Home and Garden
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Displaying art and photos is an art itself
Oct 12, 2019 7:00 AM - Placing your coveted works of art is an art itself. It's as much a form of self-expression as the art. So let loose! -
Longtime real estate columnist retires her typewriter
Oct 12, 2019 6:00 AM - It was December of 1975. My husband, Norman Lank, was a Realtor who received word that the Sunday paper was about to start a real estate section. No more lumping real estate with the women's news. I got to thinking: What would they put in this new section? Something like Ann Landers' column -- real estate questions and answers?
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How to best utilize the real estate beneath your bed
Oct 11, 2019 6:00 AM - With the right planning, you can declutter and optimize an unused storage haven to create invaluable and invisible storage space -- that nether region under the bed where stray socks, various clothes and dust bunnies pointlessly accumulate. -
Nominations due by Oct. 31 for Showing Kindness to the Kindest GiveawayOct 9, 2019 9:12 PM - Local remodeling company, OHi, is giving away a kitchen makeover as a part of their Showing Kindness to the Kindest Giveaway, running from Oct. 15-31.
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Warrenville wins top honor in America in Bloom competitionOct 9, 2019 11:31 AM - Warrenville has captured top honors in this year's America in Bloom National Awards program for towns with populations between 14,000 and 17,000.
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Chicago Botanic Garden's Night of 1,000 Jack-o'-Lanterns increases its run to 10 nights
Oct 9, 2019 1:00 AM - Night of 1,000 Jack-o'-Lanterns is so popular at Chicago Botanic Garden, organizers decided to feature it for 10 nights, up from five last year. -
Goodrich Elementary students learn about hydroponic food
Oct 11, 2019 11:45 PM - Something exciting is growing in Cassandra Graff's sixth-grade classroom at Goodrich Elementary School in Woodridge. Students are using the Flex Farm, innovative hydroponic technology, to grow fresh leafy greens year-round indoors. Students have already grown over 20 pounds of lettuce this school year. -
Ease houseplants gently back into your home
Oct 6, 2019 6:00 AM - Moving houseplants indoors with the onset of cold weather is not your typical furniture-shifting exercise. It requires planning because houseplants for the most part are tender tropicals and need time to acclimate to a changed growing environment. -
The look of hand-drawn art is hot in decor
Oct 6, 2019 7:00 AM - Hand-crafted is popular these days, and many home decorators are looking for unique textiles and other furnishings that feature the look of hand-drawn art. -
Soil testing will bring you better gardening results
Oct 6, 2019 7:00 AM - Have your garden soil tested to determine how best to manage it and what fertilizers to use. Make a composite sample from a few areas in the bed and send it in for testing.
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