Campton Hills Lifestyle
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Geneva Tudor revived with modern energy enhancementsJul 17, 2011 1:00 am - For years, lovers of old houses have been forced to endure certain hardships in order to indulge their attraction to the charm and history of an older home. The cliché a...
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Neighborhood profile: Thornwood, South ElginJul 15, 2011 12:00 am - Last year when Jay and Jennifer Allard were house hunting before their move to the Chicago area, they looked at the Thornwood area in South Elgin and saw basketball hoop...
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Industry Insider: ShoDeen Inc.Jul 09, 2011 12:00 am - Just about everywhere one looks in the Fox Valley, one sees the legacy of Kent Shodeen — from residential developments like Woodland Hills in Batavia, Mill Creek in Gene...
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'Rakow Arts: Works from the Family Room' exhibit at Gallery 200Jul 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Gallery 200 member artists Mandy and Christine Rakow, along with family members John and Jim, present “Rakow Arts: Works from the Family Room,” a diverse, mixed-media ex...
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Four Historic Homes Chosen for 2011 Preservation Awards in West ChicagoJul 05, 2011 11:00 pm - West Chicago, Illinois: July 6, 2011 – West Chicago's diverse housing stock is just one of the community's many distinctions, and recently four of its historic homes wer...
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Early log cabin found within local homeJul 03, 2011 12:00 am - The men and women who settled our country lived a difficult life, traveling across vast prairies and plains via wagon and on horseback, and finding shelter in rough log ...
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Industry Insider: McDowell Inc., St. CharlesJul 02, 2011 12:00 am - Today’s homeowners are exceedingly practical. While they are guarded and conservative about spending money, they refuse to let their largest investments — their homes — ...
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Local parish reaches out to global communityJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - On June 9-10, St. Michael Catholic Church sponsored a Feed My Starving Children Mobilpack Event. At the event, almost five hundred inner-generational volunteers from the...
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Classic recollections: Father's day specialJun 20, 2011 12:00 am - When George Shirkey came across his red-hot 1939 Ford pickup, it was tattered and tired — better suited for barnyard hauling than blacktop cruising. But that didn't stop...
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Images: Batavia Plain Dirt Garden Club to host walk of luscious gardensJun 19, 2011 12:00 am - ...