Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Mail-order plants should be watered immediately after arrivalApr 15, 2012 1:00 am - Q. I plan on ordering some plants from a mail-order catalog. How should I handle them when they arrive? A. Before they arrive, have an idea where they will be planted. T...
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Designers earn honors for challenging kitchens that turn out dreamyApr 15, 2012 12:00 am - Vibrant blue cabinets. Spouses who differ over whether a kitchen style should be clean and contemporary or feature heavier, carved Tuscan details. A busy family that nee...
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Home fix: How to get rid of that musty smellApr 14, 2012 5:00 am - Q. I have a cottage on Lake Huron that has a musty smell I cannot track down. It is bad enough that when you walk up to the home, you can smell it through the door befor...
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R.S. Prussia tankard a rare bird indeedApr 14, 2012 2:00 am - Q. I have an R.S. Prussia tankard. I was wondering if you might help me find the value. A. When we first looked at this tankard pitcher, we thought the bird depicted on ...
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Home inspector: Agent, inspector at odds over additionApr 13, 2012 1:52 am - Q. My son is buying his first home, an older house with an addition. Neither the seller nor the agent will say if the addition is permitted, but the agent assures him it...
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Arboretum botanist tracks blooms and other signs of spring's progressApr 12, 2012 11:00 am - Ed Hedborn, who has been with the Morton Arboretum in Lisle for 35 years, has never seen anything like this. “It feels like I'm in the middle of May,” Hedborn says. “You...
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So you want to recreate ‘Mad Men’ style at home?Apr 12, 2012 1:00 am - Now that another season of “Mad Men” is taking us back to the 1960s, lovers of Mid-century Modern style are eyeing the sets for inspiration. Luckily, the popularity of b...
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Geneva Community Gardens set to open April 21Apr 11, 2012 2:39 pm - The Geneva Community Gardens at Prairie Green plots will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 21, and you may see me there. Not as a reporter, but as one of the inaugura...
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Home fix: DIY electrical repairs are not a good ideaApr 09, 2012 9:56 am - Q. I was changing the light switch in my bedroom to a dimmer switch and got quite a shock. I had turned off all the power to the bedroom and I even checked the outlets t...
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Healing Gardens open for the season in St. CharlesApr 08, 2012 5:45 pm - Nature was at the core of Deborah Marqui's healing process when she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in 1995. After a year of treatment, she stopped practically...