Shopping for a deal is key
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — It's been a decade since I bought tires for a vehicle, so it was sticker-shock time when I saw the cost of new ones. I usua...
Costly gas use hurting sales
DETROIT — It's great for family trips and comfortable around town, but Scott Hall feels a little guilty going from point A to point B in his ...
Growing pains hard to ignore
MONTCLAIR, N.J. — It's a ritual in every state across the nation. Some stranger you will never see again hands your child a driver's license ...
QUESTION: The deer have really enjoyed eating our shrubbery and we want to spruce up our yard this fall. What can we plant that won't be a tasty treat for the deer?
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They work well in child's room
When you run out of room on the fridge for the soccer schedule, the calendar full of doctors' appointments and the occasional missive remin...
Shower stall has 3 showerheads
Jim and Melanie Burian wanted a luxurious master bath, but they knew getting the luxury look wasn't the main challenge.
"The biggest challe...
Faulty flappers biggest issue
An average leaking toilet will waste up to 78,000 gallons of water per year. Think about it — that's enough water to fill two average-sized ...
QUESTION: I wonder if you have any experience or advice concerning liquid vinyl siding. I live in a red cedar log house and am plagued with carpenter bees. I wonder ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Southwestern or country? Tuscan or contemporary?
Figuring out your design style is one of the most fundamental — and most difficult — aspects o...
QUESTION: This spring I planted some caladium bulbs in a semi-shady spot and they have done beautifully. Do I have to dig them up and store them for winter? Or can I...
