Device designed to save water

05/03/2008 12:00 AM
The Plant Exchange InGround Planter System is designed to save water and effort.

Pawel Tluczek installs a panel to the roofline as Steve Newark and Levi Clouse help. AtHome photo by Shawna Widdel

Finishing touch to roofline

East Grand Forks home is nearly a finished project

05/03/2008 12:00 AM
Though it’s common for new-home construction to take longer than expected, it’s likely that the ranch-style house on Greenway Boulevard in East Grand Forks will be completed by its mid-May deadline.

Outdoor entertaining gets a playful punch

05/03/2008 12:00 AM
With the arrival of summer, it’s time to gear up for some serious barefoot fun.

No hocus-pocus with Magic Sheets

05/03/2008 12:00 AM
You can try it if you want to, but chanting abracadabra, alakazaam or hocus-pocus while doing the dishes won’t make stubborn food debris disappear.

The art of cheap, chic decorating

05/03/2008 12:00 AM
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Anyone with a little talent can create beautiful rooms with a large budget.

You can be a proud owner of a sleek toilet or a grand throne

05/03/2008 12:00 AM
There are loos. And then there are lulus.

Is it an Eastlake design? You tell me

05/03/2008 12:00 AM
Tell me what you think. I have this beautiful antique dresser with a large mirror set in a beautiful wood frame. I have seen a few of these on the Internet with a marble top, which leads me to believe that originally this one may have had a marble top. It came into the store as is with no marble top, and no history.

How do you evict snakes from a house?

05/03/2008 12:00 AM
Q. Help! I am inundated with snakes. I know they are garter snakes and harmless, but there are a lot of them in my cellar and in my attic. Is there any way to get rid of them? One person suggested we put mothballs in the attic and cellar. We did that, and we gagged a lot, but they didn’t bother the snakes one bit.