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  • How to shop for a kitchen faucet

    How to Shop for a Kitchen Faucet

    Of all the fixtures and appliances the kitchen faucet is probably the one we use the most. According to faucet manufacturer KWC, the average family uses the kitchen faucet more than 40 times a day. Whether it's hand...

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  • Milwaukee-Bar sign

    Downtown Milwaukee making the top 15 list for emerging cities

    Announced Monday on Forbes website that downtown Milwaukee has made the list as one of the most emerging cities in the upper Midwest.  This title was earned for increasing the downtown population by 26% percent from 2000 through 2013...

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  • Where is Spring?

    Today  March 26 2013, it doesn't look like Spring.  Snow showers and temperatures in the 30's.  Even so, your cool season crops could have been planted already and there is still time. ...

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  • Surprise snow on St. Patrick's Day

    Surprise snow on St. Patrick’s Day

    The Fredericksburg area got a surprise snowfall on the evening of St. Patrick’s Day. The roads were slick and wet as people were leaving their Sunday dinners of corned beef and cabbage. “Maybe we’ll have...

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  • The boardwalk

    An urban wetland to be explored

    While not actually within the city limits, this lively wetland is surrounded by the light rail, busy roadways, parking areas, commercial development and residences.   Far from pristine, containing old barrels, storm pipe, abandoned roadways and other signs of...

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  • Step up to the Bar

    Step up to The Bar: Bar Sinks

    Bar sinks were traditionally used for wet bars and they still are. They are seen in wet bars for entertaining or family use in family rooms, media rooms, living rooms, master bedrooms and even outdoors. And they are not just...

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  • Planning Ideas that Matter

    Planning Ideas that Matter (book review)

    As any student or practitioner is already aware, planning can be a complex and nebulous topic. While it may be relatively simple to grasp onto individual concepts and techniques, it can also be easy to miss the forest for the...

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  • Green Cities of Europe - Timothy Beatley, editor

    Green Cities of Europe (book review)

    In 1999, author and educator Timothy Beatley’s book Green Urbanism caused something of a stir in the environmental design disciplines and beyond. While not the first introduction the U.S. has had to foreign concepts such as cohousing...

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  • Local weather is not what it seems

    Local weather is not what it seems

    Predicting winter weather for Northern Virginia is never an easy job. February 2010 saw two back to back snowstorms that many people in the Mid-Atlantic dubbed “Snowmageddon”. According to NOAA, the last 12 months saw the average...

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  • hardwood floors

    Beautiful & Sustainable Wood Floors: The Right Choice

    Nothing is more beautiful than a wood floor—rich, gleaming and timeless. Wood is the natural choice for any room in your home and will provide your home with warmth, durability and beauty that will never go out of...

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