Pick your space. I try to spend as much time outside as possible during the summer, and any shady spot can be turned into a special…

Once upon a time the purpose of a flower garden was to grow plants and blossoms for visual and aromatic enjoyment. But today a beautiful garden…

Are you ready to transform your backyard into a comfortable and inviting outdoor living space? With professional guidance, products and services, you can refresh a tired,…

Spring is here in full force—the season of renewal. It’s the perfect time to breathe new life into your home after being closed up all winter…

One of the few pandemic trends we don’t want to see go away is Americans’ embrace of outdoor living spaces or “garden rooms” as an essential…

Here in the Driftless/karst landscape of Southeast Minnesota, we have four seasons. Fall can pass rather quickly, and our short summers are a literal beehive of…

Baby, it’s cold—and gray—outside! But that doesn’t mean you have to resign yourself to a dreary winter indoors. Instead, it’s the perfect time to add color…

Diana Douglas and Dean Ferber enjoy entertaining family and friends in their home. However, their late-1990s kitchen and dining room layout became inefficient and outgrown over…

It’s said that patience and perseverance pay off. This is especially true when bargain hunting to decorate your home with used furnishings.From local brick-and-mortar consignment stores…

They get dirty like everyone else on the jobsite. But unlike the majority of workers in industry, civil and environmental construction, Jennifer Schneider and Marcie Rossow…