Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Home repair: Elbow grease may brighten yellowed tilesMay 13, 2012 5:46 am - Q. I am hoping you know of a solution for the yellowing of my white vinyl floor tiles. Two years ago, after a summer of hot days, the tiles turned yellow in all areas no...
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A 1911 Tudor showcases Arts and Crafts styleMay 13, 2012 5:23 am - 100-year-old ‘Hidden House’ stars in Lombard home tour
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Week 2 finalists for Get Your Summer On backyard makeover contestMay 13, 2012 1:00 am - Week 2 of our “Get Your Summer On” series and backyard makeover contest brings four more finalists, as well as some advice on how to landscape your yard to fit your drea...
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Ask the plumber: Matching bath-fixture finishes should be simpleMay 13, 2012 1:00 am - Q. Thanks for all the free plumbing advice you have given me over the years! I’m installing new faucets and towel bars in my master bathroom. The finish on the fauc...
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Grow the flowers for your arrangementsMay 12, 2012 6:00 am - The flowers to fill your vases need not be limited to the carnations and chrysanthemums found at the grocery store. You can grow an assortment of flowers, foliage plants...
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Think vertical when furnishing a roomMay 12, 2012 5:50 am - When we furnish a room, many of us carefully measure to be sure the couch isn’t too wide or the dining room table too long. We draw a horizontal map, determined to ...
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Home fix: Replacing both springs keeps garage door in balanceMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - Q. I’m going to replace a broken spring for our garage door. The home-store salesman said I needed to replace both springs even though only one is broken. Is this true? ...
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How to know when to call in the painting prosMay 12, 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. Pai...
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Top home furnishings companies debut new lines at Las Vegas showMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - LAS VEGAS — “Metal with wood is big right now,” said Cameron Cook of Four Hands. The Texas-based company debuted its Irondale Collection during the winter...
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Super handyman: Be prepared in case of an emergencyMay 11, 2012 5:35 am - Hardly a day goes by when we don’t hear about an earthquake, tornado or flood. If it hasn’t happened to you yet, you must be doing something right! But surely your luck ...