Articles filed under Decor
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Any remodel should start with high-quality materialsOct 21, 2018 6:00 am - Anyone who is starting a home improvement or redecorating project needs to give careful consideration to the materials they use. Materials selection is every bit as impo...
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Door company updates suburban tract homesOct 21, 2018 6:00 am - Imagine completely transforming and updating the doors throughout your home without any on-site construction, paint cans or tarps littering your living spaces, and witho...
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Woman at wit's end with deteriorating tubOct 21, 2018 6:00 am - My desire for refinishing the tub area has taken a back seat to other home improvements for the past five years!!! I don't think I can go through another month taking a ...
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Lighter kitchen would brighten her mother's dayOct 21, 2018 6:00 am - I am submitting for my mom, who also lives in Elk Grove Village. She is the best person I know and never spends money on herself. She is an ER nurse, cares for her two g...
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Creating the perfect kitchen islandOct 19, 2018 6:00 am - Interior designer Abbe Fenimore knew that adding a kitchen island was one of the most important decisions she'd make in remodeling her 1940s-era home in Dallas. A well-d...
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Guaranteed authentic: Fox Valley Antiques Show and Sale a 'safe' place to shopOct 16, 2018 11:00 pm - Debbie McArdle, president of the Chicago Suburban Antiques Dealers Association, says the organization's 44th Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show and Sale is different from oth...
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Use imagination for foundation gardensOct 14, 2018 6:00 am - The garden in front of your home can be so much more than a row of evergreens covering the concrete foundation. Choose plants — evergreen and deciduous — that soften the...
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Waterbed promoters hope to revive industryOct 12, 2018 6:00 am - TAMARAC, Fla. — Waterbeds still elicit a wink, wink, nudge, nudge whenever they come up in conversation — but two pioneers of the industry in the United States are hopin...
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Marie Kondo on the five obstacles to declutteringOct 11, 2018 11:00 pm - Japanese decluttering diva Marie Kondo started out as an organizing consultant while she was a 19-year-old university student in Tokyo. Her 2011 book “The Life-Changing ...
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Plants that allow you to enjoy your favorite fall colorOct 07, 2018 7:00 am - Fall foliage turns our landscapes into a palette of autumnal shades. Whether you prefer leaves of brilliant yellow, glowing orange or fiery red, there are trees and shru...