Home and Garden
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Holiday home, from merry to modernDec 14, 2012 4:00 am - You may have grown up seeing nothing but red and green holiday decorations. These days, however, there’s no single scheme that’s considered suitable. One house can be tr...
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Deck the halls — and everything else — in styleDec 14, 2012 4:00 am - If there’s anything that really helps deck the halls, it’s garland. We all know garland looks great circling the stairs and draped along the mantel, but where else can w...
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High honors for Algonquin bird and butterfly sanctuaryDec 13, 2012 7:05 am - Algonquin’s Gaslight Park Bird and Butterfly Sanctuary has won a 2012 Conservation and Native Landscaping Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Chicago...
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Voting is open in holiday lights contestDec 10, 2012 4:00 am - From traditional to technical, residents across the suburbs have entered their holiday lights in our annual contest. Now comes the fun part. You get to pick the winner. ...
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Holiday lights contest deadline is midnight tonightDec 09, 2012 4:10 am - Traditional or modern? White or multicolored? Blinking, chasing or constantly lit? It doesn’t matter what your preference, we want to see your holiday lights? The deadl...
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Nature provides for birds in the winter, but you can helpDec 09, 2012 12:00 am - Q. In addition to leaving the seedheads on my plants during the winter for the birds, is there any other help I can provide our feathered friends during the harsh winter...
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Some bling to make your landscape singDec 09, 2012 12:00 am - Laura Christensen, a Wheaton-based landscape architect and designer took members of the Lombard Garden Club step-by-step as she described transforming her front and back...
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'Good Wife' furniture line popular with viewers, ownersDec 08, 2012 10:00 pm - HIGH POINT, N.C. — There are certain movies in which the rooms are as interesting as the characters. One that comes to mind is Nancy Meyers' 2009 film “It's Complicated....
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History of Christmas lightsDec 08, 2012 7:00 am - Do you know when the first Christmas tree was adorned with lights? Or when blinking lights were invented? Here are some random Christmas lights facts to chew on while I ...
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Architect designs kosher kitchensDec 08, 2012 4:00 am - When Robbie Fretzin, a Skokie mother of five school-aged children, made plans for the kitchen in her new home, she knew she needed to turn to professionals who understoo...