Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Decorative pillows make pillow talk funApr 30, 2017 6:01 am - Most men shriek when they hear their wives guffaw over the pillows at so and so's house. Pillows can drive one crazy … because there is so much that can be done with dec...
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It's common to be living in a design compromiseApr 30, 2017 6:00 am - Often there can be a discrepancy between what we would like the place we live in to look like and the way it is in living color. You know that saying “Grow where you ar...
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Designers go brilliant and bold with Lake Forest ShowhouseApr 30, 2017 6:00 am - From the water-tinted lacquer ceiling in the dining room to the raspberry furniture in the family room - and the high-gloss dark olive paint in the space way too elegant...
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Start a shade garden with perennial favoritesApr 30, 2017 6:00 am - Some gardeners curse shady conditions in their landscapes that prevent them from growing roses and most herbs, vegetables and ornamental grasses. They yearn for lush bor...
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Jazz Age design shown in textiles, furniture and moreApr 30, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK - A multisensory blockbuster of a show at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum here invites visitors to explore Jazz Age design in all its glittering, d...
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It's fun to start your own coleus plantsApr 30, 2017 6:00 am - If you have kept a coleus as a houseplant, you can still start cuttings for transplanting to the garden. Use a sharp, clean knife or a pair of pruners to cut the stem ju...
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Wild animals are welcome guests in this nature writer's backyardApr 29, 2017 6:00 am - Like any old garden, the 2¼-acre plot around Nancy Lawson's brick rambler is layered with a history chronicled by its plants. There are the field and woods sloping down ...
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How planting trees can make you moneyApr 28, 2017 5:15 am - Editor's note: Matt Schaefer is assistant district manager at The Care of Trees in Barrington and a certified arborist. His Arbor Day essay focuses on how planting t...
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Garfield Farm Museum to offer a Wildflower Walk SaturdayApr 23, 2017 11:00 pm - At 9 a.m. Saturday, April 29, Garfield Farm Museum in Campton Hills will hold a Wildflower Walk, including the Garfield Harley Pond and Woods. With the early onset of sp...
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Micro housing provides new option for millennials and seniorsApr 23, 2017 6:01 am - Many millennials show an affinity for living close to their place of employment - and recreating, exercising and mingling in the same vicinity. Retirees often desire to ...