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<p>Miele / TNS</p><p>Miele's canister vacuum has a universally applicable brush head that goes from carpet to hardwood floors and integrated controls on the handle. </p>

How to buy the right vacuum cleaner

Debbie Carlson
June 17

Renovation & Design

<p>Nick Olsen, who designed the room Salon du Beau Monde at Kips Bay, says his main advice for small space design is not to be too respectful of scale.</p>

Living (not so) large


June 17

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<p>Barbara Damrosch</p><p>Composting reduces the amount of methane gas produced at landfills and creates nutrient-rich soil for growing.</p>

Super scraps

Casey Seidenberg
June 17

Renovation & Design

<p>Photos by Marc LaBossiere / Winnipeg Free Press</p><p>Custom-built privacy panels, fastened to end posts that are counter-sunk into the ground, hint at a backyard sanctuary that lies behind the walls.</p>

Privacy panels for your own personal paradise

Marc LaBossiere
June 10

Renovation & Design

<p>Proven Winners</p><p>Who knew? Scotch and Irish moss are not actually mosses. True mosses do not flower. Top left: This wire-frame basket lined with layers of sheet moss should be watered frequently. Mist the sides to keep the moss looking its best. Bottom left: Plant moss or moss-like plants in full sun to part shade.</p>

Making a moss of your garden

Colleen Zacharias
June 10

Renovation & Design

<p>Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune / Tribune News Service</p><p>Pak Suan, of Myanmar, works in his small greenhouse in the Global Garden Refugee Training Farm. About 100 families, including refugees from Bhutan, Myanmar and elsewhere, have plots in the community garden.</p>

Refugees find sense of home through community gardens

Alison Bowen
June 10

Renovation & Design

<p>Supplied photos</p><p>My dad, in his 80s, halfway up a wobbly old windmill.</p>

Keep this love in a photograph

Laurie Mustard
June 10

Renovation & Design

<p>PAT McGRATH / OTTAWA CITIZEN FILES</p><p>A reader writes in about moisture issues in a cottage that sits close to the lake.</p></p>

Moisture a tricky cottage guest to get rid of

Ari Marantz
June 10

Renovation & Design

<p>BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES</p><p>One of the many show homes up for viewing year-round and as part of the spring and fall parades.</p></p>

Parades showcase the best home styles, trends

Lanny McInnes
June 10

Renovation & Design

<p>Glenn Baglo / Vancouver Sun files</p><p>Repairing tears in leather can be done at home with repair kits. Also, there are many different ways to shine leather, including using the inside of a banana peel.</p>

How to fix leather furniture on your own

Reena Nerbas 
June 10

Renovation & Design

<p>Fotolio</p><p>Research shows trees can tell when their branches are swaying in the wind and the difference between hot and cold.</p>

Can trees feel?

Michael Allen
June 3

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