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Three rural idylls and one bucolic retreat in need of repair
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Carne, near Manaccan, CornwallWhat you get Two reception rooms, kitchen, three bedrooms, two bath/shower rooms, garage. Pros It guards the head of Carne Creek, surrounded by National Trust woodland, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. You can watch

Night vision: a peek at the intimate secrets of the bedside table
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Isabel AllendeI keep a notebook on my bedside table in case I wake in the night with a dream. I dream a lot, and it helps to write them down. I dream about babies. Whatever is happening to the baby is happening in real life to the book I'm writing. If

What some famous faces wake up to
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Isabel AllendeI keep a notebook on my bedside table in case I wake in the night with a dream. I dream a lot, and it helps to write them down. I dream about babies. Whatever is happening to the baby is happening in real life to the book I'm writing. If

James Alexander-Sinclair has come up with some colourful planting ideas to set your borders sizzling this summer
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Summer gardens (like summer holidays) are all about excess: enough scent to disorientate even the busiest bees, more colour than a jumbo paintbox, textures ranging from fleecy to slick, and an energetic chorus line of different leaf shapes.It is possible

Head gardener Fergus Garrett on the challenge of working alone
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Now and again someone asks, 'How is life on the long border without Christo?''Fine,' I say, before moving on. But the reality is that I miss him immensely. I miss his wicked sense of humour. I miss his tenacity; I miss his doggedness in focusing on the

Mitsubishi Shows Off New HDTV Product Line For 2008
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Spring continues to be the time for new product introductions, and Mitsubishi is the latest, announcing a host of new HDTV products. First off, despite shrinking demand for rear-projection televisions, Mitsubishi is still heavily committed to the format,

Denon AVR-5308CI 7.1 Home Theater Receiver with Networking and Wi-Fi - Product of the Week
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If you are looking for the ultimate home theater receiver and cost is no object, then consider the Denon AVR-5308CI. This unit weighs in at 62 pounds and has 7 internal amplifiers with 150WPC at .05% . The 5308 features extensive surround decoding

Meet home goods designer Alessio Alessi
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Since 1921, Alessi has been manufacturing everyday home objects with extraordinary style and reasonable prices. Some of the Italian company's creations Richard Sapper's espresso maker, Philippe Starck's Walter Wayle wall clock are so iconic that

Gray: Decorate with the sleek color of the moment
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In the late 1700s, when European nobility indulged themselves in the neo-classical style of gilt, mahogany and marble, King Gustav III of Sweden surrounded himself with a more humble version of the style, in pine. Gustavian style, as it came to be known,

Warren Christopher is selling his 1930s home near Beverly Hills
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Now to add a little decorum to the proceedings. Former U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher, a fixture on the national political scene, has listed his gracious Connecticut farmhouse-style home near Beverly Hills at $3,259,000.Christopher and his

Paint garden furniture
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This paint gun lets you paint two sides at once...and fast! Give your metal garden furniture a revamp the easy way. With the new Metalmaster paint-gun system from Hammerite you can paint both sides of any garden metal at the same time. Simply click the

Spring clean in style
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Check out the stylish cleaning kit from the White Company Dusting isn't our favourite past-time, but since boring household jobs have to be done, we like to do them in style. The elegant new cleaning tools from The White Company fit the bill. The feather

A wonderful ride on the Hot Property beat
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Hot Property was just an idea when I first mentioned it to Dick Turpin, then-editor of The Times' Real Estate section. I thought there might be a column in the short stories I had been writing about people and real estate, but I never guessed I would

Stamos, Muniz follow Depp's lead in buying L.A. lofts
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Editor's note: After more than 1,300 columns, this is Ruth Ryon's last installment of the feature she created in 1984. Hot Property was kicked off on Nov. 25 of that year with an item on Johnny Carson's purchase of a Malibu home for $9.5 million, a

CREAM AND GREEN
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With frames made from sustainably sourced timber, upholstery padding created from recycled plastic bottles, and loose covers made in Fair Trade cotton, the Fern collection is Marks & Spencer's most environmentally friendly furniture to date. Priced

HERB GARDENING 101
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The Herbs of Summer Herb Container Tips Courtesy of Sal Gilbertie, owner of Gilbertie's Herb Farm in Easton, Connecticut, the largest herb operation in the United States, and author of several books on herb gardening and Robert Nuss, Ph.D., professor of

Part Two of the GREEN HOME SERIES
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By Polly Bart In our last issue, ChesapeakeHome introduced a series of articles on green home rating systems for new construction. Chief among these are LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for Homes, and the NAHB Model Green Home

ORGANIZE YOUR CLOSET
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Consumed by their daily lives, people are busier than ever juggling work and family. How many times have you heard someone say, 'If I could just get organized, life would be so much simpler?' There are many facets of our lives that need organizing,

HOME WATER and AIR QUALITY
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By Rebecca E. Jones-Paulsen Wherever you look, people are becoming more ecologically aware. Today, just about everything from household supplies to home building materials comes with an environmentally-friendly option, and generally the focus is on

Alessi does Dallas
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Since 1921, Alessi has been manufacturing everyday home objects with extraordinary style and reasonable prices. Some of the Italian company's creations Richard Sapper's espresso maker, Philippe Starck's Walter Wayle wall clock are so iconic that

Follow Rules of Fashion for Decorating
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Can you think of anything worse than wearing a pair of too-tight shoes to run a marathon? Or how about an olive green dress if your skin is pale? Horror of horrors! The rules for home decorating are much like the rules of fashion. If a sofa is too small,

Growing roses, the Sissinghurst way
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Sissinghurst's roses are the best in the country. Now's the time to learn how it's done, says Sarah Raven Visitors to the rose garden at Sissinghurst in high summer are confronted with one of the most heart-rendingly beautiful spectacles in England.

Garden events: What's on this week (April 13 - April 20)
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Your guide to the week's gardening events, up and down the country April 13 Japanese maples, trilliums and ornamental grasses will be on sale at a plant fair at Spetchley Park Gardens, Worcester, 11am-5pm. Lectures, demonstrations, tours. 4 (01531

Patio containers for terrace chic
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Smart, practical patio containers chosen by Anna Tyzack Natural stone urnsFrom 235 Farmington Cotswold Quarries produces hand-made natural stone containers. The newly quarried limestone is a buff colour but in a short time the pots, urns and troughs

Conceptual gardens: It's all in the mind
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Conceptual gardens, where idea and theme are paramount, are becoming increasingly popular. Tim Richardson documents the rise of the thinking man's horticulture Conceptualism is the 'next big thing' in garden design: there is an international conference

Former Ms. Olympia Rachel McLish's Rancho Mirage home sold to Boston Red Sox player Coco Crisp
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The Rancho Mirage home purchased for $3 million by Coco Crisp of the Boston Red Sox was formerly owned by Rachel McLish, who won the first U.S. Women's Body Building Championship in Atlantic City in 1980.McLish, co-owner of three Texas health clubs, was