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		<title>A New Take on Stripes</title>
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FROM THE &#8220;DUH-WHY-DIDN&#8217;T-I-THINK-OF-THIS&#8221; DEPARTMENT comes this clever idea courtesy of designers Martha Angus and Phillip King and Metropolitan Home&#8217;s Designer Showhouse in San Francisco. To give a boy&#8217;s bedroom a clever spin, Angus and King hung striped wallpaper sideways instead of vertically. You could do the same with any striped paper, making a common (and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1,250 Square Feet for Less Than $150K</title>
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VISITORS TO OCTOBER&#8217;S SEATTLE HOME SHOW 2 got a sneak peek at the new Fortino prefab house from  Ideabox. The two bedroom, two bath rambler measures 1,250 square feet&#8211;perfect for a constricted urban lot or a second home in the country. While the rooms&#8217; narrow proportions won&#8217;t fool you into thinking you&#8217;re in a McMansion, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking Trash</title>
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I HAVE UNRESOLVED ISSUES regarding waste receptacles. I see attractive ones all the time, but I can&#8217;t bring myself to spend a lot of money on something I toss used Kleenex in. A recent roundup in House Beautiful, however, proved that stylish wastebaskets can also be affordable. There were attractive offerings under $20 from IKEA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Makeover: 1 Week, Less Than $3,500</title>
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I LOVE HOME MAKEOVERS (as long as they don&#8217;t involve sick children and Ty Pennington). But few are as thrifty as the one that Brad Ford pulled off at his parents&#8217; guesthouse in Russellville, Arkansas. With just one week and less than $3,500, the New York designer transformed the 1,000-square-foot bungalow from bland to beautiful. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Punctuation Marks</title>
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I RECENTLY READ AN ARTICLE in House Beautiful about the pros and cons of painting a single wall in an accent color. I&#8217;ve never been a huge fan of this practice, but in certain cases it can be very useful&#8211;like when you have a room with no focal point or architectural interest. &#8220;Painting an accent wall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Your Father&#8217;s Solar House</title>
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TWENTY SOLAR HOUSES designed by college students around the globe are on display at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as part of the U.S. Department of Energy&#8217;s fourth Solar Decathlon. These compact dwellings&#8211;none more than 800 square feet&#8211;rely on photovoltaic cells, passive solar energy, reclaimed materials and innovative new products to harness the sun&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wainscoting for Cheapskates</title>
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MY 1960s RANCH HOUSE WAS COMPLETELY DEVOID OF CHARACTER when I bought it 15 years ago, so I decided to add some wainscoting to lend the rooms architectural interest and scale. Since real wood paneling would have been prohibitively expensive, I faked it using drywall and MDF (medium-density fiberboard). I applied a smooth finish to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who’s the Fairest of Them All?</title>
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OKAY, FESS UP NOW. You’re still hanging onto those framed posters you’ve had since college. It’s time to graduate already. Can’t afford original art? Consider using mirrors instead. They’re a lot more affordable, and they add shimmer and sparkle to every room. Plus, they reflect light and views, making any space look bigger. You can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Furniture Without the Heavy Lifting</title>
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WHEN IT COMES TO DECORATING, I&#8217;ve always been a move-the-furniture-around-the-room kind of guy. But all of that changed when I discovered the wealth of free room planners available online. With these fun, easy-to-use programs, you can arrange furniture icons any way you want atop a scale drawing of your room, then print out the results. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Collector&#8217;s Haven in the Catskills</title>
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THURSDAYS ARE AN EXCITING TIME AROUND MY HOUSE, and not just because it&#8217;s trash day. That&#8217;s the day the New York Times Home section arrives. And with the downturn in the economy, The Gray Lady has taken pains to choose home stories that reflect the economic climate. Case in point was the October 8 feature on [...]]]></description>
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