Home and Garden
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A 1911 Tudor showcases Arts and Crafts styleMay 13, 2012 5:23 am - 100-year-old ‘Hidden House’ stars in Lombard home tour
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Week 2 finalists for Get Your Summer On backyard makeover contestMay 13, 2012 1:00 am - Week 2 of our “Get Your Summer On” series and backyard makeover contest brings four more finalists, as well as some advice on how to landscape your yard to fit your drea...
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Grow the flowers for your arrangementsMay 12, 2012 6:00 am - The flowers to fill your vases need not be limited to the carnations and chrysanthemums found at the grocery store. You can grow an assortment of flowers, foliage plants...
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Think vertical when furnishing a roomMay 12, 2012 5:50 am - When we furnish a room, many of us carefully measure to be sure the couch isn’t too wide or the dining room table too long. We draw a horizontal map, determined to ...
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Top home furnishings companies debut new lines at Las Vegas showMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - LAS VEGAS — “Metal with wood is big right now,” said Cameron Cook of Four Hands. The Texas-based company debuted its Irondale Collection during the winter...
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Sweet-smelling Mother’s Day giftMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - Take a fresh look at garden herbs
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Dig in for a flower power garden partyMay 10, 2012 10:00 am - Let's be honest here, guys. Flowers really do have a captivating effect - not just on your wife or girlfriend or daughter - but on you as well. A real man can appreciat...
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Art in the garden: Growing the perfect tomatoMay 10, 2012 1:00 am - Tomatoes are the most commonly grown vegetable in home gardens. They are easy to grow, produce a lot of fruit in a small space, and taste delicious. Growing the perfect ...
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Aficionados seek top quality in grills in suburbsMay 07, 2012 6:00 am - Andy Workinger is not the type to embrace disposable consumer goods. That's one reason he loves Solaire Infrared Grills. Workinger sells Solaire grills, but his persona...
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Designer turns Midwestern ranch into Old World masterpieceMay 06, 2012 6:00 am - As an interior designer, Brian Ellingson has overseen a lot of home makeovers, but probably none more dramatic than his own. How dramatic? He started with a basic 1950s ...