Unused wall space becomes clever home office and library
A family room wall between a fireplace and built ins is paneled with western cedar and fitted with storage, a 30 inch desk, and shelves. Slanted magazine shelf and four additional shelves hold books and plants. Variations include sewing centers and shared kids rooms with bookshelf dividers.
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Cohen
Spray paints offer easy home use with safety cautions
Spray paints ease workload for many surfaces from furniture to toys and car parts. Industry notes safety concerns about propellants and best practices include ventilation, avoiding heat, cooling storage, and keeping cans away from children. Use correct sprayhead care to prevent clogging and follow label warnings.
Poggenpohl Kitchens Arrive With Old World Craft
Poggenpohl, Germany’s 80 year old kitchen designer, debuts in the United States offering built in units praised for internal functional design. Robert S. Cohen notes long term availability and adaptibility for budgets, with tips for optimizing small and large spaces including compact forms and utility rooms.
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Dorothea Brooks
United Press International
America
Poggenpohl
West Germany
Robert S. Cohen
USA
Teaneck
Germany
Cohen
Transplanting Tips for Profit in Home Gardens
Extension Agent Bob Voboril explains how growing transplants at home can be profitable by timing plantings, saving seed costs, and enabling hybrids. He covers indoor sowing, lighting, soil mixes, peat pots, flat handling, watering, damping off, and fungicide use to keep plants healthy.
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Bob Voboril
Garden workshop set for March 4 at Agricultural Park
A home gardening workshop will be held March 4 at the Agricultural Park Dining Hall with two sessions at 1 30 PM and 7 30 PM. Brent Hoadley district extension horticulture specialist will lead on ground preparation variety selection planting seeds garden maintenance and harvesting and discuss a Columbus farmers market.
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Agricultural Park
Brent Hoadley
Columbus
Seed Munchers Repelled by Nasty-Tasting Chemical
Forest reseeding failures over years led researchers to test a bitter chemical as a repellent for seed munching mice, marking a turning point in restoration efforts.
Tips to Conserve More Home Water in Chicago
Practical guidance from national water utilities on saving water at home. Suggestions include installing water saver toilets using 3.5 gallons per flush, upgrading to efficient faucets and showerheads, fixing leaks, keeping a pitcher of cold water in the fridge, and using a brick in the toilet tank to save about a quart per flush.
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