All Stories from November 14, 2014 (Change date)
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Claiming a tiny but tasteful dining nookNov 14, 2014 11:05 pm - Q. I grew up in a house with a breakfast nook and would kill to have one in our new house. The problem is space. I'm willing to give up some base cabinets in my kitchen....
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Real estate professionals know 'buyers determine value'Nov 14, 2014 11:05 pm - Q. Our solitary, elderly and recently widowed sister can't sell her house, which is adjacent to a neat golf course. Hers and other houses are just not selling even thoug...
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Condominium property must be safe from neighbor's treesNov 14, 2014 11:05 pm - Q. A neighboring landowner's trees are planted so close to the property line of our condominium association that the branches bang into the windows and siding of our bui...
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Designer Erin Gates on how to find your styleNov 16, 2014 5:25 am - Designer and writer Erin Gates, 35, lives in a white clapboard Colonial in Newton, Massachusetts, with her husband, two dogs and a leopard-print stair runner. Gates pens...
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Why the standard mortgage is obsoleteNov 14, 2014 11:00 pm - Last week I wrote about the so-called wealth-builder (WB) mortgage, designed to marry the rapid balance pay-down of a 15-year mortgage with the low monthly payment of a ...
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Hoffman Estates to consider 81 new homes MondayNov 17, 2014 11:52 am - Hoffman Estates village board members Monday will consider approval of an 81-home subdivision on 37 acres at the northwest corner of Algonquin and Ela roads. The former ...
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Twitter spat prompts Bears' Marshall to challenge fanNov 15, 2014 8:55 pm - Coach Marc Trestman doesn't believe wide receiver Brandon Marshall will be distracted from the task at hand on Sunday following a two-day Twitter feud with a critic whom...
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Love the outdoors? Become a Kane County Certified NaturalistNov 14, 2014 4:05 pm - Register now for certified naturalist program
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Weekend picks: Taryn Manning shows off vocal, DJ skillsNov 15, 2014 6:28 am - Musical Manning Taryn Manning may have made a name for herself as "Pennsatucky" Doggett on the hit Netflix series "Orange is the New Black," but her skills also ven...
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Music Notes: Wonder to revisit classic album at Chicago showNov 15, 2014 6:28 am - Canadian crooner Burton Cummings, a singer-songwriter best known as the former frontman for the Guess Who, will play hits from throughout his career at a solo show ...
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