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Shoes need special care in wet and murky weather
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Hamburg - Shoes need special treatment in autumn and winter, more than at any other time of year. Special treatments help keep boots and shoes waterproof. But before doing any weather-proofing treatment on footwear, do a little test to determine the type

Sharing a room with your sibling can be nerve-wracking
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Munich - Big sisters could write a song about it, and little brothers could too: Sometimes siblings truly get on each others' nerves, especially when they share a bedroom. But with a few tricks, the room can be arranged so that both children feel

News From CES 2009 - Logitech Wins CES Innovations Award for Harmony 1100 Remote Control
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Every year at CES, awards are given to especially innovative products in variety of categories. This year, Logitech has won a CES Innovations Award for its new Harmony 1100 Remote Control. This product meets the demand of the increased need to eliminate

Term Of The Week: DTS
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DTS is a 5.1 channel encoding and decoding system similar to Dolby Digital 5.1, but DTS uses less compression in the encoding process. As a result, many feel that DTS has a better result on the listening end. In addition, while Dolby Digital is mainly

Blu-ray Disc Player Sales Strong in 2008
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The results are in, and despite the downturn in the economy, sales of Blu-ray Disc players were strong in 2008, resulting in the total number of both standalone Blu-ray Disc players and Blu-ray player-equipped Sony PS3s in U.S. homes now at over 10

Declutter the Closet
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The holidays have come and gone. The decorations have been put away. Overnight guests have headed home. Now it's time to get organized. An odd place to start, you're thinking. But organizing the linen closet is an attainable goal, even for the most

Proper Care for Linens
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So, your linen closet is cleaned out and you're ready to restock the shelves. Before you begin, check out this quick refresher on how best to care for sheets, towels and pillows. Proper care will keep linens clean and fresh, and should lengthen their

White Sales
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Annual winter sale, through Tuesday: 20 percent off select bedding. 800-870-3513. http://www.garnethill.com. Home and white sale, through Jan. 20: 30 to 60 percent off select items. Area stores and http://www.jcpenney.com. White sale, Jan. 17-25: 25

A Buyer's Guide to Pillows & Mattresses
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We all know we should get more sleep. What we might not know is that our old pillows and mattresses could be contributing to the quality of our slumber. Here's a primer for those shopping for a new sleep surface. A pillow is a personal purchase and

Luxury You Can Afford
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afford it. One of my favourite features in a design magazine is the high/low comparison, when the same look is achieved in two ways: an expensive way and a relatively cheap way. It goes to prove that you do not need a lot of money to create a

Vondie Curtis Hall lowers sales price of Hollywood Hills home to $2,295,000
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You've seen his face all over TV for years, now won't you please go see the man's house? Actor Vondie Curtis Hall (and his wife, KasiLemmons) just dropped the price on their Hollywood Hills home by 21% from $2,899,000 to $2,295,000. Previously, they

Ideal Home needs you!
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Do you want to be in Ideal Home magazine? We're looking for readers to help us. Would you like to see your name in print and have the chance to win a fab prize? Ideal Home is looking for readers to test and review appliances and products for the

Dry cleaners spot economic wrinkles
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Three months ago, Arthur C. Anton Jr., chief operating officer of one of the largest dry-cleaning firms in Massachusetts, Anton's Cleaners, began noticing a change in the condition of the garments coming into his stores. 'They're more wrinkled,' he said.

Hardwood furniture: another sustainable choice
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If you want to buy sustainable furniture but can't afford a hand-built piece from reclaimed wood, the next best thing might be 'the greener choice' from Hoot Judkins, a 46-year-old family company in Redwood City. The 80,000-square-foot store offers 50

Modern Bamboo pieces stable, sustainable
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His name may not go down in history, but Anthony Marschak was one of the first Bay Area designers to build furniture from bamboo. Inspired by his classes at California College of the Arts and the work of Charles and Ray Eames, he began to research

Astrology.com Daily Home and Garden Horoscopes - Wednesday January 7, 2009
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Today's Aries Reading: Free Sample Karmic Love Reading Taurus (April 20 - May 20) Natural history centers often have hiking programs that allow you to adventure with similarly interested folks on more than one hike. Take a trash bag a long when you go --

A Stick in Time
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This year, one of my New Year's resolutions is to avoid using imported bamboo canes in my garden and to create every arch, wigwam, trellis and frame from local hazel, silver birch, chestnut or willow. We have been doing this increasingly in the garden at

Choose Color for Your Kids Room
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Decorating your kids room can be a lot of fun. You will experience joyful moments and truly feel like a kid again. No matter how exciting this project might feel for you - hopefully it feels exciting! - it is always a good idea to involve your children

Product recalls: cribs, toasters, bicycles
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People with children may want to check the list of recalled items this week, which includes cribs, bicycles and girls' jackets. The following recalls have been announced: PRODUCT: Jardine Cribs About 56,450 Jardine Cribs, manufactured in China by Jardine

Learn these 7 habits of great gardeners BEFORE spring!
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If you're like us, you may be looking out on an expanse of snow and ice right now. But take heart, spring is really just around the corner, and warbling songbirds and longer days aren't as far off as they may seem. If you're also like us, you may already

Astrology.com Daily Home and Garden Horoscopes - Tuesday January 6, 2009
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You may be asked to lend your support to a community project today. Before you answer yes, be certain you are comfortable with the folks involved and you have a plan for financing the project. Today's Aries Reading: Free Sample Karma Reading Taurus

Tacoma Home and Garden Show January 28 - February 1, 2009
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The 26th annual Tacoma Home & Garden Show will take place January 28 - February 1, 2009 at the Tacoma Dome. This year's show will be the largest in its 26-year history. The show will feature accredited seminars, award-wining display gardens and lots

Firmware Updates and What It Means For Your Blu-ray Disc Player and Other Home Theater Components
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Did you purchase or receive a Blu-ray Disc player as a gift this past holiday season? If so, you probably noticed a sheet packed in the box, or a section of the user manual, that discusses how you can upgrade your player via a 'firmware or software

Sharp End: winter scents
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The best thing about January (apart from the end of it) is its scents. In fact, at this time of year a trip around the garden is almost more about smells than sights. Mahonia, viburnum, daphne, sarcococca, wintersweet, winter honeysuckle, winter iris,

How to grow: Euphorbia 'Whistleberry Garnet'
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Whistleberry Garnet' is well named for its handsome, velvet-textured foliage that has contrasting garnet-red edges and undersides. In winter this evergreen euphorbia forms a low mound of dark, jade-green rosettes. These shine just when most plants have

Pre-CES 2009 Product Announcements
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The Annual CES (Consumer Electronics Show) doesn't officially start until later this week: Thursday, January 8th, but that doesn't stop some exhibitors from hyping their new products ahead of time. Although most product announcements will be made once

Get creative with Ideal Home's labels
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NEW Over 72 different storage labels free inside Ideal Home's February issue Love to have everything labelled and organised? Check out Ideal Home's February issue - it comes with a free disk containing hundreds of easy-to-print decorative storage labels.

The great allAmerican park
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Strolling through the New York Botanical Garden today or riding on one of its packed passenger trams it's difficult to imagine how the same scene looked a generation ago. In those days, the plantings were weedy, the mammoth Beaux Arts conservatory was

Winter plants and flowers: Make the most of winter sunshine in the garden
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Winter sunshine is unlike the light at any other time of year. With the sun at its lowest trajectory, its rays are subtle and slanting, seeking out every nuance of shape, tone and texture. The trunks of trees are thrown into stark relief, and those with