Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Is that Do-It-Yourself home project for you?Dec 11, 2011 5:00 am - Thanks to reality shows on television, home improvement seems like a fun pastime. But homeowners should beware. Fixing a project gone bad can be even more expensive tha...
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Treasures in your attic: Dutch dish is definitely DelftDec 11, 2011 12:00 am - Q. This dish always hung in my mother’s house until her death in 1988. Neither my siblings nor I know anything about it. I have tried to research Delft pottery, but ...
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Wasted living space expelled from SchoolStreet designDec 06, 2011 11:00 pm - Sarah Susanka delivers. For more than a decade the architect has been designing “Not So Big Houses” and writing books about them. Fans have studied the pictures, reread...
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The home that Sarah Susanka designedDec 06, 2011 11:00 pm - The home designed by Sarah Susanka is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays through May 20. It is at 138 School St. in downtown Libertyville, just...
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Water evergreens well to prevent winter burnDec 04, 2011 5:00 am - December is a good month to update your gardening records with notes of successes and failures from the past growing season. This will help for planning the next year. T...
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Hello flat-screen, goodbye entertainment centerDec 04, 2011 5:00 am - With flat-screen TVs now selling at record-low prices, it's tempting to buy a giant, new model for the living room. But flat-screen TVs often create home decorating dil...
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Interest in Lazy Susan cake plate may increaseDec 04, 2011 4:00 am - Q. I own a lazy-Susan-style cake plate on a rotating pedestal that is stamped “Fantasy Copperware Hand-wrought.” I was told this piece is more than 100 years old. Co...
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Time to take Standing Up to Parents 101Dec 04, 2011 4:00 am - Q. I just got out of college. I have been job-hunting for months, and was recently given an opportunity even before it was advertised. I was happy with my stroke of ...
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Treasures in your attic: Beloved armchair has hodgepodge of designNov 27, 2011 12:00 am - Q. This chair is one of my favorite treasures. I bought it in 1962 at a used-furniture store. It is 44 inches tall, 34 inches wide and has been reupholstered but oth...
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House walks warm up the holiday decorating spiritNov 25, 2011 2:00 pm - Whether you're looking for old-fashioned holiday spirit or new ideas to enliven your own decorations, the answer is the same: house walks. In the coming days you can tou...