washingtonpost.com - Home and GardenHome and GardenSensitivity Workshop- April 21, 2005 If the well-meaning souls at Carter+Burton Architecture weren't sure what Bobbie Lively-Diebold meant when she told them she was "extremely sensitive" to chemicals, vapors and smells, they learned one day when she and her husband came to look over some blueprints.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20331-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_home A Christmas Surprise for Kitty- April 21, 2005 This year, there's a product to foil feline defiance when it comes to climbing the Christmas tree.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56883-2004Nov17.html?nav=rss_home Hail to the Leaf- April 21, 2005 When George W. Bush raises his right hand today to take the oath of office for a second term, one stalwart witness of inaugurations past will be missing. The U.S. Capitol grounds' most historic tree -- an elm that has seen presidents, senators and members of Congress pass beneath its arching boughs for more than 130 years -- was taken down last summer.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20330-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_home Bulb Obsessed- April 21, 2005 If you are going to create big splashes of color, you need enough to make a statement. Too much is not enough.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47837-2004Oct20.html?nav=rss_home Ugly Is as Ugly Was- April 21, 2005 A new coffee-table tome takes aim against the design aesthetics of the '70s.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20329-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_home A Storage Dilemma, Uncorked- April 21, 2005 Alcohol chic has been a recurring theme in our culture, glamorized and demonized by turns. These days it is finding expression again in new lines of furniture and accessories aimed at our inner bartender or barfly.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39972-2004Nov10.html?nav=rss_home The Art of Thanks- April 21, 2005 Dear Aunt Martha, Thank you for the beautiful sweater. How did you know pink was my favorite colorhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1225-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_home Quntessential Autumn- April 21, 2005 The Japanese maple does not flower conspicuously like the dogwood, it is not fragrant like the lilac, it won't blot out the world like a cypress.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21872-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_home A Gift That Bears Repeating- April 21, 2005 We once heard of a woman who gave almost everyone on her Christmas list a pair of cashmere socks: little booties for a friend's baby, pinkstriped knee-highs for a girly-girl niece, impeccable argyles for a button-down brother, better-than-another-shawl for granny.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1223-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_home What Goes Where- April 21, 2005 Granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances are enticing. But a really workable kitchen needs only one thing: organization.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29286-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_home |