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- Home and garden happenings — week of May 25 - 5:16 PM
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Plant lovers’ almanac: Shrubs for the summer garden
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‘Garden Rescue’ helps diagnose plant problems
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Coating revives unattractive decks, concrete surfaces
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- Ask Mary Beth: Are curtains blocking heat? - 5:14 PM
- Readers offer strategies for deterring deer
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Nature’s ways improve backyard gardening
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Book helps house hunters think logically
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Curved shower rod is tension-mounted
- Tell the ‘Does It Work?’ team what you think about products
- Home and garden happenings — week of May 18
- Ask Mary Beth: Ridding ornamental grass of weeds
- Vegetable and fruit plant families
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School garden will teach healthy eating from the ground up
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Steal this idea! Decorating inspiration from Designer ShowHouse 2013
Showroom to specialize in midcentury modern
News for fans of Mad Men-era design: The Ohio Design Centre in Beachwood is opening a new showroom Monday that will sell fine antiques and midcentury modern furniture and accessories.
The 1,400-square-foot showroom is a collaboration between Bello Design, which is already housed in the design center, and Spaces consignment store in Beachwood.
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Online shop features looks from This Old House magazine
Love the All-American decor featured in This Old House magazine? Online retailer Wayfair.com has opened a This Old House Shop, trade publication Furniture Today reports.
The shop offers products inspired by stories in the magazine, Furniture Today says. Items will include furniture, lighting, faucets, textiles and tools.
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Toast goes high-tech
We've all seen toasters that emboss your bread with images of your favorite sports team or cartoon character. Dutch designer Scott van Haastrecht has taken the concept a step further by creating a toaster that searches the Internet for an appropriate image to decorate your daily bread.
The Image Toaster connects to a computer and searches Google Images for a random picture related to the date, then bakes it onto your toast.
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It's pea-planting time
Most people associate St. Patrick's Day with green beer.
Gardeners associate it with green peas.
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Ace Hardware to give away paint
Here's a deal from Ace Hardware: This Saturday, the company is giving away free quarts of Clark+Kensington Paint+Primer.
You can get the combined paint and primer in the color of your choice, but it's offered only in a flat finish.
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How to keep baseboard paint off carpeting
I'm a fan of the home-improvement tip videos that Chuck Miller contributes to the website of Fine Homebuilding magazine. His latest shows how to avoid getting paint on wall-to-wall carpet when you're painting a baseboard. Check it out here.
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