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Clutter-Free Kitchens–Wotta Concept!

There are ways to kick the clutter habit if you set up new protocols.

April 12, 2017

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Green Acre #49: How Does My Garden Grow?

Ugly, that’s how . . .

April 5, 2017

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Green Acre #48: Fabulous Finds

The best things in life (or in my house) were free for the taking.

March 29, 2017

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Green Acre #47: Exploding Flowers

Those green puff balls from last week? Don’t do it!

March 22, 2017

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Green Acre #46: Bliss in a Bottle

Spring will come. Meanwhile, there’s ingenuity.

March 15, 2017

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Forecast: Frequent Showers

Here are a dozen ways to gain more privacy in the bathroom.

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Where to Put the Dishwasher?

Some of these tips are common sense, while a couple are eye-opening.

March 8, 2017

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Green Acre #45: The Chagall in the Garden

Not your average garden ornament.

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Green Acre #44: On the Whole . . .

. . . I’d rather be in Philadelphia, for the Philadelphia Flower Show!

March 1, 2017

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Get Ready, Get Set, Get Organized!

Yes, it takes discipline, but these four tips are a start.

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Make Room for . . . Ironing?

It has to be done (sometimes) so why not make a place for it.

February 22, 2017

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Green Acre #43: Stop! It’s Not Spring!

Only February and everything is coming up: Boom. Boom. Boom.

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Decorating Sale!

God is in the details. Here are some details on sale.

February 19, 2017

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Green Acre #42: Thoughts on Valentine’s Week

Roses? A mop? This Valentine’s Day, it was all in the thought.

February 15, 2017

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Green Acre #41: Fear of . . . Pruning

To trim or not to trim. Our resident city gardener picks up her shears.

February 8, 2017

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Green Acre: #40: Ice Cubes and Basters

HOW GRAND the sago palm looks, perched on a pedestal on the mahogany chest in the front hall. Just before Christmas, fearing a cold snap that had yet to materialize, My Prince hauled the weighty planter in from the front porch and patiently moved it here and there while I waved him to and fro until it came to rest, reflected in the mahogany-framed mirror that […]

February 1, 2017

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Light Rex Tillerson’s Fire!

This will help the new secretary of state remember his Texas roots.

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Green Acre #39: Introducing the Calamondin

With a fragrance like this, who needs perfume?

January 25, 2017

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