By Cathy Hobbs From Tribune News Service Foyers and entries serve as the greeting point for any home. They should be inviting and welcoming, as they are also the first impression for guests. The first impression should be strong while also functional. Where do you start? First, step back and put yourself into the role…
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House Plants That Absorb Toxins
How would you like to breathe easier and cleaner at home or in your office? You can do so by adding some selected house plants to your environment. Certain house plants are better than others at adding oxygen to your living space and improving the overall air quality in that space. House Plants Clean the Air The science behind this suggestion…
How to Care for Fiddle Leaf Figs
Let’s start today’s article with a one-question quiz. When it is growing in nature, is the common houseplant fiddle leaf fig, Ficus lyrata, A) a tropical tree; B) an epiphyte that grows on the branches of another tree; C) a killer plant that strangles other plants; or D) all of the above? The answer is…
How to Care for a Rubber Tree Plant
You may not remember the 1959 Oscar-award-winning song titled “High Hopes” and sung by Frank Sinatra, but I do. Don’t worry; I won’t sing any of it. But here are some of the lyrics: “Just what makes that little old ant think he’ll move that rubber tree plant. / Anyone knows an ant can’t—move a…
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