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Stencils create the look of patterned wallpaper on a rental apartment wall for a burst of color as seen in "The First Apartment Book: Cool Design for Small Spaces," by Kyle Schuneman.

Renters can create an atmosphere
It’s yours, but it isn’t. A rented apartment or house can be a wonderful place to live, and a challenging place to decorate. The restrictions are many: Landlords often want their white walls to ...

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Rainscaping features can be expensive and complicated or simple and cheap, like this rain barrel capturing water from a downspout in 2009 on a rural home in northern Belgium. The gardener simply dips a spray can into the surplus when she wants to water her plants.

Rainscaping
Stormwater runoff can quickly drain a homeowner’s wallet. The flooding erodes yards, soaks basements, pollutes streams and wastes a precious resource. But rainscaping — an integrated system of d...

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Cleanup from ice storm 2009 continues this spring season
We are already seeing signs of stress-caused weakness in trees that survived the 2009 Ice Storm. That storm can be blamed for some of the damage from the recent ice storm. It was minor and quickly ...

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A technician uses a brush to clean ductwork. The cleaning freshens air in the house and allows the heating and cooling systems to work efficiently.

Cleaning ductwork improves air quality
John Santos of Los Angeles wants his home to be a healthy gathering place for family and friends, some of whom are recovering from major illness. As part of his effort, he recently had his home’s d...

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Be careful which type of vine is planted in garden
After spending three years killing out invasive vines, it seems counterproductive to plant vines but that is on the garden renovation list. The difference is that the former are invasive Orient...

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This publicity photo provided by Random House/Watson-Guptill shows artist Jeff Schaller's "Queen of Hearts" (courtesy of Gallery I.D.) from the book "Encaustic Art."

Ancient wax technique gains fans
Denver artist Jamie Lang sold nearly all of his small, handmade tiles during a recent crafts show, and he can only guess the reasons why. The adobe tiles are minimally decorated — with a red bicycl...

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Solomon’s Seal gets nod for Perennial Plant of the Year
Unlike other plant associations that annually promote the greatest and the newest plants, Perennial Plant Association focuses on perennials that have proven worthy (attractive, easy to grow, diseas...

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Parents new to gardening often ask how they can get their children interested in the activity. Industry reps usually suggest growing plants that have multiple uses, flavors or fragrances, such as pumpkins, strawberries, sunflowers, radishes and marigolds, along with others.

Cultivating a green thumb
People new to gardening ask the darndest questions: about how seeds work, about growing the perfect tomato, about waging war with insects (many of them beneficial). No question is a bad question...

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1. Yellow-rumped warbler. Virginia Living Museum/www.thevlm.org

Prime time for bird watching
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — February makes gardeners pine for spring, but birders bask in the cold weather. “Winter is an excellent time to look for birds,” says Rock Moeslein, assistant education direc...

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Add cutting plants to beds to provide indoor bouquets
During the Victorian era and into the 1950s, most yards consisted of formal beds in public areas and utilitarian areas that included cutting gardens that provided fresh flowers for the home. Today’...

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