Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Outdoor classroom brings new dimension to students in InvernessSep 21, 2014 11:00 pm - At Holy Family Catholic Academy in Inverness, recess has taken on a whole new meaning. Sure, they have the traditional play lot and jungle gym, but ask students what the...
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Drift and detail plantings in garden designSep 21, 2014 6:15 am - It's a quandary we face every time we plant a new bed or border. It happens every time we wander up and down the rows of perennials at our local garden center. How many ...
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Suburban designers add edge to Gracious show houseSep 21, 2014 6:00 am - Looking for dramatic urban design — edgy even? Turn suburban interior designers loose on a north-side Chicago home. You'll get hot pink artwork that could take over a ro...
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Folk art festival is an alternative to the mall crawlSep 21, 2014 12:01 am - To call Kristen Sunby a "can-do'' person is a huge understatement. Give her a spice container, a mustard can, a clove box - the older, the better - and she's immediately...
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Time to plant your trees and shrubsSep 20, 2014 6:01 am - Fall is a great time to plant and transplant trees and shrubs. The warm soil, moderate air temperatures and rain of autumn help plants re-establish their root systems af...
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Take ideas from a home stager's bag of tricksSep 20, 2014 3:01 am - Tyler Whitmore, owner of the staging and design firm Ta-da! Homes in Bethesda, Md., joined staff writer Jura Koncius recently on The Post's Home Front online chat. Here ...
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A seven-step program for furniture rehabSep 20, 2014 12:01 am - Kelly Millspaugh Thompson has two trucks, shelves full of paint cans in more than 30 colors, a political science degree she never uses and a passion for refurbishing fur...
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Ask a designer: Tween bedroom's a balancing actSep 18, 2014 5:45 am - Decorating a baby's room is all about what mom and dad want. But decorating a bedroom for a "tween-age" child is more complicated. It's a great place to give growing ado...
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Compost Happens: Tips for making it happen rightSep 17, 2014 6:00 am - As the bumper sticker on my truck reads, "Compost Happens." Sometimes, however, it doesn't happen fast enough. That problem usually can be traced to some limiting factor...
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Constable: Citizen scientists research birds and beesSep 14, 2014 7:45 am - For most of human history, the best hope for a person without a Ph.D. or white lab coat to contribute to scientific research was to end up with his or her skull on a she...