Home and Garden
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Prospect Heights family wins garage makeoverJun 22, 2014 6:00 am - Heidi Eglund of Prospect Heights is a self-proclaimed “neat freak.” Her home is always neat and tidy. But until recently, when it came to her family's garage, she threw ...
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Lichen a gray-green growth on barkJun 22, 2014 1:01 am - Q. I have a maple tree that has a gray-green growth on the bark. What is it? A. Chances are the gray-green growth is lichen. A lichen may look like a single organism, bu...
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Ways to make an older home work for todayJun 22, 2014 12:01 am - Remodels present more challenges per square foot than new construction. Is this based on statistics? No way. But I have experienced myriad oddities over the course of ye...
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Italy aims to reintroduce its goods to world marketJun 21, 2014 6:00 am - I just got back from Italy with some great new resources. I was invited by ITA-ICE, the marketing and promotion office of the Italian government, and CNA, the associatio...
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A home move with less stress, bigger upsideJun 21, 2014 6:00 am - After buying one of the professionally decorated models at Lexington Park in Des Plaines for himself, Bill McPartlin, a real estate broker from Park Ridge, is singing th...
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Two annuals that belong in every gardenJun 21, 2014 6:00 am - I will be the first to admit it — I am opinionated. When I find a plant I love, I want everyone to plant it, so they can love it as much as I do. Sometimes, it's easy. O...
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Neighborhood spotlight shines on Plum Grove CreekJun 20, 2014 5:30 am - Sharron and Tom Noe have lived in the Plum Grove Creek subdivision for 31 years. Although at one point they considered moving to a larger home elsewhere, they chose to e...
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Shear your hedges and train your vines this monthJun 20, 2014 5:30 am - June is a good month to shear your formal hedges. Pruning hedges in June will help create a denser hedge. Plan on shearing again in July. Shear a formal hedge so it is w...
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How to get just the right rug underfootJun 20, 2014 12:01 am - How do you choose the right rug? Should it be wool or jute, patterned or solid, big or small? Judging from letters to the editor and questions in The Post's weekly Home ...
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Kohler brings artists to factory to learn, inspireJun 18, 2014 5:45 am - MILWAUKEE - The Kohler sink in your bathroom may be more of a work of art than you realize. The company known for kitchen and bathroom fixtures has opened its factory fl...