Couple build a cabin 'off the map'
By Marie Wood, MANKATO FREE PRESS (MANKATO, Minn.)
March 31, 2008 04:04 pm
“We don’t have an air conditioner and won’t ever have one,” said Barb, associate director of alumni relations at Gustavus Adolphus College.
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Faux — A New Way to Paint
By Shannon Graber, WASHINGTON TIMES HERALD (WASHINGTON, Ind.)
March 28, 2008 11:35 am
A new way to paint — faux — is less expensive than wallpapering when redecorating. (more) >>>

Togetherness — that's the best part
By Sally Petty, WASHINGTON TIMES HERALD (WASHINGTON, Ind.)
March 28, 2008 11:31 am
Newspaper columnist tells of personal experience for your Home Improvement Section. (more) >>>

Discovery showcases artwork that left its mark
By Wally Kennedy, THE JOPLIN GLOBE (JOPLIN, Mo.)
January 31, 2008 05:21 pm
“Hiring a decorator who hand-cut his own stencils, mixed the paints and applied the stencils would have probably been very expensive. It was rich folks who did this.”
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High quality H2O: It's at your fingertips
By Valerie Melton, THE JOPLIN GLOBE (JOPLIN, Mo.)
January 23, 2008 08:07 pm
Household water-filtration systems are available for people concerned with the high cost of bottled water. (more) >>>

Benefits of using a water filter
By Valerie Melton, THE JOPLIN GLOBE (JOPLIN, Mo.)
January 23, 2008 08:11 pm
Positive points for using a water filter are listed as a pullout. (more) >>>

How to avoid foreclosure in a state that's leading the pack
By Lisa Hurt Kozarovich, THE EVENING NEWS AND THE TRIBUNE (JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind.)
December 09, 2007 12:50 am
Homeowners across the nation are struggling to keep up on their mortgage payments, but few are having as much trouble as Hoosiers. (more) >>>

Housing a clue? British TV show tours historic city home
By Jason Tait, THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE (NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.)
September 13, 2007 12:01 am
Producers from the British Broadcasting Corp. show “Who Do You Think You Are?” scouted a historic Massachusetts home as a site for future filming. (more) >>>

Investors ride market roller-coaster
By Bill Kirk, THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE (NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.)
August 17, 2007 10:36 pm
In recent years, millions of people were granted mortgages they really couldn’t afford — a practice called subprime lending — and recently have started defaulting on the loans.
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Closing doors:
By Bill Kirk, THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE (NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.)
August 17, 2007 10:45 pm
All over the country, homeowners are getting caught in the adjustable-rate mortgage bind. In many cases, they lose their homes to the mortgage companies that once so freely loaned them money with the lure of low initial interest rates that would start rising after a couple of years. (more) >>>