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Hot Property: Justin Bieber pays $6.5 million for Calabasas home

The price that first-time homeowner Justin Bieber paid for his new digs in Calabasas has wended its way into the public record: $6.5 million.

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Lap pools and hot tubs offer fitness, relaxation

While a full-size swimming pool is lovely if you have the space and the money, there are plenty of other water features that will help you soak tired muscles, cool off and stay in shape.

2 days ago
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On Gardening: Shasta daisies absolutely pristine in the garden

This time of the year the garden comes alive with shasta daisies. It seems to bring a renewal to the spirit like few other flowers. I was recently in Columbus, Ga., and had the opportunity to tour the Columbus Botanical Garden. There they had several large informal drifts that literally took my ...

3 days ago
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Homestyle: Home and garden news and notes

WHAT'S NEW: DEVICE SIMPLIFIES LAWN REPAIR

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Your Place: To repaint tin siding, follow these procedures

Q: I have a home, built about 1950, that has tin siding. Can or should this siding be repainted (and how?), or is it best to remove it and install new siding, such as vinyl?

3 days ago
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Be bold: Wallpaper can stretch beyond walls

It seems that wallpaper has been around forever, or at least for 2,000 years, dating back to when the Chinese started to hang decorated rice paper on their walls. Since then, wallpaper has been popular, reflecting designs and patterns that change to suit the fashion of the times.

6 days ago
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Hot Property: Seacrest buys DeGeneres' Beverly Hills home

Cyberspace was a-twitter this week with the news that Ryan Seacrest is buying Ellen DeGeneres's Beverly Hills compound for $37 million, and that she and spouse Portia de Rossi are moving no farther than a Hal Levitt-designed midcentury - also in Beverly Hills.

7 days ago
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A plant explorer's favorite finds

Dan Heims makes no apologies: "I'm a plant nerd and proud of it," he says.

9 days ago
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Your Place: Swimming-pool safety; more on rusting dishwasher racks

Considering that it took an hour to regain feeling in many of my fingertips, it might not have been the brightest thing I've done recently.

9 days ago
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Preparing your home for the warmer months

Now that we're well into spring, we know warmer weather is coming.

10 days ago
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Secret gardens revealed in Amsterdam

During the third weekend of June, 30 of the most private gardens in Amsterdam are open to the public as part of Open Garden Days. Some of them are opening for the first time ever, according to a press release from the Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions.

10 days ago