Home and Garden
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There's more to poinsettias than their showy leavesJan 14, 2017 5:00 am - Early winter is when poinsettias come into the limelight, showing off their colors in homes and shop windows. But a poinsettia is more than just seasonally flamboyant. T...
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It may be best to cut the price and move onJan 14, 2017 5:00 am - Q. I am trying to downsize from my large upscale house to a much smaller house. My small house is complete, but my large house is not selling. My Realtor dropped the pri...
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Give these appliances some TLC in 2017Jan 14, 2017 4:00 am - For me, the new year prompts a cleaning frenzy. No sense waiting until spring — I prefer to launch into the new calendar knowing that my house is spick-and-span. In addi...
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To cope with a more volatile growing season, rethink tomato timingJan 13, 2017 5:00 am - I recently discovered that the reason some ginkgo trees failed to produce their nauseating fruit in 2016 was the same reason apple production was way down: Two nights of...
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Six mistakes you might be making in hanging or cleaning your artJan 13, 2017 5:00 am - Whether your gallery wall contains rare French lithographs or drawings by your children, you should do your best to protect what you have chosen to display. Often we han...
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Average real estate commissions dropping to low 5 percent rangeJan 13, 2017 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - The average commission rate paid on American home sale transactions continues to decline and could dip below 5 percent within the next few years. That's the...
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Keep Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac until they are no longer neededJan 13, 2017 4:00 am - In September 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed in a federal governmental conservatorship. The crisis-induced rise in mortgage defaults had eroded their capita...
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Understanding the designer's thought processJan 08, 2017 6:01 am - Unbeknown to many, some of the most influential interior designs have come from architects and not interior designers. Take, for example, Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona P...
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Shrubs add color to winter landscapeJan 08, 2017 5:00 am - If your winter garden brings to mind adjectives like stark, bleak and bare, a few woody plants may be needed. Adding evergreens is a quick fix and brings needed color, b...
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Don't go into hibernation this winterJan 08, 2017 5:00 am - With the green season gone, there is still plenty of healthful outdoor work to be done in the brown, cold months — stray leaves to remove, root crops to dig, stray clutt...