Home and Garden
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Garden Conservancy Open Days features area gardensJul 13, 2014 6:00 am - Horticultural delights like hydrangeas simultaneously producing both pink and blue blooms, a grass labyrinth, a vine-and-rose entwined pergola garden, a bed of Italian f...
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How to remodel a kitchen for $5,400Jul 13, 2014 12:01 am - Laurie Parman envisioned the type of home she ultimately wanted. It would be a fixer-upper, much smaller than the 3,500-square-foot Algonquin home where she reared her f...
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Stylish storage ideas for shelves and cabinetsJul 13, 2014 12:01 am - Open storage in any room can be both practical and dazzling fun. Granted, you need to exercise a sort of discipline when you intend to expose stored things to public vie...
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Pruning, watering will help keep your yard looking sharpJul 12, 2014 6:00 am - Prune shrubs as needed to keep them in the proper scale for your garden. New stems and branches that grew this spring will be mostly hardened off in early July, so pruni...
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Screening out the curiousJul 12, 2014 6:00 am - Q. We have a little porch just off the living room of our new house. The trouble is, this is a new development, and the neighbors' houses are really close. We put in two...
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Seven sure signs it's time to remodelJul 12, 2014 6:00 am - When it comes to diving into a home remodeling project, homeowners take their time. Often, a long, long time. Procrastination seems to come with the territory. Of some 7...
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Right at home: Tips for living in a small spaceJul 10, 2014 5:45 am - For many young people, a first apartment might be a cramped studio or just a bedroom in a shared living arrangement. Juggling that room's living, dining and sleeping spa...
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How to choose an outdoor rugJul 10, 2014 1:01 am - The good news about outdoor rugs? They're pretty much foolproof. Thanks to synthetic fibers, such as polypropylene, and acrylic and U.V. inhibitors, they resist moistur...
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Hop to it: Plant what you need to brew beerJul 09, 2014 5:45 am - You don't need a garden to succeed as a home brewer, but growing your own ingredients is a flavorful step up. Much of the creativity involved in crafting a custom-made b...
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It takes many clovers to make a meadowJul 07, 2014 6:01 am - "To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee," wrote 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson. "One clover, and a bee, and revery …" As a naturalist, I love Dickin...