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Do you do the bills at the kitchen table and commandeer the kitchen counter for everything from sorting mail to reconciling the checkbook? It may be time to use your woodworking skills.

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       Quick Fix | Gain ground on dust bunnies
    A regular feature on products, services and ideas for the home. I'm willing to admit that I do the vacuuming. And the fact that I vacuum regularly has given me intimate knowledge of the biggest dust- and dirt-collection areas of the house.


    INTERIORS  


       Renovation to relish
    One minute, Val Nehez was spreading jelly on her toast; the next, she was on her hands and knees, scraping at the linoleum floor tiles with her butter knife.


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    GARDENING  

    The hot, new houseplant
    You've seen the stalks at the mall, inside little ceramic pots with drawings of pandas and fish and Chinese characters on them. You've seen them curling toward the ceiling like bouquets of living bedsprings at Target and Home Depot and Wal-Mart.

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    DESIGN  

    Furniture fits smaller spaces, offers storage
    A lot of new furniture in the last few years has been really big. It's looked as if it were created to fill the two-story great rooms popular in McMansions. There's still a market for oversize pieces, but much of what's being made now is more in keeping with the average American home.

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