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Living by the book
Let your home decorating take a page from your favorite books.
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A TELLING TALE OF COLOR
A book jacket inspires this Massachusetts publisher to bring together vibrant colors, layers of texture, and multiple patterns in her guest suite.
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PUTTING VINTAGE TO WORK
Clean colors, classic materials, tall cabinetry, and lots of clever storage nooks bring this old California kitchen up to the speed of life for dual attorneys.
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GROWING A PASSION IN MINIATURE
A bonsai gardener nurtures small trees and shrubs that reflect in their stylized shapes both the beauty and the stresses of a larger natural world.
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INTO THE ROSE GARDEN
All-America Rose Selections announces four new rose varieties for 2006. AARS is a nonprofit organization of rose growers and originators that conducts extensive two-year trials in conditions and climates typical of home gardens. AARS makes its selection based on flower production, color, fragrance, and disease resistance.
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CHECKING INTO kid-safe hotels
Child care and kids' clubs are a growing part of hotel services. Parents can make sure kids have a good time-- and stay safe-- with these strategies.
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Planted to the Brim
Landscape designer Chris Olsen is a passionate plant collector, a fact that becomes obvious from the first step into his garden. Under a canopy of more than 30 varieties of trees, beds overflow with a wide array of plants, from phlox to fan palms. Containers boasting begonias, boxwoods, and ground covers that range from dense moss to bright flag grass fill every remaining nook.
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Renovating a Collector's Haven
Jean Locey, by her own admission, collects everything-- ironstone, blue-and-white pottery, glassware, rag rugs, wicker baskets, and Early American antiques. So when she and her husband, retired art teacher Bruce Grasmeyer, remodeled their 200-year-old farmhouse in Ithaca, New York, creating more room to organize and display those collections was a primary goal. "I wanted things to be accessible," explains Jean, whose home won Best Remodeling in our 2004 Better Home Better Living contest.
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THE TRUTH ABOUT FLU
Sort fact from hype about influenza, including the increasingly scary bird flu
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Super-Charged Foods
It's time to move those dusty, forgotten packages of red beans in the back of your pantry to a place of greater prominence. Red beans lead a recent list of disease-fighting foods reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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Write it off
Journal writing is one of the best ways to deal with stress, sorrow, and a host of other everyday problems.
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Snow Day
There's nothing like a good snowstorm to put you back in touch with your family.
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