What a million bucks can buy in a home
Home shopping with a million-dollar budget is the stuff of dreams for most buyers. And with good reason: While buyers at lower price points often have to make choices between...
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Luxe lobbies set the tone for apartment, condo buildings
Wander into the lobbies of some Chicago-area condo and apartment buildings and you may never want to leave. Posh sofas beckon with luxurious cushions. The delicate fragrance of fresh flowers...
Find your comfort zone in a mid-rise building
Michelle Ganti's search for a Chicago apartment sounds a little bit like the fairy tale "Goldilocks." Some buildings were too big. Others too small. She and her husband, Kunal, were...
Suite retreats: First-floor master bedrooms
With children who are 4, 10 and 12, Brian DeMarco and his wife are planning for a new phase in their lives, reflected in the plans for a home they...
Water amenities that quench a thirst for fun
When school is out for the summer, Diane Warpehoski and her two preteen girls trade folders for flotation devices and lunchboxes for lane lines. The Warpehoskis don swimwear and head...
Porches: A summertime oasis
When a friend from Margaret Bareck's Hinsdale circle announced she was moving a couple of years ago, Bareck and her husband, Philip, decided to buy her property. The Barecks, who...
Look up to the attic for extra space
A still-wobbly economy has homeowners looking high and low for economical ways to add space to their homes. Down low, they find basements, which can be harnessed as family rooms,...
The finishing touches: Choosing interior finishes
Buyers choose new-construction homes because they want to direct the details — everything from the stain on the dining room floor to the glaze on the kitchen cabinets. "That's the...
The finishing touch: Choosing interior finishes
Buyers choose new-construction homes because they want to direct the details — everything from the stain on the dining room floor to the glaze on the kitchen cabinets. "That's the...
A craving for casual dining spaces
Carmin Awadzi's children have another name for the dining room: It's known as the "forbidden room" — a white-glove, no-touch zone that houses formal furniture, including a polished mahogany table....