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Free admission to Tower Hill Botanic Garden
-Tower Hill Botanic Garden's annual Winter Open House is on Sunday, November 15, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free. With the theme,...

Multiple Savings
If two is better than one, it follows that four is even better, and six, well... you get the idea. Vessel is offering discounts...

Brandeis installing swath of solar panels
In a few weeks, the Gosman Center at Brandeis University will be the site of one of the largest solar panel arrays in Massachusetts. The...

HOUSE & HOME


McMansions, be gone
Last year Hometta, a company that offers blueprints for contemporary homes at a fraction of what it would cost to commission an original design, launched. The goal? To improve the quality of American home design, which is wrought with unoriginal and oversize homes.

Design trends

What's hot and what's not
Home design trends now emerging from the major, high-end design houses, meaning that, as with fashion, they will eventually find their way into mass market retailers - and perhaps your home. Before next year's looks trickle into stores, here's a first look at a few.

More House & Home news and features
Pimp your toilet? (Boston Globe, 10/31/09)
Handyman on call: Tape helps keep plaster in place when you hang pictures on old walls (Boston Globe, 10/28/09)
Handyman on call: cleaning oil off Formica cabinets (Boston Globe, 10/21/09)
Designs by Boston architects (Boston Globe, 10/21/09)

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