Home and Garden
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Scale is so important in a small roomMay 08, 2015 6:00 am - Have you ever purchased a new piece of furniture that is completely wrong for your room? Not only is it frustrating and disappointing, but also a complete waste of money...
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Some homeowners are forced into expensive insuranceMay 08, 2015 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Anyone who has taken out a home mortgage knows one of the borrower's key responsibilities is to pay hazard insurance premiums on the property and not let th...
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Should an entire house need to be rewired?May 08, 2015 12:00 am - Q. We just bought a home but can't move in because of major electrical problems. Before we bought it, our home inspector found a few electrical defects, but he said thes...
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Pruning promotes health in trees, shrubsMay 06, 2015 1:01 am - Q. While inspecting my trees and shrubs for winter damage, I noticed some looked a little overgrown and wild. When should I plan to prune them? A. Pruning is a practice ...
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Visit Healing Gardens in St. Charles on Mother's DayMay 05, 2015 11:00 pm - Healing Gardens, a 2-acre expanse of woodland and perennial gardens on Stone Hill Farm off Dean Street in St. Charles, will be open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mother's Day, Sunda...
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Plant your cold-sensitive plants after average last front dateMay 03, 2015 7:00 am - You can encourage more flowers next year on rhododendrons and azaleas if you deadhead them right after they finish flowering. Very carefully pinch off 1/2 of the sticky,...
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Books, books and more books: Proper display of books starts with a good purgeMay 03, 2015 1:01 am - Argentine writer, poet and essayist Jorge Luis Borges once said, "I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books." I, too, love books. For many years, my homes have been...
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Compost bin, rain barrel, native plant saleMay 03, 2015 1:00 am - The Rain Barrel, Compost Bin and Native Plant Sale is set for Saturday, May 9, at the Independence Grove Forest Preserve in Libertyville. The sale will be from 9 a.m. to...
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How your next home might run off a batteryMay 02, 2015 7:33 am - ROCKVILLE, Md. - The future of home energy sits in Josh and Susan Fried's basement near shelves of old tools and canned soup, an unadorned box the size of a wine cooler ...
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Designers make over rooms in mansion where filmmaker John Hughes livedMay 02, 2015 7:00 am - Top Chicago designers inserted subtle tributes to the late John Hughes in the Lake Forest mansion where he lived and created legendary movies like “The Breakfast Club,” ...