Home Improvement
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Courtyards: The original 'outdoor rooms' get a new lookSep 16, 2017 6:00 am - The trend toward outdoor living, which uses comfy seating, bright rugs and weatherproof art to extend the al fresco season at home, is bringing new attention to a centur...
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Two suburban couples win outdoor makeoversSep 10, 2017 6:00 am - Two suburban couples win outdoor makeovers
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Homeowner seeks a longer lasting roofing materialSep 03, 2017 6:00 am - Q. Our old, dark, shingle roof is leaking again. I prefer to install a longer-lasting roof this time even if it costs a little more. Other than metal, what durable roofi...
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To adapt to a streaming world, home speakers get sleeker, smarterSep 02, 2017 6:00 am - Home speakers used to be big and blocky, more or less an eyesore. Hanging on the wall or sitting in the corner of a room, they were accompanied by a tethered music playe...
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A life of odds, ends and new beginningsSep 02, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Community Forklift's 34,000-square-foot store looks like the treasure chamber of an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, if that pharaoh had a penchant for midcentury m...
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A tweak - not a teardown - for that just-right houseAug 27, 2017 6:00 am - Across the Washington, D.C., area, modest Cape Cods and Colonials are routinely demolished to make way for supersized houses. But there are exceptions to this market tre...
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Designing with Light explores role of lighting in architectureAug 26, 2017 6:00 am - For architects and designers, light is a dynamic and ephemeral tool that shapes spaces like no other. Frank Lloyd Wright called light the "beautifier of buildings." The ...
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Five ways to make homes saferAug 25, 2017 6:00 am - Injuries that occur around the home contribute to millions of medical visits and tens of thousands of fatalities each year. Falls account for the largest percentage of h...
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Garage makeover winner gets items up and off her new floorAug 20, 2017 6:00 am - Garage makeover winner gets storage items up and off her new polymer floor
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Five reasons you will want a sunroomAug 18, 2017 12:00 am - A sunroom allows you to experience the outdoors 365 days a year from the comfort of your own home. "People decide to build sunrooms because it's a unique room for a ho...