Home and Garden
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How to turn an outdoor space into a home extensionMar 16, 2012 1:25 am - Ever wish you had a bigger house or more living space? If so, consider adding an extension to your house. This can be a completely enclosed room or simply an extended pa...
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The lure of luxury home optionsMar 16, 2012 12:06 am - Lew Bednarczuk, whose job is to stay on top of what’s going on in luxury home design, recently talked about the merits of owning a “double-wide” vs. a “single-wide.” Is ...
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Less is more in window treatmentsMar 15, 2012 11:00 pm - With springtime weather upon us, we'll soon be opening windows and letting the sun shine in. As breezes set curtains fluttering, it's the perfect time to consider the wa...
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Lake Home and Cabin Show to be held in SchaumburgMar 15, 2012 4:44 pm - The Lake Home & Cabin Show continues today and Sunday at the Schaumburg Convention Center, 1551 Thoreau Drive, Schaumburg. The show features more than 150 exhibitors fro...
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Buffalo Grove living room given a ‘vintage’ updateMar 15, 2012 9:32 am - Buffalo Grove couple displays wine collection
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Grayslake Greenery Garden Club offers scholarshipMar 15, 2012 8:30 am - The Grayslake Greenery Garden Club is committed to encouraging interest in all phases of home gardening, promoting civic beautification, and promoting conservation of na...
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Seed exchange preserves biodiversityMar 11, 2012 6:00 am - Heritage Farm, the home of Seed Savers Exchange, nestles in idyllic northeast Iowa, complete with roads curving over gentle hills, limestone bluffs, streams and the Uppe...
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Backyard blues? Tell us about it and win!Mar 11, 2012 3:00 am - Enter your backyard to win design help, prizes
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At least deer and rabbits are cuteMar 10, 2012 11:19 pm - Diane Ott Whealy, founder of Seed Savers Exchange, got stumped early on during a recent call-in show on Chicago’s WBEZ public radio. A listener wanted to know how to pre...
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Knife-box custom goes back centuriesMar 10, 2012 5:00 am - Q. I would like to know what this box was made to hold and how old it might be. I found it when cleaning out a storage room at work. I have never seen another box like i...