Home and Garden
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New nostalgia: Home decor with a retro vibeJun 28, 2014 6:00 am - If you spent childhood summers on a northern lake, grew up lunching at diners and shake shacks, or took a college road trip, you'll be all over the next big home décor ...
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Open and shut case: Choosing and hanging shuttersJun 27, 2014 5:45 am - Although glass and screens have eliminated the practical need for shutters, they're still popular for decoration. "They add another layer of thoughtful detailing to a ho...
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What's behind different floral scentsJun 27, 2014 5:30 am - Wave after wave of scent has filled the air since my garden awakened in spring. Most prominent have been the aromas from daffodil blossoms, plum, flowering currant, and ...
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Bookcases that combine top-shelf design and utilityJun 26, 2014 1:01 am - Take four piles of treasured books, add one bookcase, and you have the formula for turning a mess of a personal library into an artful display. It sounds easy. Yet there...
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Free local garden walk:Jun 26, 2014 1:01 am - A free garden walk hosted by the Gardeners of Central Lake County is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 28. The walk will include five specialty gardens in Liberty...
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Ash tree removal program in Libertyville expected to last a few more yearsJun 26, 2014 1:01 am - Libertyville's fight against the tree-killing emerald ash borer will continue this season with help from an outside contractor. As it has for the past few years, the vil...
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Six Elgin gardens featured in Fox Valley Garden WalkJun 25, 2014 6:01 am - Murna Hansemann's garden is splashed with bright colors. Geraniums line the house, and the garden is filled with perennials that continue to bloom every day. It changes ...
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Keep your perennials blooming all season longJun 25, 2014 1:01 am - When we are walking down the aisles of our favorite garden center, it's hard to resist the flowering perennials. With so many different types of flowers and textures in ...
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Hellstrips: Challenge lies beyond the sidewalkJun 24, 2014 5:30 am - Making a yard and a community more beautiful begins at the curb. But that narrow space between sidewalk and street - sometimes called a boulevard, median, hellstrip, par...
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Reinventing the winter-weary hydrangeaJun 23, 2014 6:00 am - In a normal year, the hydrangeas would be thick with leafy growth and holding aloft conspicuous buds to open at month's end either as lacecaps or globes, thus introducin...