If you’re feeling overwhelmed and disorganized, it’s probably not your stuff that’s the problem, it’s the way you spend your time. Marjie Killeen learned this first hand when she consulted a professional organizer—only to discover the most cluttered area of her life is her calendar. Read these tips to take control of your life and […]
There are a number of great ways to live green this summer. Play Outside Get outdoors! Hike, run, play and enjoy nature at local preserves and parks all around the Chicago region. Fertilize Organically Enrich soil using slow-release organic fertilizers. Easy to find at local garden centers. Eat Local Save on gas and support local […]
The colder than normal temperatures this Spring have kept the landscape plants “on hold.” As soon as the temperatures warm up, the plant metabolism will speed up. As a plant actively grows, fertilizer provides the “building blocks” that it needs to build it’s parts. If you have not applied any fertilizer, do it now. If […]
If you’re looking for inspiration to explore our communities this summer—with visitors, or without—we have advice from an expert.
“As the garden grows, so grows the gardener” —Unknown It’s time to change your perception of the garden club and the type of woman who belongs to one. “We are not a white-gloved tea and crumpets club,” asserts Nancy Challenger, member of the Winnetka Garden Club since 2006. “We are a working club and definitely […]
Summer is for … Picnics! Pack all of your food and drinks in reusable containers. Bring along old blankets or sheets you don’t mind getting a little dirty instead of buying new picnic blankets, and use cloth napkins. Don’t forget to pack up all of your trash and food crumbs! Leaving them behind will encourage […]
Looking to spruce up your house this summer? The Design Center for Your Home (formerly known as the Design Center for Kitchen and Bath), located in Niles, recently opened a second location in Wilmette. In addition to kitchen and baths, the center can also design and remodel dens, laundry rooms, offices spaces, additions and closets. […]
In 2006, a Highland Park family hired Rebekah Zaveloff, interior designer and co-founder of KitchenLab and Design In a Bag, to design a plan to expand and modernize the kitchen of their nineteenth century Victorian-style Foursquare. But Zaveloff’s eclectic elegance and penchant for incorporating one-of-a-kind vintage pieces so impressed the family that soon enough, they […]
Nothing inspires your green thumb like a gorgeous garden. The 2011 Lake Forest Infant Welfare Showhouse & Gardens at Thorndale Manor earns merit as much for its landscape design as interiors. Originally designed by renowned landscape architect Jens Jensen, the grounds at Thorndale Manor reflect the same vision and talents Jensen expressed when creating Humboldt […]
Many North Shore houses reside on land that used to be farmland. Illinois, our beloved Prairie State, is made up of thousands of acres of land running from the base of Wisconsin to the Kentucky border. As the nation expanded westward, farmers settled on this land, starting in the late 1600s through the late 1800s. […]
