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Green Geometry

Has the California drought turned your green garden brown? Has the recent rain been enough to revive your dry and dead patches? In either ca

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Question: We’re shopping for a new dining table. How do we choose the shape? My husband wants ...

I always start with the shape of the room created by its furniture (other than the dining table). That is, an empty room may start out as a

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Question: How can I make my ceiling seem higher?

Anything that makes your eye look up will help. For instance, place a can light on the floor, at the base of a potted plant, and shine it up

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Question: Do you have any advice in choosing a ceiling fan?

Large fans move more air than small ones so it is more efficient to run a large fan, even on a low speed, than a small fan on a high speed.

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Choosing a Faucet ... The Hardest Worker Bee in Your Kitchen

As the saying goes, “What have you done for me lately?” If you’re talking to your kitchen faucet, the response would be lengthy. Faucets was

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Color Wheels and Paint Strips

Even the great masters were stumped by color choices. “Color is my day-long obsession,” said Claude Monet. The next time you’re fanning thro

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Guidelines to Hiring General Contractors

The Napa Valley just witnessed the destructive side of Mother Nature. While some are at home, slowly decompressing from this experience, oth

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