Decorating a rental apartment on a budget

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Nine ways to make your apartment special from blogger Kerra Michelle Huerta, whose apartment was recently featured in the Dupont Circle House Tour and was the smallest property of the bunch.

Adrian Higgins

Autumn’s cold tendrils creep into the garden

Autumn’s cold tendrils creep into the garden

Early November is the growing season’s overtime, and we’re talking sudden death here.

Jura Koncius

Destination Design: Downtown Frederick

Destination Design: Downtown Frederick

There’s more in downtown Frederick than great food — here’s where to shop for furnishings new and old.

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House Calls: Kids at play, design at work

House Calls: Kids at play, design at work

An Alexandria mom seeks House Calls’ help with her basement.

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The root cellar revisited

The root cellar revisited

Your subdivision’s covenants don’t allow root cellars? Well, you’re just going to have to improvise.

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Autumn’s cold tendrils creep into the garden

Autumn’s cold tendrils creep into the garden

Early November is the growing season’s overtime, and we’re talking sudden death here.

Your November home improvement checklist

Your November home improvement checklist

What to do to get ready for winter.

Organizing attics and basements

Organizing attics and basements

Before you shove a bunch of cardboard boxes into the dark attic or damp basement, consider to how and where to store your items so they’ll be in good condition and easy to find.

Decorating a rental apartment on a budget

Decorating a rental apartment on a budget

Nine ways to make your apartment special from blogger Kerra Michelle Huerta, whose apartment was recently featured in the Dupont Circle House Tour and was the smallest property of the bunch.

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Inside a stylish Dupont Circle rental

Inside a  stylish Dupont Circle rental

Calling an apartment home doesn’t have to mean living with ugly light fixtures, old appliances and blah white walls.

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Tips for fighting tomato blight

Tips for fighting tomato blight

Don’t let the destructive disease haunt your tomatoes.

How To: A painting primer

How To: A painting primer

What to do when the passion for painting is gone — and how to deal with plaster.

House Calls: Make a large living room feel cozy

House Calls: Make a large living room feel cozy

A Potomac reader needs help with her large living room.

New design trend: Moroccan rugs

New design trend: Moroccan rugs

What is it that makes these floor coverings suddenly seem as ubiquitous as sisal?

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The age of giant pumpkins

The age of giant pumpkins

Gargantuan gourds top one ton these days, but some smaller ones are more tasteful and tastier, too. You are unlikely to find a record-beater in Washington; the optimum pumpkin belt lies farther north, at least above the Mason-Dixon Line where the air is drier, the pests fewer, the nights cooler and the days longer.

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Giant gourds to pipsqueak pumpkins

Giant gourds to pipsqueak pumpkins

Photos of uncommon culinary pumpkins and a giant masterpiece on display at the New York Botanical Garden.

Washington Craft Show opens Friday

Washington Craft Show opens Friday

Three-day show, featuring the work of 190 artists, will be at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

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Washington Craft Show

Washington Craft Show

Annual judged show, featuring works of 190 artists, opens Friday at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

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Perilla looks good in the garden and tastes good, too

Perilla looks good in the garden and tastes good, too

Herb’s leaves add flash to flower beds and provide color and minty freshness to a variety of foods.

How to make closet doors fit

How to make closet doors fit

Advice on fixing walk-in closet doors after a remodel and getting stubborn stains out of a utility sink.

House Calls: Brightening up a sunroom

House Calls: Brightening up a sunroom

Barb and Tom Bailey of Vienna ask House Calls to make their sunroom more than a passage to the porch.

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Apples of North America

Apples of North America

A seventh-generation Virginia orchardist shares his knowledge of 192 apple varieties, from Winesap to Red Delicious.

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Virginia’s Mr. Apple: Tom Burford

Virginia’s Mr. Apple: Tom Burford

What you need to know about apples from a seventh-generation Virginia orchardist, once aptly described as “the prince among antiquarian apple enthusiasts.”