Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Live/work lofts appealing to both professionals and businessesApr 16, 2015 6:00 am - Artists have always sought out unusual and unexpected places to live, prioritizing cheap rents where they could sell or barter for their works of art. Up until the 1950s...
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Little details make all the difference for guestsApr 12, 2015 11:00 pm - The tiniest details often are the things that matter the most. Once I attended a wedding reception where there was no toilet paper in the bathroom, but I think running o...
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Watch out for spring fever when ordering plantsApr 12, 2015 7:00 am - After a long Chicago winter, it is easy to let spring fever take over when ordering plants from catalogs and buying plants from garden centers. Take the time to select p...
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Grow a salad to get kids interested in gardeningApr 12, 2015 3:01 am - Q. I baby-sit my grandkids often. I love gardening so much that my children nicknamed me Greenthumb. Do you have any ideas for a fun planting project that would take us ...
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Finding cause of ice dams is critical for protecting houseApr 12, 2015 12:00 am - Q. I need help with my icicles. My home is a frame ranch built in the 1950s. I have a one-car, unheated, attached garage. I have huge, some 3-foot-long, icicles around m...
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Choose cool-weather plants for spring containersApr 11, 2015 7:00 am - Urns by the front door and window boxes don't have to sit empty, waiting for the warmer temperatures demanded by geraniums, salvias and sweet potato vines. There are ple...
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Sweet peas fill a garden with fragrance, beauty and memoriesApr 10, 2015 6:00 am - Sometimes we grow plants because they evoke fond memories of treasured times with generations before ours. German irises remind me of the arm-in-arm walks my grandmother...
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The life-changing impact of designApr 10, 2015 3:00 am - Recently, I leased an apartment I hadn't really looked at before I signed on it: The move was sudden, the need urgent and the spot convenient enough. When I arrived with...
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Porcelain tea set made in CzechoslovakiaApr 09, 2015 6:00 am - Q. I would appreciate if you would tell me the value of the porcelain tea set seen in this photo. It was given to me by my aunt and must be 75 years old. The set is a se...
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You say sofa, I say couch, but who says divan?Apr 09, 2015 6:00 am - A designer's lexicon can sometimes seem complicated and pretentious. Words that you thought mean one thing can mean something else altogether. This can be due to the wor...