post-gazette.com - Home & Garden http://www.post-gazette.com/homes Home and garden news and features, garden columns by Susan Banks, Doug Oster en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:39:59 -0500 15 post-gazette.com http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 What You Get for ... $475,000 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210638-30.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml PORTLAND, ORE. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 House Hunting in ... Nicaragua http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210639-30.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml A SECLUDED SIX-BEDROOM OCEANFRONT ESTATE IN NICARAGUA Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 From Ashes, Upgrades http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210640-30.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml SAN FRANCISCO Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Fireplace Accessories http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210641-47.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml A LEXA HAMPTON has lived in four different apartments in the same building since 1995. And three of them had fireplaces, including two in her current apartment, which she shares with her husband and three children. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 An Early Eco-City Faces the Future http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210642-47.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml CORDES JUNCTION, Ariz. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 For the Bath, Round Is Better http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210643-47.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml "Some would call working on things for the toilet the lowest common denominator, but in my view all products are equal," said Josh Owen about the bathroom products he designed for Kontextür. "There's not one typology that's more sexy than another." Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 A Seattle Showcase for Local Design http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210644-47.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml Charlie Schuck, a photographer, opened Object in Seattle last year after hosting pop-up stores in his studio loft to sell the work of local designers. "My idea was to create a Northwest-centered design store without overtly saying, 'This is the Northwest,' " Mr. Schuck, 34, explained. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Home sales here on the rise http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210210-28.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml Pittsburgh area homes sales are off to a solid start so far this year. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500