Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Proportions and scale critical when decorating small spacesJul 03, 2016 5:00 am - When it comes to interior design, you've got to get the size of your ideas right. Nothing is worse than when a clueless homeowner sets out to do a do-it-yourself project...
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Best to replace a dying ash treeJul 03, 2016 5:00 am - Damage caused by emerald ash borer is becoming very noticeable in the Chicago area, with dead and dying trees in home gardens, woodlands and along roadsides. The numbers...
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Energy-controlled window film can work wellJul 03, 2016 5:00 am - Q. I need to block the sun's heat and fading rays coming in my windows. They are just single-pane, but are in good condition. Is it hard to install a heat-control window...
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Delphiniums are a worthwhile challengeJul 03, 2016 4:00 am - My delphiniums are now in all their stately glory, the 5-foot, blue spires reaching for the sky as they guard the gate to my vegetable garden. I have to admit that besid...
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Look outside to begin solving basement flooding issuesJul 03, 2016 1:00 am - Q. We have a tri-level house. Over the past three years, the basement has flooded three times - twice to the point where it ruined carpet. It happened again two weeks ag...
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Love your home with all its unique 'flaws'Jul 02, 2016 11:00 pm - "I love my home!" These are four words that are not often heard from homeowners. Frequently what is heard are things like: "I wish my house were larger," "My closets are...
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Plenty of plants will grow in dry shadeJul 02, 2016 11:00 pm - I live on an acre with areas baked in sunshine and others shaded by mature trees. When I was younger, I spent more time in the sunny gardens tanning my back while planti...
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Beeswax candles add a magical glow to the Nordic state dinnerJul 01, 2016 6:00 am - The soft glow at the Nordic state dinner at the White House last month came from a little candle company in Santa Cruz, California. The pure beeswax pillar candles burni...
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Fanciful 'Mad House' exhibit straddles art and designJul 01, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Imagine a house containing a towering bronze pitchfork and shovel that will never be used for gardening; a working vacuum cleaner - topped with the gilded bus...
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Soil around home can't keep up with sump pump dischargeJun 26, 2016 5:00 am - Q. I own a split-level home built in 1964. It had a gravel crawl space, which was very damp, so I had it cement-encapsulated with drain tiles and a sump pump installed t...