Home and Garden
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Kane County Master Gardeners to host Seed Saving Class May 11May 02, 2017 11:00 pm - Saving your own seeds is easy and free, but many home gardeners do not where to begin. In May, join Master Gardeners Sue Styer and Leah Beck to discuss how to save seed...
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Historian looks at 'Americans and Their Homes'May 01, 2017 9:00 am - The Elmhurst History Museum's current exhibit, "House & Home," takes visitors on a tour of America's rich history of residential architecture exploring the remarkable tr...
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CLC holds annual plant sale this weekMay 01, 2017 1:00 am - The College of Lake County's horticulture department will hold its annual plant sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 4 and Friday, May 5, at the greenhouse (Buildin...
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Hot chocolate pot spouts are shortApr 30, 2017 6:01 am - Q. I have sent a photo of a porcelain coffee pot, and six matching cups and saucers. They are decorated with white flowers, vines and green leaves against a white backgr...
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Decorative pillows make pillow talk funApr 30, 2017 6:01 am - Most men shriek when they hear their wives guffaw over the pillows at so and so's house. Pillows can drive one crazy … because there is so much that can be done with dec...
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It's common to be living in a design compromiseApr 30, 2017 6:00 am - Often there can be a discrepancy between what we would like the place we live in to look like and the way it is in living color. You know that saying “Grow where you ar...
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Designers go brilliant and bold with Lake Forest ShowhouseApr 30, 2017 6:00 am - From the water-tinted lacquer ceiling in the dining room to the raspberry furniture in the family room - and the high-gloss dark olive paint in the space way too elegant...
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Start a shade garden with perennial favoritesApr 30, 2017 6:00 am - Some gardeners curse shady conditions in their landscapes that prevent them from growing roses and most herbs, vegetables and ornamental grasses. They yearn for lush bor...
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Jazz Age design shown in textiles, furniture and moreApr 30, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK - A multisensory blockbuster of a show at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum here invites visitors to explore Jazz Age design in all its glittering, d...
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It's fun to start your own coleus plantsApr 30, 2017 6:00 am - If you have kept a coleus as a houseplant, you can still start cuttings for transplanting to the garden. Use a sharp, clean knife or a pair of pruners to cut the stem ju...