Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Art in the garden: Growing the perfect tomatoMay 10, 2012 1:00 am - Tomatoes are the most commonly grown vegetable in home gardens. They are easy to grow, produce a lot of fruit in a small space, and taste delicious. Growing the perfect ...
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Aficionados seek top quality in grills in suburbsMay 07, 2012 6:00 am - Andy Workinger is not the type to embrace disposable consumer goods. That's one reason he loves Solaire Infrared Grills. Workinger sells Solaire grills, but his persona...
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Designer turns Midwestern ranch into Old World masterpieceMay 06, 2012 6:00 am - As an interior designer, Brian Ellingson has overseen a lot of home makeovers, but probably none more dramatic than his own. How dramatic? He started with a basic 1950s ...
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Home repair: There’s no clear winner when choosing floor varnishMay 06, 2012 5:35 am - Q. We are planning to hire professionals to refinish our hardwood floors. They were originally finished long ago with an oil-based polyurethane varnish. Now we are havin...
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$ensible home: Tips on choosing a skylightMay 06, 2012 5:30 am - Q. I want to reduce my electric bills, especially with the upcoming summer’s air-conditioning costs. I thought about installing a skylight or tubular skylight so I need ...
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Ask the plumber: Throw a curve into bathroom remodeling jobMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - Q. We’re doing a good-sized remodeling job in our bathroom. It won’t be a complete gut job, but we are changing all the fixtures, including the bathtub. But we...
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Home fix: Broken sewer pipe contaminates soilMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - Q. I have an older home with a bothersome smell. After maneuvering into the dirt crawl space under the house, a broken pipe was discovered. It had probably been leaking ...
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My boring backyardMay 06, 2012 1:00 am - We have been in our home for 13 years and I would love nothing more than to have a comfortable backyard that I can entertain in. I would love to have birthday parties an...
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Do you see a waterfall?May 06, 2012 1:00 am - We have done SO much work in our yard over the past 20 years! But along came kids and our time (and energy) is gone and we never got to the beautiful rock waterfall/brid...
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Clueless in WarrenvilleMay 06, 2012 1:00 am - As first-time homeowners, we purchased this 1947 Cape Cod which was under despair. A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into cleaning up the yard to get it to the point ...