Home and Garden
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Contest to elevate the art of upcyclingFeb 27, 2017 10:00 pm - Antiques and discarded pieces of furniture, kitchen items and much more are finding their way into the gardens of clever people who have an artistic eye and the ability ...
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Your water heater needs to breatheFeb 26, 2017 6:00 am - Q. Many of your columns involve disagreements between sellers and home inspectors. I am one of those dissatisfied sellers. Here's the problem. My water heater is install...
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Library table is vintage Arts and CraftsFeb 26, 2017 5:01 am - Q. I am interested in learning the value of the table in this photo. I inherited it from my mother. There is an engraving on it with the words "The Work of L. & J.G. Sti...
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This is not your mother's living roomFeb 26, 2017 5:01 am - Sometimes it pays to break the mold. It is not written in stone that a living room must have a matching sofa and love seat, or a sofa and two matching armchairs. For tho...
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Design destination: Venetian winter getawayFeb 26, 2017 5:01 am - Venice in the winter can be brutal. Cold and rainy and wind on top of that; some would say you'd be out of your mind to travel there during the winter months. Despite al...
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Pruning makes fruit trees more 'fruitful'Feb 26, 2017 5:00 am - A good time to prune fruit trees is in late February or early March before the buds begin to swell. The branching habits are easy to see, and the weather is generally mo...
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Sneak peek of new shrubs ready for plantingFeb 26, 2017 5:00 am - Gardeners can't get enough new plants. One of the best parts of spring, besides longer days and warmer temperatures, is the new varieties on the benches of our local gar...
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Local interior decorators share what's trendingFeb 26, 2017 5:00 am - With winter almost behind us and a hint of spring in the air, many homeowners may be dusting off their plans to freshen up their home with some new interior design trend...
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Rug fabrics move up off the floorFeb 25, 2017 5:00 am - As part of the red-hot globalism trend, "tribal style" - exotic, eclectic and influenced by travel - has spread from fashion to home decor. There's a caravan of interest...
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Dropping escrow is not an option for manyFeb 25, 2017 5:00 am - Q. You discussed escrow in a recent column, but you didn't say whether I could talk my bank into letting me get out of it. Do you have any advice? A. If you were to not ...