Bonding on the bench
When it comes to good bench manners, your mother's "stop elbowing your sister" mandates still hold true. Slightly more sophisticated advice can be gleaned beyond the home, via example, in...
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The peace garden
Ask just about anyone in the Ravenswood neighborhood where the "big peace sign garden" is and they'll point you right to it. Gracing Walt Egan and Jay Kalberg's front yard...
5 things to know before buying a trampoline
Though they've been growing in popularity for a few years, purchases of home trampolines are on an upward trend, in part spurred by their presence in the summer Olympics. The...
Envy the GREEN
Developers use model homes to give prospective buyers a visual of what their home could look like. In the case of the model unit for EcoLogic, a new Bucktown condo...
Reclaiming a childhood ranch home
Two things about this little house drew Bryan and Lisa Kelly straight to it -- two things that would scare away a lot of other thirtysomething couples. It was a...
Art and craft
Some of the country's finest artisans descend on Evanston this week for the American Craft Exposition. Here are five of our favorites. 1. ROCKIN' CHAIR The curves of Richard Judd's...
So hot: robots
1. MR. ROBOTO Is he embarrassed? Overheated? All we know for sure is that Pearl River's Red Face Robot is made of tin and carries a wrench. 3-by-6 inches. Not...
Avoid the marketing misuse of ‘green’
Organic cotton sheets, sustainable flooring, recycled glass countertops. The words hint at something lovely and healthy, but what do they mean exactly? Much like the word "organic" was used loosely...
‘Sex’ and the settee
It's been nearly four years since we last dropped in on the "Sex and the City" girls, and in that time, they've done some redecorating. For "Sex and the City:...
H&G to do list
Shop it Domino, a high-energy decorating/style magazine whose stock in trade is showing and telling readers exactly how and where to get the goods and the look, is pulling into...