Do you have piles of paperwork lurking in your house? Many of us are so inundated with the inflow of bills, statements, school papers, coupons and correspondence, all we can do is stuff it somewhere out of sight until we find the courage (and several hours) to deal with it. Marjie Killeen’s in-basket was overflowing […]
By now most of us have had enough of our wedding pattern.
Many people want to do the right thing for their gardens.
Bills, statements, receipts, warranties, pay stubs—ugh. How much of this stuff do we really need to keep on file and for how long? Before you rent a storage locker for your boxes of old records, check out Marjie Killeen’s interview with Financial Coach Kelley Long, who answers these questions and more. If you’d like to […]
Good fences make good neighbors and good neighbors invite you to hop on over.
Cleaning out your clothes closet is a big deal.
LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a green building certification system. It provides third-party verification that a building is energy and water efficient. Here is a list of local buildings that have gone through the certification process. If we missed one, please let us know in the comments section below. […]
There it sits. The solid oak table from your grandmother’s house. The lines are good, the style timeless, the construction unmatchable.
After you’ve seen the living, growing roof at the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center at the Chicago Botanic Garden (CBG), you’ll never be satisfied with your asphalt, tile or slate roof again. This flat roof is covered in color and life—40,000 plants comprising 200 different species, including sedums, cacti, asters […]
The North Shore has an abundance of historic residential architecture on our tree-lined streets.
