Home and Garden
-
A vertical garden takes just inches of spaceJul 09, 2016 6:00 am - Are you a gardener who is short on space or time? Take your plants vertical. Ben Friton founded Can YA Love, a Washington, D.C.-based company that gives vertical-gardeni...
-
Seller wants to pull listing after cousin expresses interestJul 09, 2016 5:00 am - Q. My wife and I are both in our 70s. We have arranged to move into senior housing, but now we have a problem. We put our home - where we have lived for almost 50 years ...
-
Open meeting lawsJul 09, 2016 5:00 am - Q. As I understand it, the board of our condominium can ratify unanimous decisions at board meetings, after the decision is made and action has already been taken outsid...
-
Don't be fooled by "greenwashing" of homesJul 08, 2016 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - The practice is called "greenwashing" and home shoppers need to be on guard: It means a house is being marketed as environmentally friendly and energy-savin...
-
Finalists named in Des Plaines Curb Appeal contestJul 08, 2016 1:00 am - Voting is now open in Des Plaines Mayor Matt Bogusz's 3rd annual Curb Appeal Challenge, a home improvement competition. In the best curb appeal category, the finalists a...
-
Waystations awaiting guest of honorJul 05, 2016 11:00 pm - Local monarch friendly gardens have been planted, pruned and prepared for the butterfly's annual arrival but they're being slow to show up this year. Waystation owners e...
-
Garfield Farm Museum offers Prairie Walk SundayJul 05, 2016 11:00 pm - A prairie walk will be held at 9 a.m. Sunday, July 10, at Garfield Farm Museum in Campton Hills. Reservations are required for this two- to three-hour hour hike by calli...
-
Exhibit combines Impressionist gardens and paintingsJul 03, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Many American painters, inspired by French Impressionists at the turn of the 20th century, flocked from East Coast cities to sun-dappled garden havens in plac...
-
Tootsie Roll bank is a sweet collectibleJul 03, 2016 5:01 am - Q. This is a photo of a Tootsie Roll bank I own. It is shaped and decorated like a Tootsie Roll candy and made of cardboard. Tin lids cover both ends, and one end has a ...
-
Proportions and scale critical when decorating small spacesJul 03, 2016 5:00 am - When it comes to interior design, you've got to get the size of your ideas right. Nothing is worse than when a clueless homeowner sets out to do a do-it-yourself project...