http://www.post-gazette.com/homes Home and garden news and features, garden columns by Susan Banks, Doug Oster en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:13:13 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1010962-30.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml No one knows what the future holds for you, your family, your job or your finances. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011116-30.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml Built around 1910, this Tudor-style stone house at 509 Clearview Ave. in Crafton boasts five bedrooms and two baths. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011120-28.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml Real estate news in brief. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011401-113.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml Holy pumpkins, it's almost time to turn the rain barrel cylinder from "collect" to "bypass." Such a simple act, yet so difficult -- another acquiescence to the cold. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011403-30.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml When home is where the view is, the heart will surely follow. That's how it happened for Judith and Steve Thomas. Leaving the land of sun and celebrity, Los Angeles, for Pittsburgh's variable weather and rabid Steeler fans wasn't as difficult as some might imagine. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011423-30.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml Home & Garden notes: A free seminar on "green" initiatives in home building is scheduled today from 9:45 a.m. to noon at the Crown Plaza Hotel on Fort Couch Road in Bethel Park, by South Hills Village. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011443-47.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml Q. We have a rather large pampas grass plant. What is the best way to reduce its size? In the past I have split it and given pieces away to be replanted by others. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011391-407.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law today, giving tax incentives to prospective home buyers and additional jobless benefits to those idled by the business slump. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011123-407.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml WASHINGTON -- The White House says President Barack Obama tomorrow morning will sign a bill that expands a popular home buyers tax credit and extends unemployment benefits. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:11:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011121-68.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml WASHINGTON -- Thousands of borrowers on the verge of foreclosure will soon have the option of renting their homes from Fannie Mae, under a policy announced today. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010688-47.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml COOLER temperatures often drive people indoors, but not everyone is disappointed by the change of seasons. Douglas Wright, an architect with Hart Howerton, a firm based in New York and San Francisco, said many of his male clients look forward to hibernating in "man caves" -- cozy, masculine dens where they can pursue interests like spectator sports, woodworking or billiards. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500