Designing a room around an area rug is the ideal way to go, most interior decorators say. But for many of us, the challenge is finding a rug that will work with what we ...
Organizing is never-ending
Making the best use of the space in your home can be pretty easy — depending on how long you've let it go without that special gentle touch tha...
If she said it once, she said it a dozen times. "When your feet hurt, you hurt all over."
I was a young fellow when Aunt Annie intoned that declaration as she sat on our...
QUESTION: Do I have to report a lost Social Security card?
ANSWER: No. If you have lost your Social Security card you may apply for a replacement, but even that may ...
Adding an area rug to a room basically used to mean one thing: buying an Oriental.
Not anymore.
The traditional, Persian-carpet look that long dominated the rug industry...
Blades of grass are pushing their way through; soon they'll be a thicket to be reckoned with. Time to get that lawn mower ready for action.
If the outside of the mower i...
Here are tools for shearing hedges. Keep hand tools clean and sharpen every season.
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Long-handled shears: These make cleaner, healthier cuts than power trimmers. F...
SEATTLE — Four years ago, Sally Pritchard was healthy enough: She took no medications, could swim slowly and had no aches or pains.
Still, the newly retired teacher want...
Special techniques are needed
Sometimes a shrub needs a sharp edge.
Horticulturists agree that for most shrubs, selective pruning that retains their natural form is healt...
First it was skateboard ramps. Then it was cutting boards.
Now Duluth, Minn.-based TrueRide Inc. is using scrap material from those endeavors to make a line of outdoor f...
