Home and Garden
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What home equity bomb?Jul 17, 2015 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - It's the emerging housing success story that almost nobody knows about: Hundreds of thousands of homeowners who took out record numbers of home equity lines...
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Buyer's sales contract sometimes can be assigned to a third partyJul 17, 2015 12:00 am - Buyers can transfer their contractual right to buy a house that they no longer want to purchase, provided certain conditions are met. Q. I signed a contract to purchase ...
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Damage can sometimes occur during a home inspectionJul 17, 2015 12:00 am - Q. The people who are buying our home hired a home inspector. During the inspection, he was filling the spa tub in our upstairs bathroom and he filled it nearly to the t...
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Bonsai curator finds his groove at Chicago Botanic GardenJul 16, 2015 11:00 pm - Snip. Snip. Snip. With the gentle sounds of waterfalls and birds singing in the background, bonsai curator Chris Baker gently clipped several leaves from a dawn redwood ...
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A few of our favorite fernsJul 16, 2015 1:00 am - There have long been handsome fern species, but in the past few years, growers have introduced spectacularly beautiful ferns with more colors than green. Here are five o...
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Which houses have best Curb Appeal in Des Plaines?Jul 16, 2015 1:00 am - Voting continues through the end of the month to determine which front yards in Des Plaines look the best, and those that look better than they did before. Residents can...
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Lego artist displays 23 sculptures at Lisle's Morton ArboretumJul 14, 2015 1:00 am - Artist Sean Kenney knows a little something about creating art one brick at a time. Or, in the case of his outdoor exhibit that officially opens Friday at Lisle's Morton...
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Antique picture reveals clues to Victorian eraJul 13, 2015 4:01 am - Q. Enclosed you will find an antique picture of some relatives of mine, probably taken in Switzerland around 1870. This picture has been in my family for a long time and...
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View prairie flowers on savana walk in Lake BarringtonJul 12, 2015 11:00 pm - Citizens for Conservation is hosting its second season of Interactive Self-Guided Prairie Walks at Flint Creek Savanna, located at CFC's Headquarters, 459 W. Hwy. 22 in ...
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Historic firehouse rekindled as family's homeJul 12, 2015 7:00 am - Historic structure finds new life as family's home