Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Doors and walls: A few updates can quickly make a big impactOct 19, 2014 6:00 am - It seems as if almost everyone has a room that they dislike. It is boring because there is no color or it has looked the same for 20 years, or it is downright ugly becau...
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Plant alliums now for late spring colorOct 18, 2014 6:01 am - When we think about planting bulbs in the fall, our thoughts quickly turn to tulips and daffodils. While it's true the spring landscape wouldn't be the same without thes...
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Avoid urge to divide mums this fallOct 17, 2014 6:01 am - Q. I have hardy mums that bloom in the late summer and early fall. Is it OK to divide them once they have finished blooming in the fall? A. Don't be tempted to divide yo...
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Cyclamen kin are dainty but hardyOct 16, 2014 6:00 am - For the past few weeks, dainty pink or white butterflies have been hovering above the bare soil in some of my clay flowerpots. They're not really butterflies, actually: ...
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Planting perennials, mulching among things you can do this fallOct 12, 2014 1:01 am - Planting perennials, mulching among things you can do this fall
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Don't be scared when it comes to fall holiday flairOct 12, 2014 12:01 am - Purely ornamental Scare up some fun this All Hallows' Eve with these folk-art ornaments that are really on the ball when it comes to fall holiday flair. Hang them i...
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Leases, loans make it possible for you to go solarOct 11, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — A new financing offering could make home solar cheaper and more attractive to homeowners, and keep the adoption of home solar growing. The offer, announced b...
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Color spices up a timid kitchenOct 11, 2014 12:00 am - Q. We are taking down the wall between our kitchen and the old breakfast room. Our kitchen is all light wood. I'd like to do something jazzy in the new space. My questio...
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Ask a designer: Outdoor decorating for fallOct 10, 2014 5:30 am - Homes in the northern U.S. are treated to a measure of effortless outdoor decorating for fall: Nature does most of the work by turning the trees a vivid palette of reds,...
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Right at home: Quoth the raven, 'Happy Halloween'Oct 09, 2014 6:00 am - Edgar Allan Poe and Halloween are enmeshed like cobwebs on a lamppost. In classics like "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Masque of the ...