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Patch's House & Home
2,000+ Square Foot Homes in Ames
About 10 percent of Ames homes listed for sale at Realestate.Aol.Com are more than 2,000 square feet. Here are three of the largest and most expensive homes for sale in Ames. Fi...
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The Neighborhood Files
What Would You See on a HOT Tour in Ames
Anyone who participates in the Ames HOT tour also known as the The Historic Old Town Neighborhood Association's annual Old Town Home and Garden Tour on Sunday would be exposed to some of ...
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Patch's House & Home
Creating a Top-Notch TV Room
Most households have a room where the main activity is watching TV. We're well past the era when all you needed was an outlet and a pair of rabbit ears — now, DVD players, game consoles, ...
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Patch's House & Home
Cool Architecture for HOT Summers
With way-above-average temperatures already kicking in throughout the state, it looks like it's going to be another record-breaking summer. Seems that the real possibility of climate chan...
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The Neighborhood Files
Which Listed Single Family Homes Have Pools in Ames
Just two single family homes listed for sale on AOL's Real Estate site have swimming pools. The most expensive is a 4 bedroom, 3 bath home at 4700 Westbend Drive. The 2,886 square fo...
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Family
Independence Day, Mom Style
Happy Fourth of July, aka Independence Day! I hope that you have found a way to beat the heat today and still celebrate all things red, white, and blue. One of the things I loved mo...
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Patch's House & Home
Use Rubber Bands for Simple Household Repairs
Mostly we see rubber bands on our newspapers, holding our hair back, binding our produce, or else piled in a drawer somewhere, forgotten. But a lesson from MacGyver tells us a rubber band...
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Business
Did This Demolition Make Way for Kohl's?
Ames city officials have confirmed the Kohl's rumor is in fact true. The retail chain plans on opening another department store here in 2013. It would make a home in a building separ...
