The simple design of classic, shaker-style wooden pegboard molding makes it an ideal addition to a mudroom, bathroom, closet or anywhere you hang things. It might be at the back door for a dog’s leash or a front entry for a hat; it’s a solution as well as an enhancement to a room. You can…
What It’s Really Like to Work With a Designer
By Katie Laughridge From Tribune News Service Working with a designer is an exciting — and may I say game-changing — way to design a room. Designers can help you think outside of your comfort zone and consider things you might have otherwise overlooked. However, if you haven’t done it before, starting out can also…
Do I Need to Survey My Land?
By Paul F. P. Pogue From Ask Angi Ask most people where their property begins and ends, and they can give you a specific answer. The road to the west, the alley in the back, the front sidewalk, and the fence between their house and the neighbor’s place. It couldn’t be simpler, right? And yet,…
Love Your Level: The Secret to Perfect Alignment
Levels are one of the most important instruments used in the construction industry; carpenters, masons, bricklayers, metalworkers, and handymen couldn’t do their job without one. Some photographers swear by them, too (the best tripods include a bubble level). There are many to choose from, and you may need to add more than one to your…
Slate Floors Are Beautiful and Durable
Dear James: The foyer floor by the front door has taken a beating from the children over the past 10 years. What is an attractive and durable type of flooring to install there? —Greg P. Dear Greg: One of the most durable and attractive flooring materials for a smaller area like that is slate. It…
A Grand Beverly Hills Manor
Set behind gates to ensure the owner’s privacy while also establishing a tranquil atmosphere, this grand manor is located a short distance from the hustle of Los Angeles in the extremely desirable, world-famous neighborhood of Beverly Hills, California. A tour of the very spacious 13,300-square-foot, eight-bedroom, nine-bath residence reveals that painstaking attention was paid to…
Cat’s Lymphoma Not Contagious
Q: My cat has lymphoma. I know humans also get this type of cancer. Is it possible for my cat to give me her lymphoma? A: No. Cancers are not transmitted from pets to people, or for that matter, from one person to another. Cats infected with FeLV, the feline leukemia virus, are at greater…
How to Be a Great Tenant
When renting a home, apartment, office, or shop, it’s important to get along with the other tenants, and especially with the landlord. Neatness Counts Show consideration to the landlord and other tenants by keeping the area in front of and around your area clean, including parking areas. Clean up after pets, especially if they stray…
Slash Food Costs and Give Yourself a Raise
Could you use an extra $1,200? That’s exactly what you’ll have in a year if you can find a way to whack just $25 from your food bill each week. But there’s not one single way to reduce food costs. The key is to use a combination of strategies. Eat The Sales Build your grocery…
All-America Selections Vegetable Winners for 2023
Last week we looked at the flowers that won the 2023 All-America Selections awards, and this week we’ll look at the five new vegetable winners. The AAS is an independent, nonprofit organization that tests new plants. They have about 80 test gardens from Alaska and Canada to California and Florida. They also have almost 200…
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