Articles filed under Home & Garden
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What's the secret to growing African violets? Book tells allDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - If you've ever killed an African violet, Kent and Joyce Stork can sympathize. They killed their first one, too. But the couple didn't let one failure stop them. They've ...
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Who's smarter -- us or our furniture?Dec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - The Campton Smart Console Table from Pottery Barn shows what furniture can do these days. It's red, it looks like an Asian antique. And it could just be smarter than we ...
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The center of attention: An easy-to-make holiday centerpieceDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Here's an easy way to make a centerpiece that will impress guests at Christmas dinner. I can say it's easy because my daughter made ours in a class at Cantigny Park. I j...
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Things to doDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Antiques and crafts • The Grayslake Antique Market offers hundreds of dealers with antiques and collectibles from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the Lake County Fairgrounds a...
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Involving designer early saves later headachesDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - At what point in a project, readers often ask, should an interior designer be called in to help. I can only respond, "Before it starts to hurt." Professional designers d...
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Rediscovering the Jerusalem artichokeDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - How's this for a misnomer: The Jerusalem artichoke is neither an artichoke, nor is it from Jerusalem. The root vegetable was one of the first native American plants to b...
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Tips for buying a fresh treeDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Christmas trees have been sold commercially in the United States since about 1850. Although more than 300,000 trees are being sold via Internet or mail order catalogs, t...
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Elgin author travels the world in search of antique German ornamentsDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - When you lovingly unwrap your grandmother's glass dove to hang on your Christmas tree, just think -- she could have left you a clown or a devil. And it would have been w...
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Things to doDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Antiques and crafts • The Kane County Flea Market offers hundreds of dealers with antiques and collectibles from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Kane County Fairgrounds, 5...
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Keep de-icing chemicals from sensitive plantsDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Colder weather has been slow to arrive, but it's still time for Chicago-area gardeners to be prepared to protect their plants from the challenges of snow and ice. All pl...