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Home Calendar for the week of Oct. 22-28
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CITY CRAFT CELEBRATION:The modern fabric boutique celebrates its second anniversary with an open-house sewing class. The make-and-take mini sewing class will teach participants how to use a sewing machine to create a custom ribbon key fob. Materials are

Carrollton man uses designer accessories to honor late mother
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Carrollton furniture designer and manufacturer Randal Weeks is known for his pieces honoring classic European architectural elements and antiques through his wholesale line of reproduction home furnishings and accessories known as Aidan Gray Home. This

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, the ‘yarn harlot,’ spins into A Real Bookstore on Monday
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Stephanie Pearl-McPhee has a consuming habit that involves needles; an expensive, oft-hidden stash; and several dealers, all within easy driving distance of her Toronto home for those “must-get-my-high-now” cravings. Some people call their dealers

A new must-have for fall decorating
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Women browsing the stalls at September’s Round Top antiques fair were focused on vintage finds, for sure, but many were distracted by the buzz about those velvet pumpkins. There’s nothing old about them, yet they seemed destined to be the accessory

Joseph Joseph flagship opens in Selfridges
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Colourful gadget specialists get own space on Regent's Street Innovative product company, Joseph Joseph has opened in London's Selfridges, showcasing their range of beautifully designed cooking gadgets. Their Index chopping board, with separate tabs for

Get set for spooky thrills with our blogs
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Take a look at what our bloggers have been posting about this week If you're getting ready for all things spine-tingling this Halloween, then you'll love the cupcake holders from Belle & Boo that Rhoda has posted up on Country Days this week. Creepy yet

Newer apartments must accommodate wheelchairs
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Question: I am wheelchair-bound, so I was excited to be able to rent an apartment in a rental community built in 2010. I assumed that a nearly new complex would be built to the latest design specifications and include buildings and common areas where I

Foolish board decisions can cost everyone
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Question: Our homeowners association was sued when a slate of board directors misused its authority. The directors embarked on projects that only they wanted. They hired different lawyers for each director personally and other attorneys for the

New FHA certification rules hamper condo sales, refinancings
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The rule revisions, aimed at averting losses from delinquencies and foreclosures, have led to thousands of common-interest developments becoming ineligible for FHA mortgages. 0 Reporting from Washington— Is a little-publicized switch in federal

Home of the Week: neo-Craftsman in Pasadena
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It includes five bedrooms and seven bathrooms and features wood beams, floors, built-ins and ceilings. 0 The house, built in 1991, has a historic Pasadena ambiance. (Erik Grammer) October 23, 2011 Centered on a century-old Moreton Bay fig tree, this

The lust list - in pictures
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Stanley Cup winner Oleg Tverdovsky sells his Manhattan Beach house for $2,065,000
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Built in 2006, the 3,350-square-foot Spanish-style home has five bedrooms and four bathrooms. Two-time Stanley Cup winner Oleg Tverdovsky has sold his Manhattan Beach house for $2,065,000. Built in 2006, the Spanish-style house opens to a wood-burning

Fall is a great time to visit demonstration garden
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KENNEWICK -- A couple of weeks ago, I ran into someone who had been in our local Master Gardener program 30 years ago -- long before the Master Gardener Demonstration Garden in Kennewick was started. Her recent visit to the demonstration garden was her

Catching up with Jillian Harris
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Jillian Harris has been one busy lady since her starring roll on The Bachlorette. We caught up with her by phone to find out what she's been up to, and picked up a great entertaining tip along the way! Check Jillian out tonight at 8/7 central on ABC's

Onetime Brando home is on the market
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The Sherman Oaks property, featuring a detached guesthouse and a diving house that the actor built for his children, is on the market at $1,625,000. A home in Sherman Oaks owned by legendary actor Marlon Brando near the end of his life is on the market

Cleaning up perennial gardens
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Fall is traditionally a time for cleaning up gardens. Normally, we recommend clear cutting dead stems during the fall months to help control insect and disease problems. However, with herbaceous perennials that have been pest free, you might want to

Yamaha YHT-895 Home Theater-in-a-Box System - Product of the Week
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The Yamaha YHT-895 is a home theater-in-a-box system that includes an RX-V571 7.1 channel receiver that features 85wpc (rated at 1kHz w/2 channels driven) and 6 3D-compatible HDMI inputs, Dolby TrueHD/DTS HD-Master Audio decoding, 1080p video upscaling,

Home and Garden Calendar
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Today GREEN RETROFIT: Learn how to reduce your environmental footprint and weatherize your home for the winter with builder Nash Hardeman. Workshop will cover insulation, thermostats and water heating options. 9 a.m.-noon. www.cibolo.org or 830-249-4616.

Gardening: Balmy autumn confuses my shrubs
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The front garden is having an identity crisis – unable to decide whether it is closing down for winter or waking up for spring.

Tony Russell's top 5 autumn gardens
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Batsford Arboretum, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire (01386 701441; www.batsarb.co.uk). X Share & bookmark Delicious

Add some colour with stunning alstroemerias
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Chosen by plant buyer John Hiorns I love alstroemerias, they make such good garden plants and excellent cut flowers. Just a few weeks ago I had the pleasure of an 11-hour rail journey to visit a trials ground in Angers, France, to view the trials of

Daily home & garden tip: Make new drapes from old
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View full size Rings that clip to the drapery material give a clean look. If you want new drapes but they're not in your budget, don't despair. Check out consignment shops, Grandma's attic and even your own windows for old-fashioned pinch-pleated drapes

Gardening world cup: An English success story
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Our team did well at a new gardening show in Nagasaki, Japan. At a strange Dutch theme park in the south of Japan, British garden designers have been proving their worth at an extraordinary new gardening competition. Huis Ten Bosch, a replica of a 17th

Gardening world cup 2011: Outdoor theatre
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Lim in Chong won a gold medal at the gardening world cup for a garden inspired by outdoor theatre. Malaysian designer Lim in Chong won a gold medal for his concept of three gardens connected together and named peace, faith and hope. His use of towering

Global gardens 2012
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A round-up of the biggest and best garden shows and events from across the world next year. Chelsea Flower Show (May 22-26) Relatively small but oh-so-smart, has now spawned its own Chelsea Fringe (www.rhs.org.uk and www.chelseafringe.com). Singapore

Garden Tip: Encourage late-season pollinators
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8:57PM In October, some butterflies, moths, bees and other pollinators are still with us, looking to stock up on resources before winter sets in. Among the best types of plants to encourage late-season pollinators are those in the aster family or

Cullen: A failproof gardening checklist for fall
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More on Gardening and landscaping The rats with fur coats clearly torment most of us. And sorry, folks, I have no real solutions. Except, perhaps, two. Cullen: Canadian tough guys... The Real Dirt: Tomatillo... Waves of coloured glass... Cullen: Plant

Designer Interview - Martyn Lawrence-Bullard
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Recently I was lucky enough to interview the talented designer about his philosophy about decorating and where he hunts down all his amazing finds. Check out the interview and be sure to read my review of his new book, Live, Love & Decorate.