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Yard of the Week: Orchard and Plantings Bring a Garden to Life (13 photos)

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Partway through a home restoration, the owner of this property at the foot of the Hollywood Hills turned her attention to the outdoors, hiring landscape designer Akiko Komori of Yard Maven to help transform her backyard. “The homeowner envisioned a peaceful respite filled with lush greenery where she…


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Kitchen of the Week: Cherry Cabinets Bring Warmth in Vermont (8 photos)

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Ken and Monica Gragg have lived in their two-story Colonial home in Burlington, Vermont, for 35 years. After raising their two kids and becoming empty nesters, they decided to renovate and stay put instead of moving and downsizing. They knocked the 75-year-old house back to the studs and spent lots of…


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