Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Is home inspector liable after one year?Dec 14, 2012 4:36 am - Q. When we bought our house, the home inspector found nothing wrong with the heating system. One month after moving in, we turned on the furnace but got no heat on the s...
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Holiday home, from merry to modernDec 14, 2012 4:00 am - You may have grown up seeing nothing but red and green holiday decorations. These days, however, there’s no single scheme that’s considered suitable. One house can be tr...
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Deck the halls — and everything else — in styleDec 14, 2012 4:00 am - If there’s anything that really helps deck the halls, it’s garland. We all know garland looks great circling the stairs and draped along the mantel, but where else can w...
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High honors for Algonquin bird and butterfly sanctuaryDec 13, 2012 7:05 am - Algonquin’s Gaslight Park Bird and Butterfly Sanctuary has won a 2012 Conservation and Native Landscaping Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Chicago...
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Nature provides for birds in the winter, but you can helpDec 09, 2012 12:00 am - Q. In addition to leaving the seedheads on my plants during the winter for the birds, is there any other help I can provide our feathered friends during the harsh winter...
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Nation's 12 'Prettiest Painted Places” includes colorful, hidden gemsDec 08, 2012 10:00 pm - If you want to see the prettiest painted communities in America, you're going to need a lot of time, several tanks of gas, and a state-of-the-art GPS. The Paint Quality ...
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'Good Wife' furniture line popular with viewers, ownersDec 08, 2012 10:00 pm - HIGH POINT, N.C. — There are certain movies in which the rooms are as interesting as the characters. One that comes to mind is Nancy Meyers' 2009 film “It's Complicated....
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Home fix: Add joists, beam to correct sagging floorsDec 08, 2012 7:00 am - Q. I have an older home with a crawlspace foundation. My problem is the floors sag in the living room to the point where it’s hard to keep a lamp steady on the end table...
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Now is time for tool maintenanceDec 08, 2012 4:00 am - You can avoid the silent treatment from your power tools in the spring by providing some tender loving care before storing them in the fall. Gasoline-powered garden gea...
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An Avon aftershave decanter is worth littleDec 08, 2012 3:43 am - Q. I just need to know if there is any value to this Avon aftershave decanter that is dated 03/21/67. A. This is a glass decanter, which once contained Avon’s Tai Winds ...