Home And Garden
Interior designers: Many ways to cut energy costs
When decorating our homes, we tend to consider things like beauty and comfort, the durability of pieces we might buy or the image they project. But how many of us stop to consider our energy bills?
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Home and Garden briefs for Nov. 6
Couple win window makeover: Encinitas couple Seth and Sandra Schwartz recently won a sweepstakes for a $10,000 window makeover from Exciting Windows! The couple entered on HGTV's Web site, and their home now features draperies, cornices and top treatments in their family …
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RIGHT AT HOME: The nursery gets back to basics
Once upon a time, the ideal for a child's room was a cozy haven filled with sturdy push-pull toys, handmade dolls and a few baskets of dress-up clothes.
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Plant a seed, get a tree
Planting seeds is a satisfying way to grow trees and shrubs, and gives you a special affection for the plants.
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Got 10 minutes? Get the house (somewhat) clean
NEW YORK ---- Who says you need to spend an entire Saturday cleaning the house?
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In kitchen or clothes, moths are tough to rout
A couple of years ago, when my daughter was about 3, she delved happily into a container of freeze-dried strawberries and yelled over the "prize" she found inside.
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HOUSEWORKS: Protect your home over the holidays
The holiday season is a busy one for burglars, as families gather to celebrate and leave their home-sweet-homes to fend for themselves.
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ASK ROSE: Fading basil plant isn't worth saving
Q. I have an herb questions for you. I was outside watering my potted plants today, including my little fledgling herb garden, when I unhappily discovered that two of my basil plants have developed hideous dark brown spots on their leaves. I have three plants in one large pot (two of thes…
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Home and Garden briefs for Oct. 30
Company honored: Bemus Landscape, which has offices in Perris and San Marcos, recently received two awards: a national merit award from the Professional Landscape Network and a Judges Beautification Award from the California Landscape Contractors Association. Go to www.be…
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Just for show: Fall decorating relies on veggies
Fall is a busy time for decorating, second only to Christmas, and the period when vegetables are valued more for their beauty than their flavor.
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A `Well-Dressed Home' complements the closet
NEW YORK ---- Are you a T-shirt-and-jeans person with a chintz living room, or someone who loves the structure of a suit but wakes up in a shabby chic bedroom?
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CALIFORNIA GARDENS: Autumn bloomers in containers
It may not be easy to imagine fall when you live and garden in Southern California, since our seasons seem to blend right into each other. And for gardeners, especially the ones moving from up north, there seems to be an eternal spring! However, visiting garden centers at this time, you'l…
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HOUSEWORKS: The answers to your ceiling questions, and more
I assume you got a good night's sleep last night, and you're ready to tackle home repairs today. Or at least to read about them.
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Mowing tips for a healthy, pretty lawn
Mowing the lawn is at once the most mundane and the most unique form of pruning. Everyone does it, yet what other kind of pruning calls for cutting off only part of a leaf blade ---- and thousands at a time?
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Kids artwork: Frame it? Box it? Toss it?
Having moved five times in the last nine years, Pam Syx, now of Venice, Fla., had many opportunities to chuck some of her two children's artwork along the way.
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