Home and Garden
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Having 'a style' is out of styleAug 30, 2014 6:00 am - Q. A woman I met at a bridal luncheon asked me in what “style” we are going to decorate our apartment. I realize I don't have a special style. I like a lot of different ...
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A dining room table that won't cramp your styleAug 30, 2014 6:00 am - It's hard to talk about design trends without mentioning open floor plans, which have officially replaced granite countertops as a national obsession. But what do they m...
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Asters make an ideal choice for the fall landscapeAug 29, 2014 6:00 am - Asters are the perfect solution for a color-challenged fall garden. They fill the gap created by the decline of summer-blooming annuals and perennials. They are also su...
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Even a small patio can have a fish pondAug 29, 2014 5:30 am - When Ann and Glen Gage downsized from their expansive home and garden in Switzerland to a San Francisco town house, one of the things they missed most was the koi pond t...
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Designing parents turn dorm rooms into dream spacesAug 28, 2014 6:00 am - So much stuff, so little style. The dream dorm room was just not happening. Five years ago, Karen and Amanda Zuckerman hit the malls and big-box stores to decorate Amand...
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Home decor taking on new facetsAug 27, 2014 11:00 pm - Fans of crisp, modern architecture and clean-lined shapes will love one of this fall's strongest style trends: faceted décor. For those who feel that the whole bold, geo...
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Bees aren't the only pollinators you can attractAug 27, 2014 6:00 am - The dramatic loss of honeybees to changing land use, viruses and pesticides is alarming, and they are irreplaceable as pollinators. But you can somewhat offset their los...
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Summer veggies were just the first roundAug 27, 2014 5:45 am - In the heat of summer, it's hard to imagine that the weather will ever be cool again. And with dry weather it's hard to imagine it becoming rainy again. But of course t...
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Jen School students expand from growing vegetables to selling themAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - Students returned last week to the Jen School on the campus of Maryville Academy in Des Plaines just in time. The large vegetable garden they planted last spring - which...
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Ivy-covered Geneva home is a modern classicAug 24, 2014 5:45 am - When one thinks of Geneva, one generally thinks of stately, old-fashioned Victorians, bungalows, Georgians and other traditional homes. But back in the late 1980s, one w...