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submitted by Robby for team staff news 10 weeks 5 days 33 minutes ago
Last week, I saw the most remarkable kitchen I have ever encountered. It looked as though a dancer or a sculptor designed it. On one side of a simple galley arrangement, the cabinets were held in the embrace of a thick, curved, black walnut butcher-block...(more)
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Q: I have kitchen cabinets covered with plastic laminate, and they need to be refinished. Paint-store clerks said they can't be painted, but I came across two products that claim to do the job with little or no preparation. What do you think? -- I....(more)
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Q. We want to get new windows for our house and are considering either new-construction windows (replacing jambs, sills and all) or just so-called replacement windows. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each type of window? -- J. Hoffman A. I think replacement windows...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 11 weeks 5 days 1 hour 33 minutes ago
Few household activities inspire more dread than reorganizing the garage. Americans' garages are filled with the requirements and detritus of daily life -- paint cans, golf bags, bicycles, dusty trophies, power tools, old clothes, boxes of moldy magazines. Sometimes it gets so stuffed that the...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh 20 weeks 4 days 8 hours 9 minutes ago
In rebuilding the Oakland and Berkeley hills after the big 1991 fire, people faced nearly identical circumstances. They were all building in the same era, in the same climate and on similar terrain. Many had experienced the same unspeakable trauma. Stronger codes after the fire meant...(more)
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Here are some upcoming holiday and horticultural events for November, December and January. They're free unless otherwise noted. Call ahead to see whether registration is needed. Through Jan. 4: Windows to Wonderland celebrates the human imagination with all things in miniature. Include a trip to...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 8 weeks 3 days 15 hours 33 minutes ago
Ilan Averbuch and his family live above his studio, where, as a sculptor, he makes monumental configurations made of stone, wood, steel and glass that can rise several stories.
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submitted by Jenna 83 weeks 3 days 1 hour 44 minutes ago
CAN size matter too much? A lot of the furniture, lighting and accessories unveiled by the world's best-known designers here proved this equation: Accessible technology plus bloated ego equals big mistake.
Too often, good design took a back seat to folly at the home furnishings extravaganza. There...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours 33 minutes ago
In San Francisco, a three-story Victorian home that once sheltered hippies now welcomes a modernist family.
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submitted by Lisa 16 weeks 4 days 5 hours 8 minutes ago
Traci Hinden knows that owning a dog in the city can sometimes complicate her life - she has to make sure he gets enough exercise, for instance. But she wouldn't have it any other way.
Hinden, who rents a large one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco's TenderNob neighborhood,...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 5 weeks 5 hours 33 minutes ago
Some homeowners trying to rid a home of ghosts take a do-it-yourself approach. Others call for professional intervention.
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 6 weeks 5 days 1 hour 33 minutes ago
There are many gardening practices you may not have thought about that can make a big difference in the health of the environment. Here are a dozen: There are some beautiful plants that thrive in this area because they are indigenous here and are used...(more)
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