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Ask Allegra: Stopping that drip in central air units
- Dear Allegra: I have central heating and air. The unit drips water when the air conditioning is running. I am assuming it is condensation, but how do I stop it? I have to have a bucket to catch the drips and empty it periodically. The lower I have the temperature, the less it leaks. I have the thermostat set at 79 degrees so the drip is slow. What do you think the problem is and what can I do about it other than calling the plumber? - All Wet
At Home with Paul Miller
- Paul Miller is an avid collector with an acquisition philosophy designed to keep the things he loves from becoming the clutter that could eventually choke his two-bedroom Mount Vernon condominium.
- Paul Miller is an avid collector with an acquisition philosophy designed to keep the things he loves from becoming the clutter that could eventually choke his two-bedroom Mount Vernon condominium.
Ask Allegra: What's the deal with rattling pipes
- Dear Allegra,
19th century dairy barn becomes visionary home
- Don’t look for brass, glass and trendy objets d’art in Marty and Lone Azola’s Roland Park home.
- Don’t look for brass, glass and trendy objets d’art in Marty and Lone Azola’s Roland Park home.
Use attitude to change a faucet
- Dear Allegra,
- Dear Allegra,
Living in the past: Making a coach stop home
- In Jay and Kathleen Toth’s country kitchen, not a single, shiny appliance is in sight. “Cook, feed, but let’s not see the appliances,” Kathleen Toth, 46, said laughing.
- In Jay and Kathleen Toth’s country kitchen, not a single, shiny appliance is in sight. “Cook, feed, but let’s not see the appliances,” Kathleen Toth, 46, said laughing.
Home Trends: From the cradle to college - a bed for all ages
- We all don’t have the budget of Jennifer Lopez to keep up with the furnishing needs of a growing child so it’s nice to know that one of the smartest trends emerging for parents is the lifetime crib. This versatile furniture converts from an infant's crib to a bed and can follow your offspring from the nursery into young adult years, making it the only bed you may ever have to buy for your child.
- We all don’t have the budget of Jennifer Lopez to keep up with the furnishing needs of a growing child so it’s nice to know that one of the smartest trends emerging for parents is the lifetime crib. This versatile furniture converts from an infant's crib to a bed and can follow your offspring from the nursery into young adult years, making it the only bed you may ever have to buy for your child.
Ask Allegra: Keeping cool
- Hot? For the masses, staying cool means being in a space artificially chilled by a window air conditioner or central air system. But as some people are allergic to conditioned cool air and or the high cost of that energy use, natural ventilation is a consideration and smart option.
Finding your dream house: Pot Springs in Lutherville
- Before they began the hunt for their dream home, Mike and Kathy Wilmot created separate wish lists. “I always wanted a big stone house with lots of space, lots of character,” Kathy said. “And lots of light, high ceilings and in a great neighborhood,” added Mike, 48.
- Before they began the hunt for their dream home, Mike and Kathy Wilmot created separate wish lists. “I always wanted a big stone house with lots of space, lots of character,” Kathy said. “And lots of light, high ceilings and in a great neighborhood,” added Mike, 48.
Keys to happiness are in Southern exposures, brilliant Southwest colors, couple discovers
- Paul and Cissy Marks’ picture-perfect, five-level home rises on one of Baltimore’s seductive urban bluffs in historic Federal Hill. Flowering crepe myrtle shrubs and bountiful, cup-shaped saucer magnolias spill over from the neighbor’s tree, creating a scene at the front door that could have been painted on one of Cissy’s canvasses.
- Paul and Cissy Marks’ picture-perfect, five-level home rises on one of Baltimore’s seductive urban bluffs in historic Federal Hill. Flowering crepe myrtle shrubs and bountiful, cup-shaped saucer magnolias spill over from the neighbor’s tree, creating a scene at the front door that could have been painted on one of Cissy’s canvasses.
Don’t scrap screens, get them back on track
- When you invited family and friends over for the July 4th holiday happenings at your place, your thoughts focused on fireworks, food and fun. A week later the fireworks are gone, the food forgotten and you’re not feeling so fun because the patio screen door is still off its track and the screen is gone missing. Well, you’ve had a week and now you’ve got to get things back on track.
