Cabinet great for bathroom 15 hr ago | Add a comment No matter how large your home is or how many closets you have, when it comes to storage, bathrooms always seem to pose a challenge. One popular solution is to repurpose an antique medical cabinet...

Home and Garden briefs 16 hr ago | Add a comment For more information, call the phone number or use the e-mail address provided. To submit items, call Heather Warlick-Moore at 475-4098 or send e-mail to hwarlick@opubco.com. Please submit items...

Newest trends in bedding helping combat insomnia 16 hr ago | Add a comment If you’ve tossed all night because you were hot, restless or uncomfortable, read on. Manufacturers are developing new ways to combat insomnia, including some technologies introduced at this...

When leaves fall, it’s best to compost 16 hr ago | Add a comment Most of central and western Oklahoma experienced freezing temperatures last week, and leaves are falling all across the state. One of my pet peeves is seeing boxes and bags of these deceased but...

Rock-hard surface offers creative alternative to wood, carpet 16 hr ago | Add a comment TACOMA, Wash. — The visual warmth of a spectacular sunburst and slender crescent moon emanates from the entryway floor in Bonnie Wyatt’s home in Seattle. The design is carved into a...

Done right, leaf raking a worthy exercise Mon, Nov 16, 2009 | Add a comment You could be called the lawn Luddites. You’re the holdouts who shun leaf blowers and lawn vacuums, the hardy types who find satisfaction in the scrape of tines on grass. You’re the leaf...

Giant cabbage wins Claremore girl some lettuce Mon, Nov 16, 2009 | Add a comment The cabbage that Claremore fourth-grader Riley Jensen grew over the summer with her grandfather was so big that she and her family members spent a week eating it before it was all gone. When they...

Q&A on collecting Sun, Nov 15, 2009 | Add a comment 1908 wedding gift is heirloom BY ANNE MCCOLLAM Q: The photo is of a hand-painted porcelain vase my parents received for their wedding in 1908. On one side is a night scene; on the other is a female...

Children’s rocking chair perfect for holiday gift Sun, Nov 15, 2009 | Add a comment As sturdy and well-proportioned as its full-size cousins, this child’s rocking chair project is perfect for reading, watching a movie or even the occasional "time out.” Just in...

Use of old pieces in decor takes good eye Sun, Nov 15, 2009 | Add a comment Whenever I walk through an antique store, or an antique mall – (Excuse me, but does "antique mall” strike anyone else as an anachronism? Did they have malls in the 1800s?) —...