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After hours of online searching, you discover the man of your dreams and start chatting him up, only to have your Internet connection disappear like Brittany Spears’ career. Here are five tips to get your Wi-Fi up and running again.

Published by H.F. Ullmann, "Modern Living Accessories: 100 Years of Design" presents a retrospective of the most important developments and highlights in design of the past 100 years, beginning with the latest trends for 2011.

For a pack rat, too much storage space can be as terrifying as too little.

For the past three years, one of "Design on a Dime’s" brightest design stars has been Tulsa-born interior designer Joshua Ingraham who has created rooms for the Housing Works benefit that have been as big and bold as Ingraham’s personality.

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s McLean Library, located on the first floor of PHS headquarters, 20th and Arch Streets, will house a plant exhibition, "Strange Beauties," beginning Oct. 31 and continuing through Dec. 2.

The 2012 event will re-emerge as the Maine Home+Design Show, which is slated for Saturday June 30 and Sunday July 1, 2012 and will be held in a specially constructed tent in Rockport.

The American dream of homeownership has felt its biggest drop since the Great Depression, according to new 2010 census figures.

"It’s a relief to read about other kids with two moms," commented one child. According to the 2010 census, children with same-sex parents live in 96% of U.S. counties.

"Clean House New York" will transform the Big Apple’s messiest dwellings by creating inviting rooms amidst the hustle and bustle of America’s largest city.

When it comes to home accessories, today it is easier than ever to have items that are well-designed - fusing form and function. Add these all-encompassing items to the home and celebrate the fact that what is stylish can also offer substance.