Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Painting a room isn’t as easy as it looks on TVJul 02, 2012 5:00 am - It’s hard to escape the commercials. In just 30 seconds, two average homeowners pick a shade, move some furniture, pull out the rollers and, voila!, a new room. Painting...
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Young designer creates chancel furnishings for Arlington churchJul 01, 2012 6:53 am - On Sunday, May 27, the First United Methodist Church of Arlington Heights dedicated its new chancel furnishings — communion table, baptismal font, pulpit and candlestick...
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Arlington Heights couple no longer owns 'ugliest' basementJul 01, 2012 6:00 am - Matt and Anne Edwards have lived in their ranch home in the suburbs for two years, and they'll be the first to admit the basement was bad. Real bad. It was dark, wasn't ...
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Ask the plumber: New dual-flush toilets can be twice as easy to useJul 01, 2012 1:01 am - Q. My present toilet is located under a shelf and I want to replace it since it is old and uses a lot of water per flush. I want to get a dual-flush style, but the toile...
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Ask the plumber: Stone-cold facts for a new bathroomJul 01, 2012 12:01 am - Q. My wife and I are planning to install a new bathroom. We want this to be a green-style bathroom with as many natural products as possible. Can you please give us some...
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Learn how to recognize and combat invasive plantsJun 30, 2012 9:20 am - Learn about the nasty aliens — weeds, invasive and exotic plants — that are overrunning landscapes during a July 10 program at Fremont Public Library. Peggy Simonsen and...
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Soaking tubs making bathing a Zen experienceJun 30, 2012 5:00 am - Some of us are shower people, and some are bathers. But there's a way to be both, as the Japanese discovered centuries ago when they developed the 'ofuro,' or soaking tu...
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Can you tell me anything about my Kewpie doll?Jun 30, 2012 2:59 am - Q. Enclosed are photos of my Kewpie doll. I would appreciate any information on it. Hope you can help me. A. The name is supposedly derived from a corruption of the name...
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Home inspector: Hold strong in dispute over contractor bidsJun 29, 2012 5:08 am - Q. We are in contract to purchase a house, and our home inspector found problems with the old steam heating system. A follow-up inspection by a heating contractor reveal...
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Americana antiques, mementos set the stageJun 29, 2012 1:00 am - Inspired by family heirlooms and a mutual preference for a red-white-and-blue palette, Monica and Mark Knigge didn't have far to look for the foundations of their flag-i...