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Living with Tabby can be mishap -free if a home is decorated as if she owns it (she does).
Writer/filmmaker Jean Cocteau once said: "I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul."
- Changing Skyline | Developers fight plan to extend streets to riverfront
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It seems unlikely that people out for a stroll on Market Street in Center City ever stop to ask themselves, "Should this street be here?"
- Cheat Sheet | For any refinishing jobs, choose the right stain
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Whether you plan to refinish an old chair, a floor, or an outdoor deck, choosing the right stain can be perplexing for the first-time do-it-yourselfer. A wrong choice can prove expensive and turn a good idea into a not-so-pretty picture.
- LifeStyle
- Celebrate this season with autumnal pieces that will surely warm your home decor.Lounge in bloom: Cozy up amid the crisp colors of the Snapdragon Astrid Chair ($1,500). Available at Anthropologie, 1801 Walnut St., and at www. anthropologie. com.
- Discovered | Miracle remodeling
- The title is certain to sound like sheer fantasy to anyone who has endured the grueling marathon that is a major renovation, but the new book Easy Home Makeovers delivers the kind of practical advice and creative solutions every stressed-out renovator craves.
- Tips to keep kitty happy
- If you don't want your cat slicing and dicing the wing chairs, consider offering an alternative - cat furniture, such as towers, trees, scratchers and tunnels.
- Getting a paw up on safety
- Hadley, the Trauernicht family's first black Lab, sprained both front legs jumping out of the family station wagon 14 years ago. Cathy Trauernicht became so concerned about dog safety that she spent years developing a pet ramp she finally put into production last year.
- Antiques | Related Phila. rarities - and a record
- Christie's and Sotheby's each planned a sale of two tilt-top piecrust tea tables, circa 1755-1760.Part planetary alignment, part shrewd marketing strategy, both Christie's and Sotheby's scheduled sales of related Philadelphia furniture rarities with estimates in the $2-million-plus range.
- Auctions | Some duck decoys could bring five figures in Belmar
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Frank & Frank's sale of decoys, art and sporting collectibles Sunday in Belmar, Monmouth County, will affirm once again that carved wooden birds do not go for chicken feed.
- Garden books to curl up with as winter approaches
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Before we know it, the leaves will have turned and fallen. We'll be turning too - to planting bulbs for next spring, making plans for next season, and snuggling up for the winter we have to get through first.
- Garden Q&A;
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Question: I have a crape myrtle bush that has lovely foliage and looks very healthy but does not bloom, and has never bloomed. It is planted in a sunny location and has been fertilized each of the six or so years it has been there.
- Garden Calendar
- Tomorrow How to Build a Cold Frame, workshop with Penn State extension agent Christine Tilles; 10 to 11 a.m. Free. Awbury Arboretum, Francis Cope House, Chew Ave. entrance, between Haines Street and Walnut Lane; www.awbury.org/location.html.
- Sky-high prices for weather sculptures
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Roger DiTarando built his first weather vane more than a decade ago, and it's still turning in the wind above his metalworking workshop.
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Whether you plan to refinish an old chair, a floor, or an outdoor deck, choosing the right stain can be perplexing for the first-time do-it-yourselfer. A wrong choice can prove expensive and turn a good idea into a not-so-pretty picture.
- Blog: Inga Saffron on Philadelphia architecture
Inga Saffron
It seems unlikely that people out for a stroll on Market Street in Center City ever stop to ask themselves, "Should this street be here?"
Karla Klein Albertson
Christie's and Sotheby's each planned a sale of two tilt-top piecrust tea tables, circa 1755-1760.
Part planetary alignment, part shrewd marketing strategy, both Christie's and Sotheby's scheduled sales of related Philadelphia furniture rarities with estimates in the $2-million-plus range.
GARDEN SECTION
GARDEN SECTION: Share your bounty. Show off your garden and share a memory, tip or best find.
- Temple bets on home buyers
- The university has a $500,000 program to help its workers become homeowners in surrounding neighborhoods.With growth and development surging in North Philadelphia, Temple University president Ann Weaver Hart wants university employees to play a stronger role in the residential communities surrounding the university.
- Rick's still going strong at Reading Market
- It's shortly after 9 a.m. Friday, and Reading Terminal Market has been open for a little more than an hour. A few early birds stroll along the lanes of stalls, morning coffee and pastry in hand, but the merchants, especially those who cater to the lunch crowd, are busy prepping for the noontime rush to come.
- Forcing upkeep stirs anger in Haddonfield
- Some Haddonfield residents are calling it the battle between the wealthy and the merely well-to-do. One side favors a new ordinance regulating the maintenance of properties and backing it up with $1,000 fines.
- A family in a factory
- Turning an old brick industrial building into a home became a six-year odyssey.Anyone who has ever wailed, "What have I done?!" in the middle of a home-improvement project will surely feel a kinship with Jon and Jennifer Vickers.
- For $200,000 to $300,000: A small-town twin, a city studio, and a suburban condominium.
- $279,000 Conshohocken 204 W. Seventh Ave. Taxes: $2,213 Within walking distance of shops and restaurants, this 2,000-square-foot twin house has four bedrooms and 11/2 bathrooms. Among its features are a living room with nine-foot ceilings, a dining room, and an eat-in kitchen with handmade maple and pine cabinets. There are porches in front and out back, along with a fenced yard and an above-ground pool. Hardwood floors are found through most of the house. The master bedroom has double closets and carpeting. There is a partially finished attic for storage and an unfinished basement.
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