Home and Garden
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Landscape architect uses her yard design to teach othersDec 16, 2012 4:27 am - Members of the Lombard Garden Club had two reasons to book Laura Christensen as one of their presenters: She is a professional landscape architect who specializes in res...
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Mini to the max: Living well in 425 square feetDec 16, 2012 4:00 am - WASHINGTON — Skyla Freeman left her West Wing job at the Bush White House on Jan. 20, 2009, part of a wave of Washingtonians who retool every four or eight years when ad...
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Pieces that make the most of small spacesDec 16, 2012 12:00 am - Although maximizing space while also taking design and function into account might seem to require a little smoke and mirrors (mirrors will, in fact, make a space look b...
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How to maximize seating for holiday partiesDec 15, 2012 4:24 am - The joy of home entertaining at the holidays often comes with a challenge: How do you provide enough seating for a roomful of holiday revelers with just a sofa and a few...
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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...