Articles filed under Home & Garden
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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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Home inspector: Unpermitted addition worries homeownerMay 11, 2012 5:08 am - Q. Where have you been all my life, or at least since we bought our home? Here’s our problem. A den was added to the house some time in the past, and we don’t know if th...
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Dig in for a flower power garden partyMay 10, 2012 10:00 am - Let's be honest here, guys. Flowers really do have a captivating effect - not just on your wife or girlfriend or daughter - but on you as well. A real man can appreciat...