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Less than Six Degrees from Frank Lloyd Wright

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On March 21, 2013 · Add Comment · In Musings
Less than Six Degrees of Separation from Frank Lloyd Wright   By Bill Primavera The Home Guru        When I was a youngster, “The Secret” hadn’t been written yet, so I didn’t know anything about making my intentions known to the universe to attract what I wanted. But I guess the dynamic worked anyway, [...]
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Our Bodies, Our Homes, Adjusting to Each Other

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On March 21, 2013 · Add Comment · In Musings
Our Bodies, Our Homes: Adjusting to Each Other   By Bill Primavera The Home Guru        The other morning, as I was standing at the sink shaving, my wife happened by and unsolicited said, “You still have a cute body.”  “Ahhhh,” I said aloud, while to myself thinking that love can place all kinds [...]
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The Argumentative Countertop

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On February 20, 2013 · Add Comment · In Musings
Breaking a “No Argument” Rule Over a Countertop    By Bill Primavera The Home Guru       My wife Margaret, Mrs. Home Guru, doesn’t much like it when I reveal anything too personal in this column, but I have a hard time with that. My writing style has always been much like journaling, so what choice do [...]
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Busting Gender Specific Jobs in Construction

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On January 27, 2013 · Add Comment · In Musings
The Last Frontier in Gender Specific Jobs: Construction By Bill Primavera The Home Guru When I arrived at the construction site, the “workman” I expected to find turned around and was a woman, Susan Phillips, who works for Gateway Development Group, a company that is building a commercial and residential site along one of the [...]
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Do You Love Me Yet The Realtor Asked

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On January 20, 2013 · Add Comment · In Musings
“Do You Love Me Yet?” The Realtor Asked of her Client by Bill Primavera The Home Guru Have you ever fallen in love with a realtor? It’s very possible, you know. I was reminded of this recently when I was sitting in my office near one of our area’s most skilled and talented realtor practitioners [...]
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Lore and Lure of Kitchen Gadgets, from Past to Future

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On January 10, 2013 · Add Comment · In Musings
Lore and Lure of Kitchen Gadgets, From Past to Future By Bill Primavera The Home Guru When I was seven years old, I bought my first gift with my own money for my mother’s birthday. I had saved 50 cents from nickels and dimes given to me by relatives and, in those days, that seemed [...]
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Was Adam the First to Say, “Take a Load Off Your Feet?”

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On December 21, 2012 · Add Comment · In Musings
Was It Adam Who First Said “Take a Load Off Your Feet?”  By Bill Primavera The Home Guru As I sat at my kitchen table the other morning in an old Hitchcock chair that has been hitting me at the wrong place in my back for more than 25 years, I grumbled to my wife, [...]
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Will the Kitchen Shrink and Disappear?

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On December 17, 2012 · Add Comment · In Musings
Will the Kitchen of the Future Shrink and Disappear? By Bill Primavera The Home Guru Having attempted to project lifestyles trends throughout most of my marketing and real estate careers, I can tell you that it can be a pretty dicey business which, when it all plays out with the march of time, can make [...]
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Out of Power, Out of Luck

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On November 11, 2012 · Add Comment · In Musings
The Home Giveth and Taketh Away and Giveth Yet Again By Bill Primavera The Home Guru Nothing like a hurricane closing down the functionality of a house to get you thinking about things that normally are pushed to the back of the mind by the busyness of  TV, cell phones, Facebook and Twitter. Every home [...]
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Coming Clean about a Dirty Little Secret

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On October 1, 2012 · Add Comment · In Musings
Coming Clean about My Dirty Little Secret By Bill Primavera The Home Guru “Those who can do; those who can’t teach,” and I am coming clean to reveal that I am in the latter category. Flatteringly enough, it has been suggested that I write a book as The Home Guru, but the prospect has me in [...]
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