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Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
Q We have a small dining area in our new townhouse that is beside the living room, all one space. We love to entertain and want to be able to seat six to eight people around the table. Have you any ideas for seating?
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Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
Q I am trying to be environmentally conscious and save some money. I thought I might be able to reduce water usage by recycling greywater for my landscaping and lawn. Does this really save much overall?
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Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
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The company that brought us the Phillips screwdriver has created the Swiss army knife of tools. The Tradesberry Multi Tool incorporates a calculator, compass, flashlight, clock, knife, spirit level with laser and tape measure — oh, and a Phillips screwdriver, of course.
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Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
Lucky for Cynthia Pulsifer, just 10 percent of home perusers can visualize an interior without furniture, and she's among the 1 in 10 who can. Pulsifer, who has 15 years' background in interior design, runs A Charleston House! which handles home staging, as well as interior redesign.
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Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
FRESNO, Calif. — For an insect without legs or arms, the worm does a lot of heavy lifting in the garden. The red worm, or Eisenia foetida, can convert kitchen scraps into nutrient-rich compost.
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Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
Silver asparagus servers shaped like asparagus, fish servers that resemble fishing nets, grape shears with grapevine handles and many other unusual silver serving pieces have been made since the 19th century. One very odd frog-shaped piece was sold this year.
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Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
If something seems to be missing in an otherwise well-decorated room, chances are an area rug will be your solution. The least expensive choice is the dhurrie, a thick, flat-woven cotton rug made in India. It comes in a variety of color combinations, pastels being the most popular.
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Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
Tool CARE TIPS: Noon-1 p.m. Thursday, Charleston Horticultural Society headquarters, 46 Windermere Blvd. Speaker: Paul Wentz, a horticulturist and director of programs for the Charleston Parks Conservancy. Bring lunch and your hand pruners for a free sharpening.
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Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
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Big fish eat little fish. Lions eat zebras. Cheetahs eat gazelles. Nature takes its course, and the strong survive. That's all well and good, especially in theory. But when you're standing in your backyard watching a hawk fly over your head with a dove in its claws, and the dove is flapping desperately to get free, it's tough to stand by and simply let nature do what nature does.
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Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
Packing up your worldly possessions and moving them to a new home can be difficult even under the best of circumstances. An estimated 40 million Americans move each year, with August being high season. One of the first decisions to make is whether to hire a moving company.
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Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
Got a small bathroom? Here are some make-the-most-of-it tips. --For more storage room, place shelves or cabinets in recessed areas that don't get much traffic, or choose a vanity with drawers big enough to hold extra towels. --Mirrors make a small room look bigger.
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Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
"The summer's flower is to the summer sweet." — William Shakespeare, Sonnet 94. Ah, late summer: hot and sticky, soft, fragrant mornings, with roiling storms darkening the afternoon skies, drenching our backyards and bringing on evening symphonies of katydids and cicadas.
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Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
Charleston County The transactions listed below include properties sold for $200,000 or more and recorded July 14-18.
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Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
CHICAGO — The closing ceremonies come to Olympic stadium in Beijing today. In the past two weeks, marathon runners, swimmers and tiny gymnasts have eked out their last ounce of energy, courage and focus. And each will know that in the end, only one may step up for the gold medal.
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Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
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Kristin Kuhlke loves her pink Volvo with the giant cupcake on top. People see it and they immediately think of her business, Cupcake. She also likes the fact that they sometimes think of her as well. But when real estate agents show her Mount Pleasant house to prospective buyers, Kuhlke doesn't want them thinking of cupcakes or her.
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