Karen Klages

1. CLEARLY PERFECT This union of beaker glass decanter and glass funnel make decanting easy -- not to mention, a beautiful thing. Cost: $9.95 for a small decanter, $2.50 for...

The kids may have done a number on your house this winter (of particularly long hibernation). But baking soda may be all the ammo you need to combat the mess....

And you thought the potholes were bad. Wait till the spring rains hit and homeowners see/feel the damage to their roofs. According to James Kirby, associate executive director of technical...

Shop it Today [Sunday] is the final day of the 2008 Spring Antiques Show & Sale at Arlington Park, a show identified by its broad range of collectibles and equally...

1. NO TREE NECESSARY From Dutch designer (and dreamer) Marcel Wanders comes Swing, seemingly plucked from the pages of a fairy tale. Meant for creative swinging indoors (think: loft space,...

Welcome to the first home in our new 'Spacelift' series on inspiring solutions to folks' decorating and design conundrums. Read on to learn how the character-lacking 'before' dining/living room in...

Drink it Up your Irish street-cred by drinking your whiskeys and stouts out of the proper vessels. We asked Amy Bashook, bartender at the North Side pub Johnny O'Hagan's, to...

One would think that an 86-year-old set of encyclopedias would be landfill material -- or at least a sizable contribution to the recycling bin. Linda Kowalek of the western suburbs...

Spring may seem like an impossible concept right now, but all good Midwesterners know the battle is downhill from here. Better weather days are coming. And with an exceptionally early...