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December 17, 2019
Video: burning dryer ducts

Video: burning dryer ducts

I bought a 200 CFM fan, filled a bunch of dryer transition ducts with shredded paper, then started them on fire. Check out the video below to see the results.
Home & Garden
December 15, 2019
Designer Tasha Schultz combined a vintage dining set with on-trend navy blue paint in her Falcon Heights dining room.

Hate old 'brown furniture'? Young Twin Cities designer proves it can look fresh

Her fondness for vintage began with trying to decorate with limited funds, as well as a desire not to have a cookie-cutter space.
Home & Garden
December 14, 2019
This condo in Bookmen Lofts in the North Loop recently got a new kitchen.

Restaurant designers give their North Loop loft 'fresh, clean update'

State-of-the-art kitchen and bath remodel helps couple entertain with style in their formerly "dated" space.
Home & Garden
December 13, 2019
Buffalo

Home listings: What $465,000 buys in the Twin Cities area

What you get for the money in Buffalo, Eden Prairie and Woodbury.
Home & Garden
December 13, 2019
Tasha Schultz in her living room at her home in Falcon Heights, Minn., on Wednesday, November 27, 2019. ] RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER • renee.jones@s

Designer tips for finding and decorating with vintage furniture

Home & Garden
December 13, 2019
Home plan 1073-8

Home plan: Modern style home has indoor-outdoor areas

Walkout basement provides more bedroom space.
Home & Garden
December 13, 2019

Tenant charged for keys that were returned

Tenant wrongly accused of smoking.
Home & Garden
December 13, 2019
Even small energy-efficient updates in your home can save you hundreds of dollars each year. (Dreamstime/TNS)

How to save money with energy-efficient home upgrades

Home & Garden
December 10, 2019
Three-toed woodpeckers pry off flakes of tree bark to find insects. credit: Jim Williams

Woodpeckers enjoy varied diets

They don't find all their food underneath bark.
Home & Garden
December 10, 2019
The majority of three-face pieces we see are reproductions, and collectors sometimes have trouble telling the new from the old — and that circu

It's hard to tell if face glass pieces are fake

Home & Garden
December 10, 2019
Foil dryer ducts: code-approved?

Foil dryer ducts: code-approved?

Foil dryer transition ducts are allowed by code and by some clothes dryer manufacturers.
Home & Garden
December 9, 2019
This $1.95 million, 9,330-square-foot home sits on 10 acres in Minnetrista.

$1.95M Minnetrista home is car lover's dream with 16 garage stalls, plus 'safari room'

Handcrafted home is car lover's dream, with garage space for 16 vehicles, plus a "safari room" and custom dog suite.
Home & Garden
December 8, 2019
Inside this 1,500-square-foot Minneapolis house are more than 40 Christmas trees.

Extreme Christmas lover packs more than 40 trees into his modest Mpls. house

A fervent Christmas fan squeezes 42 festive themed trees into one modest Minneapolis house.
Home & Garden
December 7, 2019
Edina
Built in 1955, this four-bedroom, three-bath house has 2,859 square feet and features three bedrooms on the main level, three fireplaces, includ

Home listings: What $389,900 buys in the Twin Cities area

Home & Garden
December 6, 2019
A sampling of books to help you shake up your home decor.

7 books to help you shake up your home decor

Ideas for refreshing your space with found objects, live plants and a bit of glam.
Home & Garden
December 6, 2019
Home plan: Farmhouse details with modern touches

Home plan: Farmhouse details with modern touches

Variety
December 6, 2019
Credit: Beth Cath
Tables from Pikka

Old doors – many from western China – get new life as Minnesota-made tables

Pikka Design Co.'s wood tables are repurposed from old Chinese doors.
Home & Garden
December 6, 2019
Should I turn off the circuit breaker to my AC for the winter?

Should I turn off the circuit breaker to my AC for the winter?

Shortly after posting our fall maintenance checklist this year, I had a reader contact me to let me know that I may have missed an important fall maintenance item.
Home & Garden
December 3, 2019
Photos by Jim Williams
A blue jay packs corn kernels into its throat pouch.

Blue jays are fast-food experts

These birds, known to some as "feeder pigs," use a throat pouch to load up with seeds.
Home & Garden
December 3, 2019
This is a Japanese interpretation of a German design. (Handout/TNS) ORG XMIT: 1439226

Collecting: Mad Hatter tea set likely a copy

Home and Garden

Coverage of the latest trends in beautiful Minnesota gardens and home decor.