Home and Garden
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‘Dopamine decor’ is the anti-trend trend that can boost your mood
Feb 19, 2025 7:25 pm - Seeking more happiness at home? Designers recommend adding pops of color, curved furniture, personal memorabilia and playful accents like humorous art to spark joy.
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A durable dahlia. A vigorous vinca. Here are 20 new garden plants to watch for this year
Feb 19, 2025 7:19 pm - Purple cauliflower that turns fuchsia?! Color-shifting squash and other jaw-dropping new plants win top awards for 2025.
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Should sellers replace polybutylene pipe?Feb 19, 2025 6:09 pm - Housing from the 1970s and 1980s may have been built with polybutylene water piping, which is now considered substandard and must be disclosed by sellers listing their property. What should a seller do if they discover this in the home they’re listing?
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Home & garden calendar, Feb. 23-March 1Feb 19, 2025 5:10 pm - Garden club meetings, seedlings sale, antique apple trees and more.
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Increase your choice of annuals by starting your own indoorsFeb 19, 2025 4:42 pm - It’s time to start annuals that get off to a slow start. Garden centers will offer many favorites in the spring, but you will have many more choices if you grow your own seedlings, preferably with a grow light.
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Laskowski Ace Hardware opening next month as anchor of revived and revamped Lindenhurst CenterFeb 13, 2025 2:05 pm - The Laskowski family will be opening its 10th Ace Hardware location as an anchor in the revamped and revived Lindenhurst Center on Grand Avenue.
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Making sense of types of associations and solar panel rulesFeb 13, 2025 1:54 pm - How do we know if our condominium association is considered a “common interest community association?” Our association does not have solar panels. Would the Illinois Homeowners Solar Rights Act apply if we were considering solar panels?
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What’s the best way to clean a jute rug?
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Cut flowers a sure way to brighten your winterFeb 12, 2025 3:54 pm - Cut flowers and forced bulbs are a great way to bring some winter color and fragrance into your home. The trick is keeping them fresh to extend the bloom time. Here are some expert tips.
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Winter sowing in upcycled containers creates stronger seedlings in springFeb 12, 2025 3:33 pm - It’s nearly time to start seeds indoors for the upcoming growing season. But what about starting them outdoors, despite the frozen ground, whipping winds and, perhaps, snow cover? Winter sowing is an easy, low-maintenance technique for planting seeds in miniature, makeshift greenhouses that you can make yourself from upcycled materials. And it may even be better than nurturing seeds indoors.