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Christopher Johnston

electricity savings

If you were listening to Stephanie Penn Spear give a presentation about saving power right now, she would ask …

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affordable-art

With two swift searches, you can set yourself on the path to affordable art acquisitions. None of this multimillion dollar, Sotheby’s auction stuff.

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Is it me or is it impossible to go one day without seeing a bottle of water?

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Earth-changing times call for aggressive coffee and tea drinking strategies.

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With two swift searches, you can set yourself on the path to affordable art acquisitions. None of this multimillion dollar, …

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If you’re going to throw a party, realize it’s not about how much you spend on your family and friends, but how much you value them.

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Opulance-estate

Contemplating buying a bigger home or funding a refurbishment of an existing one? This week’s lesson from the Gilded Age looks to George Vanderbilt and the unsustainable housing practices of his era for inspiration on what not to do.

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Let’s take a short trip back in time to see what the Gilded Age taught us about how not to spend money.

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Christopher Johnston – A Credit.com contributor, Christopher covers personal finance issues with a real life, human interest angle. He has written for American Theatre, Cleveland, Continental, Crain’s Cleveland Business, Editor & Publisher, Inside Business, The Plain Dealer, Progressive Architecture and Urban Design, among other publications.

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