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Shirley McCoy stopped paying her homeowners association fee six months ago. She figured she was doing the job the association should be -- filing complaints against neighbors who violated the rules, cutting the lawn of the foreclosed house next door and picking up litter in...(more)
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It's been raining a lot lately, this being hurricane season. While it's good to leave our drought of the past three years behind, it's clear that sudden drenching rains, or sustained heavy rain, can cause flooding and serious damage. When water falls too hard or...(more)
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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. 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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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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It seems everyone in Petworth agrees that the neighborhood is changing rapidly. But what that means for the Northwest Washington community depends on your perspective. Gentrification has followed the 1999 opening of the Georgia Avenue-Petworth Metro station. "I was just telling my friend here, there's...(more)
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The World Market Center Las Vegas has become the leading showcase of the home furnishings industry in the western part of the nation, and it is still less than half built.
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Q. DEAR TIM: My ceramic tile shower has severe water damage. I was cleaning the shower when the tile caved in, creating a hole in the wall. How can I install tile in the shower so this will never happen again? Is this a job...(more)
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Julie Deffense, and her husband, Jacques, spent seven years designing and building their house north of Lisbon, incorporating many elements more common in Pennsylvania than Portugal.
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Here's the test: How do you feel when you see a large slope planted with English ivy? If you gasp in horror, you're in the vanguard of the native-plant movement. If you think, "How pretty," you might be aesthetically correct. But, from a practical standpoint,...(more)
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We used to worry about catching a cold from an old house's drafts. Now we worry about losing our shirts. Part of our country's housing stock was built when heating fuel was cheap and insulation unheard of. So present-day folk who assume ownership of older...(more)
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This is a good time to batten down the hatches by caulking, sealing and weather-stripping every cold air entry point of a home.
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