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<title><![CDATA[A home's new owner should ask seller for lowdown]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/sep/23/homes-new-owner-should-ask-seller-lowdown/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[After house-hunting, negotiating a price and working out details of his move, Patrick O'Leary was ready to tackle the real work: understanding and operating the various mechanical systems in his new, 6,000-square-foot home.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In kitchens or clothes, moths are hard to rout]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/aug/28/kitchens-or-clothes-moths-are-hard-rout/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[A couple of years ago, when my daughter was about 3, she delved happily into a container of freeze-dried strawberries and yelled over the "prize" she found inside.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Filling your toolbox with the essentials]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/aug/26/filling-your-toolbox-essentials/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[If you're looking for the perfect housewarming gift, check out a hardware store. People moving into a new place will probably want to hang a few things and change a few things.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tips on creating an instant home office]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/aug/19/tips-creating-instant-home-office/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Job-seekers, take note: You want to be productive in planning your next move, and writing cover letters on your bed probably isn't going to cut it. That's why more and more people are thinking about how to create an instant home office.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Four kitchen basics can clean entire house]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/aug/14/four-kitchen-basics-can-clean-entire-house/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[A little digging in the kitchen cupboards is all that's needed to round up enough supplies to polish, clean and disinfect every room in the home.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sewing surges in popularity]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/aug/11/sewing-surges-popularity/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The rules in the sewing lounge read like metaphors for good living: Know where your fingers are at all times. No running with scissors. Look before you cut.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Letting it slide: accepting a clean enough house]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/aug/07/letting-it-slide-accepting-clean-enough-house/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[When Amy Herendeen first became a stay-at-home mom, she dedicated a lot of time and effort to keeping house. But the chores were often interrupted by her daughter's needs. Trying to be the "perfect housewife" and take care of an infant left her feeling frustrated and angry.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Home decor this fall: 'Perfect' is out, real is in]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/aug/04/home-decor-fall-perfect-out-real/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the biggest theme in home decorating going into fall is comfortable, real, personalized style.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pick of the crop]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jul/31/pick-crop/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Bonnell Queen, 90, of 205 Bristol St. holds a Mr. Striper tomato from his home garden.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:30:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Want designer looks at big-box prices? Try hacking]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jul/29/want-designer-looks-big-box-prices-try-hacking/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Home decorators who once would have dropped thousands of dollars on designer furniture are now, in a down economy, looking at inexpensive, self-assembly pieces from big-box stores as a jumping-off point for more custom designs.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Roses have their problems, but still...]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jul/27/roses-have-their-problems-still/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Read about roses, talk to other gardeners about growing them, and insect and disease problems seem inevitable.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:14:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A bright idea: Philips lets flat lights out of lab]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jul/23/bright-idea-philips-lets-flat-lights-out-lab/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Someday, our ceilings and walls might radiate light, illuminating indoor spaces as brightly and evenly as natural daylight.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:43:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shrubs can be 'great green furniture' for the yard]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jul/21/shrubs-can-be-great-green-furniture-yard/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Blooms may be losing some luster among cash-strapped gardeners weeding out nonessential spending. A practical option is investing in an assortment of low-risk, high-return shrubs.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:14:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Patience rewarded: Climbing hydrangea takes time]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jul/20/patience-rewarded-climbing-hydrangea-takes-time/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[For about 15 years, a big yellow garage marked the south boundary of our backyard garden. It set off the blue bigleaf hydrangeas very nicely, but it wasn't exactly the look we wanted.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:30:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Enchanted places: Decorating with kids' book art]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jul/20/enchanted-places-decorating-kids-book-art/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA["Look, Spot! Look and see... ."]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:55:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In home decor's cyclical world, wallpaper is back]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jul/15/home-decors-cyclical-world-wallpaper-back/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[This spring, Oprah declared that wallpaper is back.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Use incentives to attract your favorite songbirds]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jul/08/use-incentives-attract-your-favorite-songbirds/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Backyard bird watching is a fairly simple exercise. Provide enough food, water and cover, and birds will come flocking. Playing favorites, though, calls for using the right kinds of incentives.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:27:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Annual daylily festival at Millstone Farm]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jun/27/annual-daylily-festival-millstone-farm/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Millstone Meadows Farm, 2595 Henderson Mill Rd., held its fifth annual Daylily Festival on Saturday. The farm features greater than 1,300 varieties of daylilies. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:38:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Designers find common cause with global artisans]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jun/23/designers-find-common-cause-global-artisans/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[In Africa, Asia and Latin America, gifted craftspeople who can express age-old traditions in beautiful ways often lack access to raw materials and distribution venues. And they may have no expertise in getting their goods to a wider marketplace.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:31:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Daylily festival delights the senses]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jun/19/daylily-festival-delights-senses/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Bear W Daylily Farm presents its annual Daylily festival on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2p.m.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:27:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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