Home and Garden
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Changing color scheme can update roomOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - There's contemporary design -- and then there's more contemporary design. The more contemporary version of contemporary design can be adapted, at least in part, to rooms...
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Who says an office has to have a desk?Oct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - You might call the Merchandise Mart's Dream Home the "anti" house. It features an anti-office, anti-kitchen and anti-media room. Most of the rooms -- each by a differe...
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Some vines do well in shadeOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Vines that do well in the shade are real treasures, filling trellises and blank walls above hostas, ferns and other low-growing plants. I've tried Dutchman's pipe, sweet...
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It's hard to choose a favorite among viburnum variationsOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - "Contestant number one: What stands around 6 foot tall, likes well-drained soil with even moisture, tolerates sun to part shade, has pink buds that open to white snowbal...
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Things to doOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Antiques and crafts • The Kane County Flea Market is 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at 525 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. Parking is free and admission is $5 (free for kids aged ...
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Inside & outOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - When you need a touch of vintage It's always fun to visit Architectural Artifacts, and they promise there's a new shipment for your perusal. For example, here's a funky ...
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Longer length of coat dress adds instant height to wearerOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. I make most of my clothes because I am very short and most ready-to-wear swamps me! I would like to make a coat ensemble or one that can double as a coat dress --...
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Students harvest veggies well beyond their goalOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - The crew at Woodland Elementary West School didn't expect to grow 17 second-grade students over the course of the summer. They were thinking to produce around, say, eigh...
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Acrylic pieces catch the eye in an eclectic settingOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - A little acrylic can make a big statement when we're talking about furniture. Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz knows this. His furniture collection designed for Metropolitan Home ...
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Longing for blooms on bigleaf hydrangeas?Oct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Now that summer is over, are you among the many gardeners wondering what happened to Endless Summer? The new bigleaf hydrangea called Endless Summer is supposed to bloom...