Green Home: A Wilmette Family's Eco-Chic House

  Scott and Sharon Krone’s new home at the corner of 7th and Lake in Wilmette almost looks like your traditional North Shore masonry home. But solar panels perched on the aluminum roof, a tomato-red horizontal stripe wrapping the white exterior and ground-level, floor-to-ceiling windows hint that the Krones live a more vibrant shade of […]

by Bev Pinaire

A Guide to Going Green: Tips to Get Past Your Guilt

It’s the Tao of Kermit: It isn’t easy being green. Maybe you see the signs—“eco-friendly,” “organic” and “all-natural” and get overwhelmed by the choices. Or maybe you already do a lot to go green but feel like it’s never enough. Get over yourself already. “I like to think of ‘green’ on a continuum,” says Cecelia […]

by Kelly Konrad