Home and Garden
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A seven-step program for furniture rehabSep 20, 2014 12:01 am - Kelly Millspaugh Thompson has two trucks, shelves full of paint cans in more than 30 colors, a political science degree she never uses and a passion for refurbishing fur...
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Lawmaker wants pumpkin to be official Illinois pieSep 19, 2014 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Pumpkins are big business in Illinois. A state lawmaker has a sweet idea for making sure people know it: he wants to make pumpkin pie the official state pi...
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Are extended warranties worth it?Sep 18, 2014 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Offers of extended warranties or service contracts are becoming the norm, whether you buy a big-ticket item like a car or kitchen appliance or a less expens...
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Ask a designer: Tween bedroom's a balancing actSep 18, 2014 5:45 am - Decorating a baby's room is all about what mom and dad want. But decorating a bedroom for a "tween-age" child is more complicated. It's a great place to give growing ado...
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Compost Happens: Tips for making it happen rightSep 17, 2014 6:00 am - As the bumper sticker on my truck reads, "Compost Happens." Sometimes, however, it doesn't happen fast enough. That problem usually can be traced to some limiting factor...
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Making the indoors safer for allergy sufferersSep 17, 2014 5:45 am - Although the thought of sleeping with millions of dust mites - microscopic arachnids that feast on flakes of skin - is just plain gross, it's something most people can h...
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Constable: Citizen scientists research birds and beesSep 14, 2014 7:45 am - For most of human history, the best hope for a person without a Ph.D. or white lab coat to contribute to scientific research was to end up with his or her skull on a she...
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Tiny powder room can make a big impressionSep 14, 2014 6:45 am - Very often, the powder room bath is the tiniest room in your house. Yet this traditionally minimal space can become one of your most alluring attributes, no matter how s...
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Seedheads give perennials another season of interestSep 14, 2014 6:45 am - To deadhead or not to deadhead — that is the question gardeners must answer as perennials reach their flowering finale. It is best to remove the spent blooms from a few ...
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Bring your garden indoors with cut flowersSep 14, 2014 1:01 am - Q. Do you have any tips for cutting flowers from the garden to bring indoors? A. When cutting flowers from the garden, it is important to avoid the possibility of transf...