Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Asian-inspired design/running a remodel/garden preview

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Lisa Ling's new Santa Monica house
At home with Asian heritage

When television journalist Lisa Ling, best known for her stint on "The View," married Chicago radiation oncologist Paul Song, they built a home that expresses their passion for modern architecture and serves as a prism for their Chinese and Korean roots.

What to do with all that extra stuff after the holidays After-Christmas clearance

Find a proper home for some of your clutter.
When should you sweat foggy windows? Window fog? No sweat

Take simple steps to control condensation in the home.
Should you be your own general contractor? GC goes DIY

Carpenters and other trades do the work of remodeling, but the general contractor gets a cut too. Should you do it yourself?
Stopping air leaks in the home Stopping air leaks

That funny ribbed foam between the wood and the poured concrete foundation is a gasket that prevents air leakage into a home.
Replace an interior door Replace an interior door

Upgrade to new molded six-panel solid-core doors that reduce the transmission of sound.
Should gardeners be concerned about the warm winter? Winter's new normal

With the unusually warm weather, will our plants be OK in spring?
Catalogs cultivate their own kind of inspiration Seed of an idea

A new crop of catalogs will cultivate gardeners' imagination.
Get more heat from your fireplace Hot corner

If you've got an inefficient fireplace, you might as well be burning dollar bills.
Earn tax credits for improving home's efficiency More energy tax credits

You can still get writeoffs for some energy-efficient improvements.
Begonia lovers will be rewarded for thinking Big Think Big for spring

The hardy new Big series of begonias tops out nearly 2 feet high.

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