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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><generator>NFE/1.0</generator><title>"home renovations" - Google News</title><link>http://news.google.com/news?ned=us&amp;hl=en&amp;q=%22home+renovations%22</link><language>en</language><webMaster>news-feedback@google.com</webMaster><copyright>&amp;copy;2012 Google</copyright><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:36:40 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:36:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>"home renovations" - Google News</title><url>http://www.gstatic.com/news/img/logo/en_us/news.gif</url><link>http://news.google.com/news?ned=us&amp;hl=en&amp;q=%22home+renovations%22</link></image><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/homeRenovations-GoogleNews" /><feedburner:info uri="homerenovations-googlenews" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><title>Visualize the Possibilities in Exterior Home Renovations: The Designed ... - MarketWatch (press release)</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/JVuPsVgjfzo/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/visualize-the-possibilities-in-exterior-home-renovations-the-designed-exterior-by-ply-gem-2012-02-09</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:02:19 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF14r4SPYLu5hxUl8FUSsVOyT7DWQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/visualize-the-possibilities-in-exterior-home-renovations-the-designed-exterior-by-ply-gem-2012-02-09"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Visualize the Possibilities in Exterior &lt;b&gt;Home Renovations&lt;/b&gt;: The Designed &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;MarketWatch (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;CARY, NC, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Ply Gem®, a leading manufacturer of exterior building products, has expanded The Designed Exterior by Ply Gem with digital tools to help customers walk through the home renovation process and visually &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHtNdUt78kxST1zVPLRa1UFOU_nTw&amp;amp;url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/2/prweb9172700.htm"&gt;Ply Gem to Exceed Demands of Builders and Remodelers at 2012 International &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;PR Web (press release)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dGFPS1qsE60SKRMqzRwxfTZaeZGTM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 10 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~4/JVuPsVgjfzo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNF14r4SPYLu5hxUl8FUSsVOyT7DWQ&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/visualize-the-possibilities-in-exterior-home-renovations-the-designed-exterior-by-ply-gem-2012-02-09</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Home renovator fights to save her historic bungalow - San Francisco Chronicle (blog)</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/P5nmDhiXOlw/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://blog.sfgate.com/inoakland/2012/02/10/home-renovator-fights-to-save-her-historic-bungalow/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:18:15 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEoTqWnBF5B3CTH9fnbDhf7uaiz4Q&amp;amp;url=http://blog.sfgate.com/inoakland/2012/02/10/home-renovator-fights-to-save-her-historic-bungalow/"&gt;&lt;img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/_l0UficNfEex6M/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;San Francisco Chronicle (blog)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEoTqWnBF5B3CTH9fnbDhf7uaiz4Q&amp;amp;url=http://blog.sfgate.com/inoakland/2012/02/10/home-renovator-fights-to-save-her-historic-bungalow/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Home renovator fights to save her historic bungalow&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Francisco Chronicle (blog)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;She has written six books about &lt;b&gt;home renovations&lt;/b&gt; and has fixed up 11 old homes, selling all but the Bunga-Mansion—she calls herself the “bad girl of bungalow writing.” But Powell fears she may soon be a home renovator without a home.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dPxrMc5JjO3xa9M"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~4/P5nmDhiXOlw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEoTqWnBF5B3CTH9fnbDhf7uaiz4Q&amp;url=http://blog.sfgate.com/inoakland/2012/02/10/home-renovator-fights-to-save-her-historic-bungalow/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>South Delta firms ready to renovate - South Delta Leader</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/q-Q7XN8xBLE/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.southdeltaleader.com/business/139042789.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:40:47 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNH82X8FtLuA0784-ZxMdoy78eGeZg&amp;amp;url=http://www.southdeltaleader.com/business/139042789.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;South Delta firms ready to renovate&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;South Delta Leader&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;In addition to &lt;b&gt;home renovations&lt;/b&gt;, Kenorah also specializes in custom home building. It&amp;#39;s something the company does almost exclusively in Vancouver, where high property values support the decision to knock down an existing structure and start fresh.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dOMLKkojkMdFL5M"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~4/q-Q7XN8xBLE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNH82X8FtLuA0784-ZxMdoy78eGeZg&amp;url=http://www.southdeltaleader.com/business/139042789.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>The key to a quality home is finding a good builder - Vancouver Sun</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/DD11bm0j6E4/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.vancouversun.com/quality+home+finding+good+builder/6125941/story.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:45:54 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHBN5Wxm_djomMaqJfAC_RYPJIygA&amp;amp;url=http://www.vancouversun.com/quality%2Bhome%2Bfinding%2Bgood%2Bbuilder/6125941/story.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The key to a quality home is finding a good builder&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Vancouver Sun&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;That&amp;#39;s the builder and the upgrade you want. Catch Mike in his new series, Holmes Inspection, airing Thursdays at 8 pm ET/PT on HGTV. For more information, visit www.hgtv.ca. For more information on &lt;b&gt;home renovations&lt;/b&gt;, visit makeitright.ca.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=d0ygmZ1kXzM5gFM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~4/DD11bm0j6E4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBN5Wxm_djomMaqJfAC_RYPJIygA&amp;url=http://www.vancouversun.com/quality%2Bhome%2Bfinding%2Bgood%2Bbuilder/6125941/story.html</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Home Renovation Old House Restoration: Kitchens &amp; Baths - Baristanet</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/USu2FdgtNWU/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.baristanet.com/2012/02/home-renovation-old-house-restoration-kitchens-baths/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:18:30 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEaDQF8HsDGTcqY4sjupyRYJF5o-A&amp;amp;url=http://www.baristanet.com/2012/02/home-renovation-old-house-restoration-kitchens-baths/"&gt;&lt;img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/ivh1lEjRp_0QwM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;Baristanet&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEaDQF8HsDGTcqY4sjupyRYJF5o-A&amp;amp;url=http://www.baristanet.com/2012/02/home-renovation-old-house-restoration-kitchens-baths/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Home Renovation Old House Restoration: Kitchens &amp;amp; Baths&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Baristanet&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;BY Martin Schwartz | Saturday, Feb 04, 2012 11:13am | COMMENTS (2) The drop in real estate prices and dried up home equity financing has made both owners and buyers unsure where to spend their limited cash today on &lt;b&gt;home renovations&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dINKbCcWdjhnw3M"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~4/USu2FdgtNWU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEaDQF8HsDGTcqY4sjupyRYJF5o-A&amp;url=http://www.baristanet.com/2012/02/home-renovation-old-house-restoration-kitchens-baths/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Baeumler: If the walls could talk . . . - yourhome.ca</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/ybJWqz_t5SY/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.yourhome.ca/homes/article/1128941--baeumler-if-the-walls-could-talk</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:17:11 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGqSv6mepdJ_lSHJVq1TrzcUeA50Q&amp;amp;url=http://www.yourhome.ca/homes/article/1128941--baeumler-if-the-walls-could-talk"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Baeumler: If the walls could talk . . .&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;yourhome.ca&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Unfortunately, the vast majority of &lt;b&gt;home renovations&lt;/b&gt; we tackle involve digging deeper to repair structural and mechanical systems, upgrading insulation and increasing efficiency. Making responsible decisions today on what&amp;#39;s really important in your &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dpQsCgTRWOy2ocM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~4/ybJWqz_t5SY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGqSv6mepdJ_lSHJVq1TrzcUeA50Q&amp;url=http://www.yourhome.ca/homes/article/1128941--baeumler-if-the-walls-could-talk</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Home renovations can be cheap now, pay off later - CTV.ca</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/cbFnm54fC04/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120122/OTT-home-renovation-show-deals-120122/20120122/?hub=OttawaHome</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:55:36 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHo_y6N_CFIJOBRD_xByiA49rZjmw&amp;amp;url=http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120122/OTT-home-renovation-show-deals-120122/20120122/?hub%3DOttawaHome"&gt;&lt;img src="//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/DBaVrI-XBdATfM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;CTV.ca&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHo_y6N_CFIJOBRD_xByiA49rZjmw&amp;amp;url=http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120122/OTT-home-renovation-show-deals-120122/20120122/?hub%3DOttawaHome"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Home renovations&lt;/b&gt; can be cheap now, pay off later&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;CTV.ca&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Home Renovations&lt;/b&gt; Show brought tips on how to make noticeable, cheap upgrades to your house as it came to south Ottawa this weekend. Experts at the CE Centre said you don&amp;#39;t necessarily have to blow your budget to beautify your house, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dPhHnTtb2jLODmM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~4/cbFnm54fC04" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHo_y6N_CFIJOBRD_xByiA49rZjmw&amp;url=http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120122/OTT-home-renovation-show-deals-120122/20120122/?hub%3DOttawaHome</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Annual Garden State Home Show perfect start to Spring spruce-up - MyCentralJersey.com</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/TGR9Swad2a4/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20120208/NJNEWS/302090015/Annual-Garden-State-Home-Show-perfect-start-to-Spring-spruce-up</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:08:39 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGP-LP0QNETIu7KFl4MmDOtmWUtlA&amp;amp;url=http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20120208/NJNEWS/302090015/Annual-Garden-State-Home-Show-perfect-start-to-Spring-spruce-up"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Annual Garden State Home Show perfect start to Spring spruce-up&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;MyCentralJersey.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Consumers meet face-to-face with a wide array of professionals skilled in &lt;b&gt;home renovations&lt;/b&gt; of every kind, from complete additions to smaller interior design projects – all at one location and in just a few hours. Kitchens and baths updates are usually &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dotO4L6NVM3yKVM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~4/TGR9Swad2a4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGP-LP0QNETIu7KFl4MmDOtmWUtlA&amp;url=http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20120208/NJNEWS/302090015/Annual-Garden-State-Home-Show-perfect-start-to-Spring-spruce-up</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>CapStone Home Renovations receives Angie's List super service award - Virtual-Strategy Magazine</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/homeRenovations-GoogleNews/~3/iloXfi5oJHI/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2012/01/21/capstone-home-renovations-receives-angies-list-super-service-award</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:20:56 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFzHhMb0cz5vtkkHp1_BxTfKgYsMg&amp;amp;url=http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2012/01/21/capstone-home-renovations-receives-angies-list-super-service-award"&gt;&lt;b&gt;CapStone &lt;b&gt;Home Renovations&lt;/b&gt; 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