Home and Garden
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Look out for these top collectibles in 2016Dec 25, 2015 6:00 am - The more things change, the more they stay the same: Applicable to so much in life and trends, this saying also applies to the world of antiques and collectibles. The t...
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Military personnel don't have to retire to get VA home mortgageDec 24, 2015 6:00 am - Soldiers and sailors usually qualify for a no-money-down VA home loan after six months of active duty. Q. I am a Marine who is stationed in Afghanistan, but I read your ...
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Italian town inspires designerDec 24, 2015 5:00 am - Just tell anyone that you are traveling to Firenze, in Italy, and you can actually see them swoon. This is exactly how powerful good design can be. A city of grand Renai...
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Congress decks holidays with tax benefitsDec 24, 2015 3:00 am - WASHINGTON - It's a classic Christmas tree bill, loaded with year-end giveaways for dozens of special-interest groups and easy to mock. The $620 billion "extenders" legi...
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Home inspector killed my dealDec 24, 2015 3:00 am - Q. We spent a year and many thousands of dollars fixing up our home. Then we put it on the market and found a couple who wanted to buy it. They were all enthusiastic unt...
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Color of the year is a startling choiceDec 23, 2015 10:00 pm - We must be in trouble. The color of the year is Alabaster, which is essentially white. Plain old white is supposed to get us excited? I am stopped still in my tracks by ...
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Amaryllis, a gift that can brighten the dreary days of JanuaryDec 23, 2015 10:00 pm - The big, red blowsy amaryllis has positioned itself as a holiday bloom, but I'm with Christian Curless, a horticulturist who raises and sells this Samson of flowering bu...
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Autumn leaves winter cooling its heelsDec 20, 2015 6:00 am - I keep telling myself that any day now the clay soil will be rock-solid frozen, or at least the garden will be iced with a hoar frost. But the day never comes. Instead, ...
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Different years and seasons can produce different colorsDec 20, 2015 12:00 am - The Washington Post's gardening columnist Adrian Higgins answered questions recently in an online chat. Here is an edited excerpt. Q. I have two Japanese maples. One is ...
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Jonathan Adler's design fundamentalsDec 20, 2015 12:00 am - Designer and author Jonathan Adler joined The Washington Post staff writer Jura Koncius recently on the newspaper's Home Front online chat. Here is an edited excerpt. Q....