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Home Improvement
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Ways to stay private, yet connected
Jan 11, 2020 6:00 AM - Did someone invite a spy into your home over the holidays? Maybe so, if a friend or family member gave you a voice-controlled speaker or some other smart device. -
How to heat a home efficiently
Jan 4, 2020 6:00 AM - Should I use an electric resistance system to heat my house?
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Put these popular voice-assistance accessories at the top of your list
Dec 21, 2019 7:00 AM - If any of your family members or friends think they couldn't live without Alexa or Google Assistant, give them a voice-activated accessory to be used in tandem. From enhancing thermostats to security systems, voice assistants are getting busier and busier! Check out these gift-worthy products. -
Consider safety in your new home or renovation
Dec 13, 2019 7:00 AM - Grab bars in the shower, wide doorways for wheelchairs and walk-in bathtubs -- these are not just your mother's home improvement dreams. Such universal design features are good for all ages. -
Using a fireplace without creating a smoky room
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Tile's patterns and designs are ever expanding
Nov 29, 2019 6:00 AM - People have been surfacing floors and walls in tile for hundreds of years; it's one of our oldest materials. Yet the industry keeps reinventing the product. -
Unattractive yard now a thing of pride
Nov 22, 2019 6:00 AM - Life has certainly changed and improved for Penny Kroes of Hoffman Estates and her boyfriend, Craig, since she won the Daily Herald's 2019 Get Your Summer On contest. "It is awesome and unbelievable," Kroes said. "My backyard looks so much bigger than it did before and it flows beautifully. -
Glass block windows now often made with plastic
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Leaky doors cost money
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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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