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 IF YOU'RE FEELING CRAMPED, take heart. Rediscovering space in your own house is both possible and practical.
In fact, it has a lot to do with the idea of room, but you don't have to acquire any new ones. Reconfiguring what you already have is a remodeling option many homeowners are choosing.
The average family home 30 years ago was about 1,500 square feet, while the figure today is 2,500. Do families need more room now? [Read Story]
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 Easy solutions for trouble areas
THE PROBLEM ROOM. Every house has one, whether homeowners are willing to talk about them or not. They are spaces in the house, usually ones where most of the living is done, that tend to fall victim to messiness.
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 Updating the past
A CLAREMONT SHOWPLACE is ready to be restored to its original grandeur.
A home designed a century ago by renowned architects Charles and Henry Greene — at 807 N. College Ave. — is getting a makeover by HartmanBaldwin design/build.
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 Avoid the remodel nightmare
EACH YEAR, the Contractors State License Board receives more than 20,000 complaints from homeowners. While that's a big number, it doesn't mean everyone is guilty of something, but it does mean that a lot of projects have not gone well. The Boy Scout motto, "be prepared," surely applies to home remodeling. Here are some tips to make sure the job is done right:
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 New Calculations - Differences add up for credit unions
THE ALLURE of huge profits doesn't stand a chance here.
Rising stock prices? Skyrocketing revenue projections?
Don't even think about it.
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 Saffron - Rooted in romance
EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO, Linda Rouyer helped start a catering business that served romantic dinners in private homes. She brought everything — gourmet food, music, table cloths, napkins, flowers — to create the right ambience. Paris L.A. Candlelight Dinners for Two was launched mostly because she liked to entertain.
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 Chef always cooking up something new
AS HE WAS LYING IN HIS CRIB, Matt Sramek probably was thinking of ways to improve that bland baby food he had for breakfast. As it was, he began his career long before he knew it — cooking with his parents in West Covina as a kid and later preparing special dinners for his family as a teenager.
After high school, he realized food was his passion.
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 King of the grill
Barbecue master's career is going up in smoke - and that's fine with him
ED BELL learned the basics of cooking at a young age.
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 Natural chemistry
PANEL EXPLORES PALATE-EXPANDING FOOD AND WINE PAIRINGS
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED why one wine complements a certain dish better than another? Or have you wondered how one delicate change by a chef can transform the pairing from simply appetizing to delightfully palate-pleasing?
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 The savvy bride
Fashion forward inspiration for the big day
TODAY’S BRIDES are more savvy than ever. Airbrush makeup, fake lashes, and celebrity hair tricks (extensions) once considered "extras" are now becoming a must-have for the bride."
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 In Redlands, brides night out
AS MANY as 200 blushing brides-to-be will paint the town white this month with the help of Redlands businesses eager to make the most important day of their lives truly memorable.
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 Flextime
Strech to help prevent injury, improve performance
STRETCHING for many people is like icky-tasting cough syrup for a kid.
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 Ride of the metric century
In search of fresh air, blue skies and rugged terrain, hundreds of cyclists are preparing for an adventure that comes only once a year.
The Tour de Foothills is expected to attract about 750 participants to Memorial Park in Upland on Saturday, Nov. 8, for a morning of food, festivities and on-the-road fun.
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 Buying equipment?
HIT IT DOWN THE MIDDLE
STEPPING onto the course, my sister and I surveyed the terrain. It was dense — a thicket to our left, traps and distractions ahead and to the right. Taking deep breaths, we got ready to play. [Read Story] |
better living | family/community
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 Meet 'Dr. Mom'
Claremont native has answers for parents
WHEN IS IT SAFE to take a newborn out in public? Is it normal for a baby to cry so much? When can you give a child fruit juice? When can a child return to school after having a cold? Questions, questions, questions. Where does a parent or grandparent turn for sound advice?
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 Food for thought
Walk for the hungry
HUNGER knows no season, or day of the week. It doesn’t recognize city boundaries, or the ages of those in need.
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 Football parties
For the good of the team - and community
THE SIGNS ARE EVERYWHERE.
USC and UCLA; Packers, Patriots and Panthers; Texans and Titans; Chargers and Chiefs; Giants and Jaguars; Dallas and Denver. On and on.
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my favorite | mountain living
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 At home in the woods
DAVID SCHROEDER is a true man of nature. Neither fire nor floods can sway him from the delight of living in a cabin in the mountains.
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arts & culture | girl with glasses
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 Grinding it out, one cup at a time
CONSIDERING how much coin I’ve dropped at any Starbucks within shouting distance of, well, anyplace I am... this column is totally biting the hand that feeds me.
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 Fall back into a different pace
FALL. It is a wonderful and exciting time to live in Southern California.
Although it begins subtly, with a shift of a few degrees in the morning and through the night, there can be no mistaking its arrival.
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