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Summer chic in Chicago apartment
Stylist Barri Leiner Grant brings summer chic to a Chicago apartment. Never been to the Jersey shore? Fuhgeddaboudit.
Real hipsters do housework
The author of "The Hip Girl's Guide to Homemaking'' is into bread-baking and thrift-store dishes. Whatever.
New bulbs in harsh light
Readers are hot over energy-saving lightbulbs. Let's separate truth from myth.
Help fridge keep its cool
Cleaning your refrigerator's working parts is like maintaining an air conditioner. That's basically what a refrigerator is.
Keeping up Kardashian style
Kris Kardashian's scenes with interior designer Jeff Andrews are off camera. The busy decorator stays out of the limelight.
Creating a backyard getaway
When Jean Rollo's friend brought her English setter, Watson, to see Rollo's new outdoor room, the pooch's antics said it all. Which should I...
Iron man
Constructing a fence is harder than it looks. Some people try, then they call Roger Freeman.
On wings of dragonflies
Demystify these exotic creatures and enjoy the extraordinary beauty they bring to the yard.
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It takes a sleuth to diagnose underperforming plants. The Morton Arboretum has one.
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The renegade designer of the Lurie Garden creates landscapes that follow their own rules.
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Don't have time to manicure your yard? The Chicago Botanic Garden suggests basic practices that add little extra work.
Get the full story >>Drama on Wisteria Lane
It can take 15 years for wisteria to flower. The vines require patience and pruning.
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Easy to grow clematis vines bring your fence color, drama and sparkle.
Get the full story >>Minding garden on vacation
Enjoy your trip. Here's how your plants can get along without you.
Get the full story >>Books that grow on gardeners
Every gardener has a dog-eared, mud-smudged book that through the years has answered every garden puzzle.
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The common orange day lily will crowd out other plants. Think about what will grow in their place.
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Between the cold spells and the heat spells, the garden has taken a back seat. Here's how to catch up with planting for the Fourth of July.
Get the full story >>Fungus chokes oak trees
A fungus effectively cuts off an oak tree's water supply, according to Morton Arboretum arborists.
Get the full story >>Nature's palette for patio
The absence of color can make just as powerful a statement as a color-rich scene.
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