House & Homes
Ahhhhhh, house: With a little thinking, hardly any investment at all (and these 19 tips), you can turn yours into a very, very, very fine house
We are living, you might say, in the Age of the Slash. Everywhere we turn, it's all about slashing. Slash jobs. Slash profits. Slash budgets. So much slashing we're starting to shake.
Condo Adviser
Chicago lawyer Mark Pearlstein answers condo questions.
The Handyman
Peter Hotton on home improvement
GARDEN
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Male asparagus plants produce better yields
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Annuals grown from seed can fill your garden on the cheap
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Snowdrops are among the earliest plants to bloom as the soil warms up
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Local sources offer answers to gardening questions
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What's blooming in Chicago-area public gardens
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Some species of hydrangea survive Chicago winter better than others
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Choosing the right tomato variety to grow in Chicago
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"Sustainable with Style" gardening symposium planned March 13 to 14 at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle
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What's blooming in Chicago-area public gardens
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Winter aconite is extremely winter-hardy
MORE STORIES
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More snoops
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Smitten by S Factor, actress Denise Vasi brings a pole of her own to her Manhattan apartment
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It's time to do dormant pruning on overgrown shrubs
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New dwarf bush is butterfly magnet
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Five plants even you can't kill Photos
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Glorious Gardens 2008 contest rules
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Growing tomatoes under lights
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DIY art gallery adds fun and memories to your walls
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Home design and gardening events, store openings, sales, news
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5 things to know about buying a changing table
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How to make a patterned piggy bank
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Retirement communities' newest amenities? Brain-fitness labs
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Take tax credits for going 'green'
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$400,000: One urban, two suburban homes that sold recently
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What you should know about condo refinancing
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New ideas for cabinet
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Au revoir, TV armoire? Not if you repurpose it
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What's blooming in Chicago-area public gardens
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Try climbing aboard the vine bandwagon
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Anarchy the rule—music too —in freewheeling punk houses
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From her sketch pad, a lush modern home sprouts
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4 tenets for better chance at loan
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Looking for a new loan or to refinance? Follow these 4 tenets for a better chance at mortgage
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At chicagotribune.com/homes
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Belgravia Group helping owners move up
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Mary Umberger: Is 'good' credit the best you can do?
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Digging deep to cash in on geothermal energy savings
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$500,000
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More families see benefits of renting in current real estate climate
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Some inroads against foreclosure under way
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Some progress seen amid dismal data on foreclosures
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Home design and gardening events, sales and books
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Looking for a little romance?
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Two-generation households prosper amid tough times
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New hook makes stowing away strollers easy.
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Rogers Park artist finds unexpected uses for old industrial equipment
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5 things to know about buying a dishwasher
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What you should know about condo owning
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Eating in front of the TV—with style
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Edited chic: Living with fewer things, greater style
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House gets clean with DIY green
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Pillow makeover delivers beauty on the cheap
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Home-design center moves in with Rolling Meadows real estate brokerage
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Green products thrive at builders show
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Adesso in Highland Park features vintage handkerchiefs
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Casters spotted on the street give dining room a style boost
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$450,000
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Homeowners ease cavernous feeling in vaulted family room by hanging oak beams
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Where to buy
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Actress Monica Potter (and her home) are full of surprises
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Who makes decisions about hiring a condo management firm?
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Organize and beautify your linen closet
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Home-design and gardening tips, stores, books
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Divorced mom finds plenty of promise in North Park/Albany Park house hunt
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Area programs make maintenance more affordable
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Buy tomato seeds and transplants through catalogs, local garden centers or local plant sales
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The great nest fest
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10 projects to make your home better while you're cooped up in it this winter
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Housing industry's still looking for rock bottom
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Five tips for caring for your piano.
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A look at the movie set of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
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Finding a real estate "deal" in west suburban Riverside.
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Tomato growing in Chicago: How-tos and tips
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Designer Kenneth Brown's riding high in the shadow of 'Hollywood'
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Houseplants need baths too
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Gloves a gardener's valentine treat
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How to be neighborly—even when the people next door are not
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Bartlett
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Earthquake insurance unnecessary in rock-solid Illinois
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Owners hang on despite upside-down loans
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Stylists match decor with the right music
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Click if 'Mad' about chic glassware
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Making mini-storage bins—out of steps
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Who's trendy ? Owls popping up in decor
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Storm doors help bring the outside into the home
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Overwatering houseplants may encourage fungus gnats
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What's blooming in Chicago-area public gardens
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New false indigo produces yellow blooms
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Owners adapt homes to age gracefully with them
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L.L. Bean launches new home line for kids.
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Mary Umberger: Willing to go the extra miles for a sale
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5 ideas for throwing a no-fuss Super Bowl party
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Mackenzie Roberts' Denver roost's got character—and a coal chute too
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Mary Umberger: Fannie Mae's added fee to crunch condo buyers
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Economic factors, contamination fears and the Locavore movement feed a boom in backyard vegetable growing
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Things to know before you start growing vegetables
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Lake house is the life of Filicia's party
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5 things to know about watching TV and saving energy
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Mary Umberger: Downsizing trend already in full swing, realty pro says
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And the walls came tumbling down
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It's home. It's the office. It's Perez's world.
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Mary Umberger: Love owning your home? Maybe not so much
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Promise of spring
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Sometimes it takes a Village to age at home
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5 things to know about buying a bookcase
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Mary Umberger: Builder expects next big thing to be small
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Taking credit for first home buy
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For Jaclyn Smith, home is a passion
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Mary Umberger: A little gift of Zen for the holidays
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Get that pro-designer look
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New house, new pup for 'Marley' author