Home and Garden
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Discounted Wright Plus 150 tickets offered in AprilApr 09, 2017 6:00 am - The Wright Plus 150 Housewalk lineup on May 20 will totals 10 private homes, a combination of Wright's early experiments and his fully formed Prairie-style homes, as wel...
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Who is liable for collapsed sewer pipe?Apr 09, 2017 6:00 am - Q. Weeks after buying our house, we had a sewer backup. Our plumber said the main line from the house to the street is an old-fashioned pipe material called "orangeberg....
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Oak Park couple opens their home for Frank Lloyd Wright housewalkApr 09, 2017 6:00 am - Ken and Patty Hunt have owned Frank Lloyd Wright's spectacular Arthur B. Heurtley House on Oak Park's famous Forest Avenue since early 2007. On May 20 they will open it ...
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Spring Flower Show opens in Elmhurst's Wilder ParkApr 09, 2017 1:00 am - Spring is the Meryl Streep of seasons: You never know from day to day exactly what it's going to look like, act like or sound like. But spring is at its best (and the Os...
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Fixed-income retirees worry about reserve fund shortfallApr 08, 2017 6:00 am - Q. My wife is a member of a finance committee at the age 55-plus condos where we live. It offers recommendations to the executive board, as we are a self-managed communi...
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Qualifying for a mortgage depends on several factorsApr 08, 2017 6:00 am - When I wrote the first version of this article in 2000, I felt it necessary to emphasize to potential borrowers that they were not beggars who had to approach lenders ha...
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Tax reform could reduce incentive to buy a homeApr 07, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - With the health care bill back-burnered on Capitol Hill, the focus has shifted to tax reform. Among the key financial matters in play: Homeowners' prized mo...
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IT experts open Arlington Heights furniture shopApr 05, 2017 6:00 am - When Tory Colvin headed to Georgetown to earn a master's degree in public policy some 15 years ago now, she had no idea her career in Washington would land her back in h...
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Elmhurst exhibit explores 'House and Home'Apr 03, 2017 11:00 pm - The idea of home is different for everyone and, like the girl from Kansas said, there's no place like it. Beginning Friday, April 7, visitors to the Elmhurst History Mus...
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Finesse your floors with carpet tiles or area rugsApr 02, 2017 6:01 am - How much time do we spend looking down? People look down in search of lost coins, but do we focus much on what lies beneath our feet in our homes? If you find your floor...