Home and Garden
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Cobalt blue transforms a roomMay 21, 2017 6:01 am - Cobalt blue is a fascinating color and the only color listed in the periodic table. It is a vibrant color that is familiar to most as the accent color used in blue and w...
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How to carve out a cozy placeMay 21, 2017 6:01 am - One big room can be boring. You could feel that way whether you live in a studio apartment, a micro-unit or even a more generously sized loft because there is no definit...
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Rotation key to organic vegetable gardeningMay 21, 2017 6:00 am - Rotate the crops in your vegetable garden to help control pest and disease problems. This is the easiest way to practice organic, integrated, pest-management gardening. ...
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Creating a comfortable space outdoorsMay 21, 2017 6:00 am - Merging indoors and outdoors has become increasingly popular over the past few years as residents of the Chicago area seek to spend as much time as possible enjoying the...
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You'll be walking on air if you keep your soil loose and lightMay 21, 2017 6:00 am - There are many ways to make a garden bed, but one thing is constant: The soil within it should have the lightness of a fluffed-up pillow and the loft of a down-filled du...
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Sunflowers attract birds to your yardMay 21, 2017 6:00 am - Sunflowers are as much a part of summer as water balloons and corn boils. I remember planting sunflower seeds in my mother's garden and marveling as they grew as tall as...
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A small, turn-of-the-century co-op gets a big dose of girlie glamMay 21, 2017 6:00 am - Louisa Bargeron loved the 10-foot ceilings, the fireplace with the original tile and the claw-foot tub in her one-bedroom co-op at the venerable Ontario building in Wash...
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Five savvy solutions for tight spacesMay 21, 2017 6:00 am - Small spaces demand a more imaginative approach to storage and decorating. Designers Kiera Kushlan and Jessica Centella of Residents Understood had lots of creative idea...
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Mortgage concepts home buyers should knowMay 20, 2017 6:00 am - Home purchasers sometimes get into trouble because they are not clued into the sequence of steps involved in financing their purchase. These are qualification, preapprov...
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Bathroom addition permitted but not approvedMay 19, 2017 6:00 am - Q. When we bought our home, the seller disclosed that the added bathroom was built with a permit. He even showed us a copy of it. After moving in, we learned there were ...