Articles filed under Home & Garden
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If your bushes look unruly, it's time for a trimMar 11, 2018 6:00 am - The days are getting longer, the temperatures are beginning to warm and the gardening bug is starting to bite - hard. But the soil is too wet to venture into perennial b...
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Makeover gives garage the loving it deservesMar 11, 2018 6:00 am - No part of a typical home takes more of a beating than the garage. It is routinely open to the elements, houses automobiles and other machinery that tend to track in dir...
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Modern masterpieces can be found with a little searchingMar 11, 2018 6:00 am - In the home furnishing world, you pay dearly for a known designer's name, just like when you buy haute couture. Would you consider paying $7,000 for one dining chair? Wo...
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Going glam without going too farMar 10, 2018 5:00 am - New York interior designer Young Huh has always added touches of glamour to the rooms she designs. Lately, she says, clients are asking for even more of it. “I think it'...
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Constable: Garden show's director has roots in WheelingMar 10, 2018 12:00 am - Like a weed, we must first deal with this cliché: the roots of the Chicago Flower & Garden Show owner and director. “As a child, I asked my parents if I could grow a ve...
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COD horticulture students receive statewide recognition from ILCAMar 07, 2018 10:00 pm - Four College of DuPage horticulture students recently were recognized at the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association Excellence in Landscape Awards Night for their ef...
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Pottawatomie Garden Club to celebrate 90 yearsMar 07, 2018 10:00 pm - If a club can boast of being around for 90 years, it certainly has proved to be useful, if not vital, to its community. The Pottawatomie Garden Club falls into that cate...
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7 trees to plant this spring for great blooms next springMar 05, 2018 5:00 am - With the start of spring right around the corner, we asked Doris Taylor, plant clinic manager at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, for some tips about trees we can plant th...
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Citizens for Conservation plant sale starts onlineMar 05, 2018 12:00 am - Online ordering for Lake Barrington-based Citizens for Conservation's 22nd annual native plant, shrub and tree sale is now available on the organization's website, citiz...
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Cranberry glass vase has fruitful legacyMar 04, 2018 5:01 am - Q. This is a photo of an antique glass vase that I inherited. It stands about 6 inches tall, is decorated with a swirl pattern and is in perfect condition. It has a ruff...