Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Interior Design Books: The Best of 2012Nov 23, 2012 4:00 am - Stylish coffee tables have a tall stack of fresh design books to display this season. After a lean few years in the interiors book category, an army of experts is bringi...
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Garden Club of Inverness to hold holiday luncheon fundraiserNov 20, 2012 8:52 am - The Garden Club of Inverness will hold its annual Holiday Luncheon fundraiser at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4 at Medinah Country Club, 6N001 Medinah Road. The event will fea...
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Christmas on the Fox is a cure for Black Friday bluesNov 18, 2012 4:27 am - Say “Bah Humbug” to Friday — this coming Friday — aka Black Friday. Flat out refuse to gobble down Thanksgiving dinner tailgate style in the parking lot of a big box sto...
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Looking for a ‘two-for-one’ plumbing dealNov 18, 2012 3:02 am - Q. I’m a big fan of your plumbing column. We have a classic 1950s ranch with one big pink bathroom that we are remodeling next year. We have a very long countertop with ...
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Is giant reed a ‘miracle plant’ or the next kudzu?Nov 17, 2012 12:13 pm - OXFORD, N.C. — It’s fast-growing and drought-tolerant, producing tons of biomass per acre. It thrives even in poor soil and is a self-propagating perennial, so it requir...
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Radon is in all homes, but not at elevated levelsNov 17, 2012 4:00 am - A friend recently asked that I write about radon gas in the home and how it can affect the sale of real estate. Here is my experience with radon and radon testing: Radon...
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Metalsmiths combine art and inventionNov 17, 2012 4:00 am - Architectural metalsmith Chris Rand fired up a blowtorch at the Ivy Arts Studio in Minneapolis and transformed cold, hard metal into intricate ginkgo leaves. The leaves ...
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Dishes are everyday earthenware, not fine chinaNov 17, 2012 3:00 am - Q. My daughter inherited some dishes from her grandmother. The pattern is “May Flower” by Vernon Kilns and she has a service for eight with extra pieces such as a gravy ...
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Home inspector missed settlement problemNov 16, 2012 3:17 am - Q. When we bought our home, our contractor was with us on the day of the home inspection. Both the home inspector and contractor inspected the attic but had different op...
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The new LED bulbs aren’t worth $50Nov 11, 2012 6:23 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Last year I visited Switch Lighting, a small Silicon Valley company that claimed to have built something revolutionary. Switch’s product: a light bul...