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Get Your Air Conditioning Working by Fixing Your Thermostat!
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Some older thermostats may have a mercury switch inside or may use a mechanical switch. Newer thermostats may be digital, and some programmable electronic models will do everything except wake you up in the morning! With the tutorial Anatomy of the

Exbury azaleas' bold hues make a garden glow
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Erle Nickel Evergreen azaleas are one of the most popular of the partial-shade-loving plants, but their deciduous cousins, a group known as Exbury hybrids, have largely flown under the radar. Exbury azaleas' calling card is a stunning collection of red,

Marin Designer Showcase's final week
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This is the final week to catch the Marin Designer Showcase, back after a two-year hiatus. Thirty Bay Area interior and landscape designers have put their signature touches on San Rafael's Rosegarden Estate, an 8,000-square-foot 1929 Georgian Colonial

Before you grill
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The weather hasn't yet allowed for much out-of-doors cooking, so many of us can't wait to start this summer's grilling season. Despite all the excitement of planning that first flame-kissed meal, consider some preliminaries before you throw that steak on

Home design is where his heart is
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When most 4-year-olds build a fort, the blankets and cardboard boxes come out. But for interior designer Matthew MacCaul Turner, it meant sitting at the table with a set of crayons to draw plans and elevations. His interest in design and architecture

Win a luxury spa weekend at a Champneys resort
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Take the hard work out of housework this Spring. Cif Power Cream Kitchen and Bathroom Sprays keep surfaces beautifully clean thanks to Cif Active Shield technology. One spray and an invisible protective film stays on surfaces leaving them gleaming,

10 water features in the show gardens
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Designer Mark Gregory's gold-winning garden is intended as a hang-out for teenagers, with pizza oven, naturally filtered plunge pool and a covered lounge seating area Picture: MARTIN POPE

Rhododendrons: a midsummer move
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Our next-door neighbour has asked if we can give a new home to a very handsome pale pink rhododendron (name unknown) that he is forced to get rid of because of imminent relocation of his driveway. The shrub is big - 5ft high by 4ft across. Is it likely

Wait and see if black bamboo in pot survives
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I bought a black bamboo last year and planted it in a pot. It survived winter, but now the leaves are withering and falling. Any advice? Catherine Girvan, via email The grim reaper of last winter still stalks. It sounds very much to me as if this

Potting an olive tree
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The question of the week relates to Londoner Juliet Wilson's 3ft-tall potted olive tree, currently doing well in its original 10in plastic pot, but apt to blow over in the wind now she has decided it should spend the summer outdoors. Should she pot it

Yamaha YSP-4100 Digital Sound Projector - Product of the Week
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If you are looking for a great surround sound experience without a room full of loudspeakers and wires, then check out Yamaha's YSP-4100 Digital Sound Projector. Utilizing an array of 40 small speaker and two woofer drivers (each with its own amplifier)

Honey fungus: killer of weeping willow?
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Denise Hilton's beloved weeping willow lost all its leaves suddenly last July and has not shown any signs of life this spring. She wants to put fast-growing scented climbers up its remains and wants suggestions: first a word of warning. Sudden summer

Thin out phloxes and try the 'Chelsea chop'
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This will result in larger flowers on the remaining stems and it will also allow a better flow of air, making mildew less likely. This water stress disease debilitates plants, leaving them covered with white powder. Phloxes, monardas and heleniums are

The value of biodiversity
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There is neither one without the other. Like the chicken and egg, biodiversity creates sustainability and vice versa. Popular as they are, what do these words mean? The first place to look for an answer is in choosing what we grow. The wider the variety

Chelsea Flower Show 2010: 10 water features in the show gardens
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Designer Mark Gregory's gold-winning garden is intended as a hang-out for teenagers, with pizza oven, naturally filtered plunge pool and a covered lounge seating area Picture: MARTIN POPE

Blanche Vaughan's bagna caude
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This Piedmontese classic is perfect to eat at this time of year, the garlic is fresh and the vegetables are young and tender. With just a small pot and a burner to heat it, you could even make it outside on the allotment. 'Bagna Cauda' means hot-bath,

Chelsea Flower Show 2010: 10 Bunny Guinness picks from garden designs
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The Sustainable Highland Garden, designed by Amber Goudy, who lives in a house made of recycled newspaper, featured part of a sustainable straw bale croft. Amber's technique involves putting lime render directly onto straw bales. Sheep wool is used to

Chelsea Flower Show 2010: Bunny Guinness gets inspired by show gardens' features
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Looking back at and my mind is still buzzing with ideas, plants and the shear endeavour of those involved at the coal face. I was a judge again this year, and my hat went off to Darren Saines for his Naturally Norway Garden. Aside from the fresh-looking

What You Need To Know Buying Walnut Furniture
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Walnut furniture is an excellent choice for traditional-style furniture. It is a durable hardwood that maintains a beautiful finish for years. The following hints will make buying walnut furniture easier. Walnut is a strong, hard and durable wood that

Fast Fixes for the Top Kitchen No-Nos
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Does your older kitchen have one of these outdated features? Then perhaps it's time to banish the throwbacks from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s! Here are the some of the worst features of outdated kitchens along with some cost-conscious solutions to get a

Sex and the City wallpaper | Sex and the City 2
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Being an all-girl team at housetohome.co.uk, as you can imagine we're more than a little excited about the new Sex and the City movie coming out this weekend! And although we love all the shoes, clothes and bags, we're equally enamoured with the four

Memories of storied past
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Fred Lyon Dickinson converted an 1893 firehouse on Washington Street into his own idiosyncratic home. In the golden days of San Francisco interior design, which many would argue was the 1970s, there was a small coterie of daring young men who

A spotlight on porches
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c. Chia Chong and Adam Kuehl Decorator Erin Martin designed this porch in St. Helena for former winemakers Virginia and Ernest Van Asperen. With potted Japanese maples, clean lines and a palette of earth tones, she kept it "fun and simple." An outdoor

Best Buy To Incorporate TIVO Operating System Into Insignia TVs
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TIVO is one of those words that has become ingrained in our culture as both a noun (TIVO DVR) and a verb (to tivo). TIVO has a loyal customer base for its DVRs and is also a common water cooler phrase: 'I Tivo'd a TV show last night'. Now, more consumers

Oceans Home and Garden is outstanding
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27/05/2010 Furniture company, Oceans Home and Garden, has won the Outstanding Presentation of Stand award at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The Oxfordshire based business is the first ever garden furniture retailer to win the award, which was presented to

Master gardener in training: learning to love seeds and nurture seedlings
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For the first time in my gardening life, I feel like a parent. I’ve grown a selection of plants from seed and teased out more seedlings from some adopted mini-plugs. I've eased them into the ground and through their transplant shock. They’ve

Canon Abandons Promising SED TV Technology
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What seemed like a promising flat panel television technology apparently has turned into an also-ran as a result of Canon's announcement that they will no longer pursue the development of flat panel TVs based on SED technology. What is SED? SED