Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Gourmet herbs: tasty, attractive and easy to growMar 29, 2014 5:45 am - Culinary herbs are enjoying a revival thanks to new varieties, stronger flavors, health concerns and more discerning palates. Their low cost, attractiveness and easy-to-...
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Show your creativity, color in a kitchen backsplashMar 26, 2014 5:45 am - Make a splash in your kitchen with color. Even those who are afraid of using color manage to accept some pizazz when it comes to the design of a kitchen backsplash. Both...
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Home improvement tips learned the hard wayMar 26, 2014 5:30 am - ‘Tis the season for home improvement projects, and weekend warriors will soon be visiting home supply retailers to buy everything from paint to plywood. There are many a...
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Learn to grow groceries yourself at Earth Day seminar in GenevaMar 25, 2014 11:00 pm - "Grow Your Own Groceries - in Containers," a seminar to help people save money, build health, find more pleasure in tastier food, and acquire more energy by eating heath...
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Sealing a driveway will extend its lifeMar 25, 2014 5:45 am - Installing an asphalt or a concrete driveway can be an expensive undertaking. To preserve the fresh, new look of the driveway, have the driveway sealed and then routinel...
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Color combinations raise the roof on styleMar 24, 2014 12:00 am - When a 2011 storm destroyed their black shingle roof, Carol and Ray Knoff of Vinton, Iowa, opted to replace it with a roof in vintage Victorian colors: a clay-like red a...
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Paint without the painMar 23, 2014 5:45 am - We've all been there. You decide to paint a room, and weeks later, your walls are a crazy quilt of paint swatches. You've flipped through rooms on Houzz and Pinterest an...
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Proportion, finishes key to balancing imaginative traditional roomsMar 23, 2014 1:01 am - Traditional interior design can mean a lot of different things depending on your audience. For some purists, this may mean decorating with antiques or reproductions of ...
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Alter the proportions in a small kitchenMar 22, 2014 6:00 am - Q. We're planning to renovate the smallest kitchen in the city — new cabinets, flooring and lighting. Without knocking down walls, are there ways to make the kitchen loo...
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Caution necessary when painting indoorsMar 22, 2014 6:00 am - Few people might think of potential safety hazards when planning to paint the interiors of their homes. Though every home improvement project can lead to injury if safet...