Homeowners Shift Spending from Gas Tank to Home (Richfield Reaper)
(ARA) - Declining home values coupled with high fuel costs are leading many to reconsider how they spend their money.
In the Dark about Outdoor Lighting? Tips for Brightening Up (Richfield Reaper)
(ARA) - Nothing says "summer" like outdoor entertaining. But if poor lighting means your outdoor activities end when the sun goes down, it may be time to brighten up.
Tips for downsizing (Canoe Home & Garden)
Small spaces can be just as fabulous as a large space, just employ some designer know how to create big style.
Blaze destroys building's ductwork (Bucks County Courier Times)
Firefighters had to remove the system that removes sawdust from an outdoor furniture-making business Friday afternoon.
Avoid remodeling for profit (The Morning Call)
Q: We're planning a major remodeling of our home and have two different plans. One would produce a much larger kitchen and also extend the family room into a sizable addition. The other would improve the kitchen in its existing space and put a new family room in the addition. Which project would have better resale value?
Fire scorches deck, fences in Greenway Park (Boulder Daily Camera)
A fire that fire officials suspect was human-caused destroyed a deck, furniture and fences in the Greenway Park neighborhood Monday afternoon. The fire burned along a bike path, scorching about 500 feet of land, bushes and fences. In addition to decorative fencing lining the bike path, the fire also burned fences at two homes, destroyed a wooden deck and consumed some outdoor furniture, said ...
UW wants custom bus shelters at a cost of $10,000 a piece (Wisconsin State Journal)
People who take the bus to and from UW-Madison may soon have a more stylish wait. UW-Madison wants to build 63 new bus shelters on campus at a cost of about $10,000 a piece by 2012 in order to lend a "campus-like character" to the bus stops. The university will pay for the project but must get permission from the city of Madison to construct the shelters because they sit on city property. A ...
How to Clean and Care for Outdoor Furniture (Richfield Reaper)
(ARA) - When spring rains rinse and refresh the outdoors, decks, patios and everything on them get a bath, too. But, once it's dry you see the remaining film that stays: dirt, bird droppings, sticky tree sap and buds, and whatever other debris that gets carried in the wind to land on your patio.
Community pool can raise condo's value but also increase costs (The Columbus Dispatch)
Q: In a condominium community, does a community pool raise the sales price of individual units?
Accused shooter tried to give up (Merredin Wheatbelt Mercury)
THE man allegedly responsible for the shooting of a Manly man and the five-hour lockdown of Royal North Shore Hospital on Monday was trying to surrender to police via his barrister father when officers pulled guns on him in Martin Place on Monday.
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