Home and Garden
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Thirty days to a new homeOct 16, 2016 6:00 am - It's always exciting to come home and find some new project that makes you fall in love with your home all over again. Neater than most divorces and packing and unpackin...
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Make bathroom upkeep easy for the futureOct 16, 2016 6:00 am - Our tiny master bathroom is 23 years old. My husband and I still love it. The only problem is the surfaces never look 100-percent clean and shiny when we clean the bathr...
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Be mindful when planting, pulling and drying garlicOct 16, 2016 6:00 am - Garlic, a member of the onion family, has been used as a traditional medicine and to add flavor to food for thousands of years. It is native to central Asia, but is very...
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CAUTION! New doors needed ASAPOct 16, 2016 6:00 am - Our doors are white and decorated carefully to reflect our personalities. My daughter's door is neatly decorated with a monogram "G" crafted from colorful, fuzzy pompons...
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Tips for autumn planting of your flowering bulbsOct 16, 2016 6:00 am - Most bulbs should be planted after a hard frost (mid- to late October) but before the ground freezes. Fall-flowering bulbs such as autumn crocus (Colchicum) should have ...
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Why does blue food turn some people green?Oct 16, 2016 6:00 am - My mother, always very clear in her preferences, did not like blue food. I could understand that feeling. Wasn't there something weird about the bright blue Popsicles of...
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Revamp or create a mudroom for cold weather gearOct 16, 2016 6:00 am - It's finally getting cooler! As we begin to drag out jackets, rain boots and hats, this is the perfect time of year to think about revamping your mudroom or creating one...
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For this N.Y. garden, fall is a time to flourish, not fadeOct 16, 2016 6:00 am - If you want some pointers on how to keep the garden humming along in a dry autumn, you should make your way to Wave Hill, the 28-acre estate overlooking the Hudson River...
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Renters often hesitant to buy a homeOct 15, 2016 6:01 am - In recent years, a large number of homeowners have turned into renters. Many of those people have expressed a strong desire again to own a home, but despite favorable as...
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Lava lamp maker expands into contemporary lightingOct 15, 2016 6:00 am - Remember those funky lava lamps you had when you were in high school and college? You probably didn't know they are made by an Elk Grove Village-based company and you wi...