic Equifax hack exposed 147 million Americans' personal and financial data to cybercriminals, victims are about to get a b...
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House flooded by leaking washerAug 17, 2018 6:00 am - Q. Last week, I started a load of laundry and walked out of the room, not realizing there was a leak inside my washing machine. Instead of filling the wash tub, water ra...
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Beachfront real estate becoming a losing propositionAug 17, 2018 6:00 am - Under normal circumstances, the six-bedroom oceanfront home on Oregon's northern coast would be a sought-after haven for summer beachgoers. With a hot tub and a swimming...