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Buying a Vacuum: Why Choosing Green Still Sometimes Sucks

After a lot of vacuum research, we finally made the big purchase. Of course, we thought about the Dyson first but it's just not in our budget. Benefiting from a sale at Sears, we narrowed it down to...

A Restored Love of Mail-Order Homes

Cottage Living March 2008

Around the turn of the century, companies such as Sears & Roebuck and Montgomery Ward sold homes out of catalogs. The houses were shipped to the home site, complete with instructions and numbered mat...

Traditional vs. New: Slipper Chairs

The tradition of a bedroom slipper chair is an elegant but utilitarian seat for dressing. Typically, the chairs are compact and low to the ground so they don't steal space. They're also armless (to ...