Karen Klages

BUY IT: Brizo, the new premium faucet brand crafted by Delta Faucet Co. recently introduced the Pascal Culinary Faucet with Smart Technology, one combining hands-free and touch-control use. An electronic...

THE PROJECT: Guest bedroom in a Sarasota, Fla., townhouse, the winter home of Chicago couple Kate Hendrickson and Maurice Zafrani. The room measures a snug 13 1/2-by-11 feet. PROJECT GENIUS:...

Here's the premise: You have a comfortable, but not grandiose, home/condo/apartment. And, yes, you have regular 8-foot ceilings -- when most new construction seems to be going 9 feet or...

BUY IT: Finally, (at least) two makers of popular laundry detergents have figured out that consumers do not enjoy hauling big, heavy jugs -- not to mention, storing them. Unilever...

It adds the zest to your salad and the bite to your pickles, but vinegar is one of those multitalented pantry items whose abilities transcend the culinary. Have a look...

How to spice up your (food) life? Try pink peppercorns, says Patricia Erd, co-owner of The Spice House in Chicago, Evanston and Milwaukee. They're a lovely "deep reddish pink" and...

Working on it PROJECT: Kelly and Steven Lagman's (shared) home office in Madison, Wis. PROJECT GENIUS: Paul Schulman, owner of Paul Schulman Design, a Chicago furniture design and manufacturing company,...

It's going to happen. One of these days. A major precipitation of the white stuff. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, based in Rosemont, offers some tips and techniques to...

Other than eggs, sugar, a milk product and some kind of spirit, little is certain about eggnog, especially in terms of how it came to be. Food historians believe the...

They came. They saw. They placed their bids. Earlier this month, the Home&Garden section asked nearly two dozen famous, wild and creative souls to create a holiday ornament for us...