Packing Away the Holiday Decorations
It’s hardly something we look forward to. The parties are over, the presents opened, the relatives back home. And there it all sits.
Advice on Melting Sidewalk Ice
When the snow is cleared and the guests are near, you have one more job to do: melt the remaining ice from your potentially treacherous front walk.
Cluttered Closet Contest Rewards the Messy
Do you have closet space in your humble abode that isn’t so humble? Catherine Brinks, professional organizer and owner of Ducks in Order, is running a messy closet contest and the winner will get closet organizing help. To participate, take a photo of a closet that is cluttered or messy, and send the photo to […]
Chicago Bungalows: Picturesque Homes
If you’re wondering what a “Chicago Bungalow” exactly is, you can find a charming street lined with them in Wilmette, just west of Green Bay Road. Drive west on Wilmette Ave to Oak Circle, then turn south. This cobblestone, curvilinear street, is lined, almost exclusively, with Chicago Bungalows. Fifteen to be exact. As you walk […]
The Gardener’s Year: A Warm November
This sunny week in November is an ideal time to enjoy cleaning up your property for the winter, leaving plants with seeds and winter interest standing.
How to Save with LED Holiday Lights
Trading those tattered incandescent lights for shiny new LEDs can reduce your carbon footprint and your utility bill this winter.
Winter Planters: A Quick and Easy Guide
Yank those half-dead mums and fill your planters for winter before it’s too late and you have to look at brown lumpy things all winter long. Too hard, you say? Nonsense.
Dress Up Your Holiday Table
Designing your holiday table, like getting dressed up for any event, is an opportunity for you to express your personal style.
Pamper Makes Perfect: Designer Jeannie Balsam
This was no assignment for a novice. In 2009, Jeannie Balsam was selected to design an awkwardly long and narrow rear entrance hall and small powder room for the bi-annual Lake Forest Showhouse & Gardens, which benefits the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago. Designed by Benjamin Marshall and built in 1911 for a Rand McNally […]
Fresh: Antiques Row Grows
Antiques Row in Wilmette now boasts a new addition: Collectors Corner.qn An antique mall, it’s owned by Steve and Donna Strelitz of Northbrook, 35-year veterans of the business. With the help of roughly 15 dealers, they stock restored light fixtures, statues, oil paintings, rugs, and costume and fine jewelry, at a variety of price points. […]
