The Herald-Dispatch Life: Homes RSS 2012-02-10T11:47:07-05:00 urn:uuid:164a7379-ce3e-4777-a286-0b178a7e09ee Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported), except where noted. Love of Canaan Valley inspires man to build dream vacation home, develop Aspen Village DAVE LAVENDER http://www.herald-dispatch.com/life_homes/2012+0205_Homescover 2012-02-05T00:00:00-05:00 <p>DAVIS, W.Va. -- Chuck Smith is a valley guy. </p> HOW-TO WORKSHOPS The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/life_homes/2012+0205_homecal 2012-02-05T00:00:00-05:00 <p>1-2:30 p.m., Install a vanity, faucet and bath accessories </p> HOW-TO WORKSHOPS The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/life_homes/2012+0212_homecal 2012-02-05T00:00:00-05:00 <p>1-2:30 p.m., Install a vanity, faucet and bath accessories </p> HOW-TO WORKSHOPS The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/life_homes/2012+0115_homecal 2012-01-15T00:00:00-05:00 <p> 11 a.m.-noon, Kitchen redesign - replace, reface, renew</p> Daily run leads couple down path to dream home JEAN MCCLELLAND http://www.herald-dispatch.com/life_homes/2012+0115_homes 2012-01-15T00:00:00-05:00 <p> HUNTINGTON -- Greg Perry laughs when he says that he sometimes feels like the &quot;gypsy in the palace&quot; as he walks through his 4,219-square-foot house.</p> Winter is a good time to prune most shrubs JOE LAMP'L http://www.herald-dispatch.com/life_homes/2012+0115_gardener 2012-01-15T00:00:00-05:00 <p> By winter, most folks have their garden tools put away for the season. But if you have overgrown shrubs, you may want to break out the loppers, saws and pruners for a little longer. Winter is the perfect season to prune most deciduous woody plants. The foliage is gone, the branch structure is visible and the plant is dormant, which prevents sap bleeding from fresh cuts. Many of the insects that could infect shrubs with diseases are hibernating.</p> 101 Ideas: Improve the bath with new lights DOUGLAS TRATTNER http://www.herald-dispatch.com/life_homes/2012+0115_101ideas 2012-01-15T00:00:00-05:00 <p> Just by swapping out old light fixtures for decorative new sconces and a dramatic chandelier, and adding some accent lighting, you can update the personality of your bath. And with prices for high-fashion light fixtures starting at around $50, you can do it all on a modest budget. Now that&#39;s a bright idea.</p> Flat-screen TV can hide in plain sight MARY CAROL GARRITY http://www.herald-dispatch.com/life_homes/2012+0115_homestyle 2012-01-15T00:00:00-05:00 <p> Remember when we treated our TVs like dirty little secrets, hiding them away in armoires where they couldn&#39;t be seen, an embarrassing fact of life that was best concealed? Who could blame us? Those hulking, unsightly boxes were a decorating buzz-kill, marring the landscape of a room with their behemoth presence, trailing a constellation of cable boxes and VCRs, twists of spaghetti-like wires going everywhere.</p> Installing a hot water dispenser ED DEL GRANDE http://www.herald-dispatch.com/life_homes/2012+0115_plumber 2012-01-15T00:00:00-05:00 <p> Q: My wife loves her morning cup of tea and boils the water herself. I was thinking of getting her one of those new coffee-tea makers, but then I thought of something really special.</p> HOW-TO WORKSHOPS The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/life_homes/2011+1225_homescal 2011-12-25T00:00:00-05:00 <p>11 a.m.-noon, Kitchen redesign - replace, reface, renew </p>