Look hard to get 'the look' Consumer champs and chumps Pass 'Go'? Fat chance A dozen ways to save after wage cuts or job loss Recession 101: Are you smarter than a fifth-grader? "Wait until it goes on sale." Could the timing be any better for such ...

BabySitters Nightmare: Denvers wildest kids store is BabySitters Nightmare, 619 E. 13th Ave. where the wild kids are. Its a unique kids clothing boutique with an edge. BabySitters Nightmare carries such brands as Lucky 13 and Sour ...

K athy Delauney's kitchen has granite counters, to-the-ceiling cabinets, stainless-steel appliances and recessed lighting. But none of those features is what makes it a great kitchen. The best part? It can handle a crowd. "It's built for entertaining ...

So the Hunky Carpenter Doesn't Come With the Tube of Caulk? Washington Post, United States - Jan 25, 2009 Thanksgiving was spent laying tile and refinishing my cabinets. Christmas turned into a 48-hour chunk of time off of work devoted exclusively to putting up ...

University of Tennessee student Andrew Blanchard sits by a small space heater in the living room of a property he rents along with three friends from state Rep. Stacey Campfield. The city codes office has deemed the house unfit for human ...

Design on a Dime ABC30.com, CA - 9 hours ago Take a look at this kitchen before. It was dark and seems dated. All it took was a coat of paint to the cabinets and new knobs for a complete transformation ...

Home Front is an online conversation between two Washington Post Home Section writers and their readers about the best way to feather the nest. Every week, Jura Koncius and Terri Sapienza help you in your quest to achieve domestic bliss. They were ...

Home Front is an online conversation between two Washington Post Home Section writers and their readers about the best way to feather the nest. Every week, Jura Koncius and Terri Sapienza help you in your quest to achieve domestic bliss. They were ...

Saturday, January 17, 2009 The finished project abounds with green qualities and universal design features to accommodate old and young, people with disabilities or without. Most prominent are the 54 rooftop solar panels that supply 90 percent of the ...

Dale and Margaret Juergens gutted a Petersburg rental property down to the bones and are shopping for supplies to rehabilitate the old building. Instead of paying full price at retail stores, they bought kitchen cabinets and bathroom fixtures at ...

Home Front is an online conversation between two Washington Post Home Section writers and their readers about the best way to feather the nest. Every week, Jura Koncius and Terri Sapienza help you in your quest to achieve domestic bliss. They were ...

This is the time of year when cabin fever sets in and we plan our projects for Spring and Summer. On the agenda will bea mud room, lots of interior finishing jobs, decisions on paint colors, picking a molding or moldings that will work for the ...

Hey if you think green and gourmet do not go together there so many things green that you can do in kitchen design. Design is the key word when planning a Kitchen remodel. Green can enhance your life and help you live according to your values ...

After more than a decade of having "had too many eggs [land] in my lap," Connie Wurtzel decided it was high time to make some changes in her homestarting with her kitchen. Wurtzel has lived with multiple sclerosis for 45 years, the last 16 of them ...

Dump T.O. campaign hits high levels, but is Dallas Cowboys Jerry Jones listening? Ex-reporter files race case against Channel 4 11th elderly person robbed, roughed up in Fort Worth More staff changes possible for Dallas Cowboys Find out who helped ...

The Aruban Resort & Casino at Eagle Beach on Aruba is building momentum on its comprehensive renovation project, including expected completion of 16-units to reflect a completely new Caribbean Contemporary design, a new Owners VIP Reception Room ...

ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: Entertainer Al Franken may be getting closer to one of the most hotly contested Senate seats in the U.S. The Democrat gained a 50 vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in Minnesota's Senate race after the state ...

Home Front is an online conversation between two Washington Post Home Section writers and their readers about the best way to feather the nest. Every week, Jura Koncius and Terri Sapienza help you in your quest to achieve domestic bliss. They were ...

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This is the time of year when cabin fever sets in and we plan our projects for Spring and Summer. On the agenda will bea mud room, lots of interior finishing jobs, decisions on paint colors, picking a molding or moldings that will work for the ...

Home Front is an online conversation between two Washington Post Home Section writers and their readers about the best way to feather the nest. Every week, Jura Koncius and Terri Sapienza help you in your quest to achieve domestic bliss. They were ...

Remember flocked wallpaper? It's back. But it's not your mother's wallcovering. Nor is bamboo, which designers are using not just as environmentally friendly floor covering, but on walls, too. And what about those chandeliers? Not only do they bedeck ...

Make a new resolution to pay attention to those white walls and give them a new look for 2009. A new year means new resolutions for a comfortable living space with loads of personality with Dallas faux painter Evies Easel. Dallas, Texas ...

With existing homes sales and home prices in most regions of the country down, it makes sense for homeowners to think at least twice about investing in a renovation. What projects make sense, given the state of economic affairs? What improvements ...

National Association of Home Builders When the homebuilding industry descends on Las Vegas on Jan. 20 for its annual trade show, a highlight as always will be a project called the New American Home. This model housea new one gets built each year ...

Maria Love's Southern California home needed a face-lift. On and off the market for two years, the stucco, five-bedroom house had suffered through three broken deals and steep price cuts. To better appeal to potential buyers, Love's broker suggested ...

I ended 2008 on a snide and cynical note in an answer to a reader who wondered if I had a list of "honest movers." Yes, I replied, it's in the same drawer with my list of polite bill collectors, merciful repo men and punctual cable guys. I begin 2009 ...

The Fire Service says the blaze which claimed the lives of four children in a south Auckland home was caused by unattended cooking. Four people remain in hospital with burns from the inferno, which took hold of the brick and tile home in Mangere just ...

Grand old home gets a kitchen for today Stamford Times, CT - Jan 2, 2009 "I really thought this was going to be more like a Tuscan farmhouse-type of kitchen," Traci says. The Smiths fell for a linear, tumbled marble tile in ...

Chicago Tribune (MCT) - Everybody could use a little help now and then, especially when it comes to decorating. But not everyone can afford it. At least not in the traditional, hire-someone-to-transform-your-entire-house sense. What many people don't ...

When Janet Webbers three youngest children head to school, they dont meet up with the yellow buses rolling through their Cumming subdivision. Instead Roni, the seventh-grader, spreads books across the kitchen table and logs onto the computer ...

I miss you. My husband and I have been Seattle Times subscribers for as long as we have been adult enough to understand that the world really doesn't revolve around us. We have our favorite sections we always reach for first; my husband is a Sports ...

Befitting a new year, opportunity and optimism abound at the home show. Times are tough all over (particularly in the building industry), but that opens doors for bargain hunters. "This is definitely a buyer's market right now," said Sherry Larsen ...

Chicago Tribune (MCT) - Everybody could use a little help now and then, especially when it comes to decorating. But not everyone can afford it. At least not in the traditional, hire-someone-to-transform-your-entire-house sense. What many people don't ...