Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Bring farmhouse style into the 21st centuryJun 11, 2017 6:00 am - Designer Amy Zantzinger styled her family's waterside retreat to be an elegant yet casual farmhouse. No country cliches here: Her look combines rustic farm tables, lante...
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Layer plants in containers and pull garlic mustardJun 11, 2017 6:00 am - When planting a container, mix plants of different heights for a layered effect. Try something different from the typical tall plant in the center with a ring of shorter...
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A fresh take on shaggy-chic fringed decorJun 10, 2017 6:00 am - Like coquettish long eyelashes or chic bangs, fringe has a beguiling style that draws it every so often back into the trend orbit. Now is one of those times in fashion a...
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How to decorate indoors with plantsJun 09, 2017 6:00 am - From kitchen herb gardens to miniature indoor trees, interior designers are increasingly bringing plants into their home design projects. Plants are "the one little piec...
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Algonquin library to offer Junior Master Gardener ProgramJun 06, 2017 11:00 pm - This summer the Algonquin Area Public Library is encouraging kids, age 7 to 13, to dig in the dirt at the Harnish Main Library, 2600 Harnish Drive. The district is partn...
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New York City is a divine design destinationJun 04, 2017 6:01 am - Every year, more than a dozen interior designers pour out their hearts and wallets to produce breathtaking rooms for the Kips Bay Decorator Show House for the benefit of...
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Ways to make a kid's bedroom whimsicalJun 04, 2017 6:01 am - Reading magically cracks open the secret door to faraway places and mysterious concepts. After reading books together with your children, how about continuing the experi...
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Underwhelming yard perplexes suburban homeownerJun 04, 2017 6:00 am - Uninviting, unremarkable, uninspiring. We have lived here for 16 years and don't spend any quality time in the backyard. We have spent most of our time here fixing up th...
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Climbing hydrangeas are vines for the shade gardenJun 04, 2017 6:00 am - The first time I saw a climbing hydrangea, it was growing its way up the trunk of a majestic oak. I was smitten, and Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris also climbed its...
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Retractable screen is an alternative to a screen doorJun 04, 2017 6:00 am - Q. I like screen doors for natural ventilation, but they are expensive, inconvenient and don't look really good. Are hideaway retractable screen doors easy to operate an...