Home Life & Style

Fall winds and rustling leaves forecast cozy family evenings around a crackling fire. While a toasty hearth is welcoming in any home, it can pose a few dangers to tots and other family members. Here are some simple precautions to ensure that your fireplace, chimney, hearth or wood stove is as safe as it...
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You can’t always be lucky in a storm like Hurricane Ike. These events seem to randomly pick and choose their victims, so I must first state I’m ever so thankful we escaped damage. That certainly makes a little inconvenience and discomfort in the aftermath easier to bear. There’s also something we did before the...
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As one of the easiest, quickest and least expensive home decorating solutions, throw pillows are a particularly easy way for parents to add a dash of style to busy family rooms without worry.
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Would you like to feel better about a slightly dysfunctional part of your home or relationship? Are you curious about the latest eco-friendly home and living solutions? If you'd like to satisfy both of these desires in just 30 minutes, I recommend tuning into an episode of "Living with Ed" on HGTV.
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As I begin this entry -- a look at five easy ways to reduce household waste without even realizing it -- I wonder if readers see me as yet another voice preaching an occasional "Go Green" message as the new fashionable "it" thing. I hope not, and here's why.
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It's just common sense -- and for parents, common knowledge -- that storage needs multiply rapidly when children arrive. So what's a style-sensitive parent to do? Happily, there are many simple, inexpensive, and best of all - stylish - storage solutions that do everything from protecting valuable items to neatly disguising mounds of toys....
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Thanks to major improvements in the safety, durability and functionality of window coverings, parents today can enjoy easy-care window styles -- from subtle to dramatic -- that's safer for little ones.
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