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Follow a budget to rein in spending

August 29, 2021, 6:04am Life

With COVID-19 restrictions mostly lifted in the U.S. (though that’s changing), you may be enjoying a more social summer than you were last year. But dinners out and movie tickets can seem pricey compared with a year and a half of home-cooked meals and whatever’s on television — especially if… Read story

Every home has a dumping ground for school bags and supplies -- just make sure yours is planned out and organized.

A B Cs of back to school prep

Every home has a dumping ground for school bags and supplies -- just make sure yours is planned out and organized.

August 28, 2021, 5:12am Life

Whether you’re reorganizing your empty nest around one of your children going off to college, or prepping for primary school to start up again, here are some tips to keep your home organized through the chaos! Read story

Nataly Contreras, 14, tries on a quinceanera dress as her sister-in-law, Cristal Contreras, right, and Peaches Boutique owner Barb Surdej, left, help at the boutique, 5915 S. Archer Ave., Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Chicago. (John J.

COVID-19 canceled their quinceañera. Now they’re dieciseis, and the party is on

Nataly Contreras, 14, tries on a quinceanera dress as her sister-in-law, Cristal Contreras, right, and Peaches Boutique owner Barb Surdej, left, help at the boutique, 5915 S. Archer Ave., Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Chicago. (John J.

August 23, 2021, 6:00am Life

A year and a half ago, Celia Barrios watched her business dry up. The COVID-19 pandemic had put quinceañeras on hold, leaving Barrios looking at $150,000 of lost revenue. Read story

Do a deep clean of the refrigerator, getting rid of old condiments and spoiled food, and then rearrange it.

Love your kitchen again

Do a deep clean of the refrigerator, getting rid of old condiments and spoiled food, and then rearrange it.

August 21, 2021, 6:02am Life

I bought a plastic-bag organizer recently, and the other day, as I was shoving a grocery bag into its neat confines, I felt an overwhelming sense of satisfaction. It was an emotion that was hard to place, one that resided somewhere between calm — all too fleeting these days —… Read story

Besides being a gorgeous flooring choice, hard wood floors give us a wonderful, warm blank canvas to play with a wonderful New Traditional staple: rugs.

Area rugs help pull room together

Besides being a gorgeous flooring choice, hard wood floors give us a wonderful, warm blank canvas to play with a wonderful New Traditional staple: rugs.

August 21, 2021, 5:35am Life

Is there any better feeling than pulling up a swath of old carpet to find beautiful hidden wooden floors? I think not! We moved into a new home about a year ago and I was thrilled that we had hardwood floors nearly throughout the house. They would need to be… Read story

Rubber bird is a mystery, but town thinks it’s just ducky

August 18, 2021, 8:22am Life

The sudden appearance of a giant rubber duck in a Maine harbor is a whimsical whodunit that’s defied sleuths so far. Read story

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Tidy house, Tidy mind: 30-second cleaning technique can make a notable difference

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August 14, 2021, 6:00am Life

Have you been working too much overtime? Or have you been caring for aging parents? Dealing with a family illness? Read story

Gray bedding is paired with lamps with gray lamp shades in order to create a cohesive and uniform color statement.

Gray always ready for the spotlight

Gray bedding is paired with lamps with gray lamp shades in order to create a cohesive and uniform color statement.

August 14, 2021, 6:00am Life

There was a year when on all the runways, gray was the “it” color. You literally saw gray everywhere in fashion. Then there was the trickle-down to home decor. Read story

Lumber is piled June 24 at a housing construction site in Middleton, Mass. Wood prices have skyrocketed over the last year, leaving would-be home renovators deciding whether to wait out the high costs or move forward on a project that's more expensive than it would have been a year ago.

Lumber prices chopping projects

Lumber is piled June 24 at a housing construction site in Middleton, Mass. Wood prices have skyrocketed over the last year, leaving would-be home renovators deciding whether to wait out the high costs or move forward on a project that's more expensive than it would have been a year ago.

August 14, 2021, 5:15am Life

Wood costs have skyrocketed over the last year, leaving would-be home renovators to choose between waiting in price purgatory or moving forward and possibly overpaying. Read story

Sorenity Rocks owner Lenise Sorv(C)n leads a sound bath at her new Malibu crystal sanctuary, a place where customers ???can sit, stand and lie around large crystals,??? she said. And buy them, such as a $125,000 amethyst coffee table or a $333,000 peach-colored quartz the size of a laundry basket.

A new thing rich people are into: Absolutely enormous crystals

Sorenity Rocks owner Lenise Sorv(C)n leads a sound bath at her new Malibu crystal sanctuary, a place where customers ???can sit, stand and lie around large crystals,??? she said. And buy them, such as a $125,000 amethyst coffee table or a $333,000 peach-colored quartz the size of a laundry basket.

August 9, 2021, 6:02am Life

LOS ANGELES – Seven feet tall and encrusted with lavender spikes throughout its craggy interior, the 1-ton amethyst throne required five men to muscle it through the double doors of gem shop Crystalarium. Read story