Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Volunteer gardeners help spruce up West DundeeApr 19, 2012 8:00 am - West Dundee trustees and residents will continue the tradition they started three years ago and celebrate Earth Day with a planting and cleanup party on Saturday, April ...
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Small garden 'rooms' offer variety of pleasuresApr 16, 2012 1:00 am - Now's the perfect time for dreaming about your spring and summer garden. Gather up your seed and garden catalogs, take some notes, visit a garden center, let your imagin...
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Country meets contemporary decorApr 15, 2012 6:00 am - Browse through old Country-oriented shelter magazines and you'll see a lot of what designers used to call “duck and basket” decor: calico-print-filled rooms, Colonial fu...
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Ask the plumber: New bathroom may cost a lot per ‘foot’Apr 15, 2012 5:00 am - Q. I enjoy my visits to the local spa, and the best part for me is the foot bath. The spa has a foot tub built into the floor, complete with water jets, custom lounge ch...
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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...