Karen Klages

KNOW IT: First it was an annual publication. Then a biannual one. And now, some four years since it's birth, Chicago HOME (an offshoot of Chicago magazine and a subsidiary...

COPY IT: We spied a modern idea for an indoor garden at Stems, a floral shop on the city's Near West Side. And it requires zero maintenance, which in our...

COPY IT: We spied a modern idea for an indoor garden at Stems, a floral shop on the city's Near West Side. And it requires zero maintenance, which in our...

It raises sound and fury as it rumbles across your floors. But what's the quiet truth about the vacuum cleaner? What style is better for whom and what's the deal...

CHECK IT: Finding a good carpet-cleaning company has gotten easier, thanks to The Carpet and Rug Institute, a national trade association based in Dalton, Ga. The CRI recently introduced a...

CHECK IT: Finding a good carpet-cleaning company has gotten easier, thanks to The Carpet and Rug Institute, a national trade association based in Dalton, Ga. The CRI recently introduced a...

BUY IT: Homeowners who have been thinking about upholstering the sofa in the den, or creating new draperies for the dining room, can get out their tapes and start measuring...

If you're getting a healthy amount of sleep, you will be spending about one-third of your day in the bedroom -- which is also the room with the highest allergen...

KNOW IT: Danny Seo (the young, energetic guru of all things sustainable and stylish) keeps getting bigger. The "green lifestyle" author, lecturer, radio show host and soon-to-be cable TV show...

So maybe you aren't brave enough to cover your walls, floors and ceilings in the color blue, like interior designer Peter Klick, who is featured on our cover this week....