Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Authentic gardens require long-term devotionNov 05, 2017 5:00 am - Many fine gardens are candidates for visiting and enjoying, but only one garden matters and that's your own. Yours may amount to a narrow urban yard or just a few contai...
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Family frustrated with dark, damaged doorsNov 05, 2017 5:00 am - My husband and I finally bought our first house in April. We love the house we purchased, but it needed work. We spent four weeks painting every inch of it and installed...
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Define smaller spaces to better utilize themNov 05, 2017 5:00 am - There are some creative and exciting ways to close off unique or awkward spaces in your home. I'm thinking of areas like transformed front porches, dressing rooms or con...
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Holiday decorations are a scrapbook of our livesNov 05, 2017 5:00 am - Christmas is all about tradition. We unpack and reveal each year the items that remind us of wonderful Christmases past. But most of us also try to add one or two new th...
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Repeat winner in Chicago's Finest Painted Ladies CompetitionNov 04, 2017 6:00 am - For the first time, a former “Painted Ladies” winning home has taken a second title in the Chicago competition. Lynda Quindel's home at 214 S. State St. in Elgin was nam...
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How to showcase the objects you loveOct 28, 2017 6:00 am - Grouping objects in a pleasing arrangement is the goal of a vignette. Designers work hard on their tablescaping game, creating small compositions layered with texture an...
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Throw in pops of color to help reinvent a roomOct 27, 2017 6:00 am - Want to make a stylistically soggy living space snap, crackle and pop with more oomph than an invigorating breakfast cereal? Pour on the pizzazz in the form of a contras...
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Pottawatomie Garden Club honors St. Charles-based Clarke company with awardOct 25, 2017 11:00 pm - On Monday, Oct. 16, the Pottawatomie Garden Club presented its annual Landscape Commendation Award. The award is given each year to a local business that has devoted ti...
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Select the proper bulbs for fall plantingOct 22, 2017 7:00 am - Most bulbs should be planted after a hard frost starting mid to late October and before the ground freezes. When you buy bulbs in a garden center, pick bulbs that are pl...
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Lamp table lights up familyOct 22, 2017 6:01 am - Q. I inherited a table from my grandparents, who built a home in 1922. I assume the table was purchased at that time. It is 30 inches high, 27 inches wide and is in mint...