Home and Garden
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Parmida Home to open in Mount ProspectNov 24, 2012 3:55 am - Parmida Home, an up-and-coming retailer of affordable home luxuries, furniture, rugs, gifts and more, will open its second Northwest suburban store in early December at ...
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Will value of 'silver spoon' set cause a stir?Nov 24, 2012 3:00 am - Q. These spoons were found in my mother-in-law's home after she passed away. I have no idea how she acquired them since they appear to be from Germany — and to my knowle...
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Interior Design Books: The Best of 2012Nov 23, 2012 4:00 am - Stylish coffee tables have a tall stack of fresh design books to display this season. After a lean few years in the interiors book category, an army of experts is bringi...
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Garden Club of Inverness to hold holiday luncheon fundraiserNov 20, 2012 8:52 am - The Garden Club of Inverness will hold its annual Holiday Luncheon fundraiser at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4 at Medinah Country Club, 6N001 Medinah Road. The event will fea...
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Christmas on the Fox is a cure for Black Friday bluesNov 18, 2012 4:27 am - Say “Bah Humbug” to Friday — this coming Friday — aka Black Friday. Flat out refuse to gobble down Thanksgiving dinner tailgate style in the parking lot of a big box sto...
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Is giant reed a ‘miracle plant’ or the next kudzu?Nov 17, 2012 12:13 pm - OXFORD, N.C. — It’s fast-growing and drought-tolerant, producing tons of biomass per acre. It thrives even in poor soil and is a self-propagating perennial, so it requir...
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Metalsmiths combine art and inventionNov 17, 2012 4:00 am - Architectural metalsmith Chris Rand fired up a blowtorch at the Ivy Arts Studio in Minneapolis and transformed cold, hard metal into intricate ginkgo leaves. The leaves ...
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Dishes are everyday earthenware, not fine chinaNov 17, 2012 3:00 am - Q. My daughter inherited some dishes from her grandmother. The pattern is “May Flower” by Vernon Kilns and she has a service for eight with extra pieces such as a gravy ...
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Groundcover can be attractive alternative to mulchNov 14, 2012 7:00 am - Sometimes mulch can be a bit too much. Mulches retain moisture and restrain weeds and are great for protecting the roots of trees from lawn mower and edger cuts. We're ...
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Quilted barns draw attention to preservation, public artNov 11, 2012 4:00 am - When Nancy Fike first heard about a project in several Midwestern states that combined public art with barn preservation and the beauty of quiltmaking, she knew the old ...