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iNews for November 2008
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Cool Decks
Although cool weather may signal the end of the gardening season, don't let decks and patios slide into the winter doldrums. Whether frost has already cut down your summer annuals, or cool temperatures are simply fueling a growth spurt for plants that have been plagued with summertime heat, it's easy to dress your outdoor spaces well into winter.
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Off the Radar
Hundreds of thousands of construction jobs will be created in the U.S. during the next several years. Many remodelers are beginning to wonder whether they'll be able to fill even a few of those positions with the kinds of employees they feel comfortable sending into clients' homes.
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Rotating Architecture: 16 Sweet Spinning Structures
Architects have always aimed towards building bigger, wider and higher (and, recently, more sustainable as well). Now technology has made a fourth design dimension possible: movement. These 15 amazing structures shift their shapes, put a new spin on style!
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Cities offer loan help, grants for remodeling older homes
Aging homes in Northeast Johnson County -- many small ranches built in the post-World War II era -- present challenges for communities wanting to improve their eye appeal and attract residents looking for modern amenities.
In today's world, where open floor plans and three-car garages reign, small ranches with one-car garages may be a tough sell. But Johnson County cities are tapping into programs or creating their own to stay competitive.
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Life and debt in suburbia
Like middle-class families everywhere, the Mendells, Steins and Wrights judged their own financial health by how they thought their neighbors were doing. How wrong they were.
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