Articles filed under Decor
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Why transitional design is so popular in kitchens today
Dec 23, 2022 6:46 AM - You and your partner yearn for a remodeled kitchen. Problem is, you prefer a sleek modern look while your significant other insists on a more elaborate, classical approach. Fortunately, there's room for compromise in the form of a transitional kitchen. -
St. Charles resident keeping busy this holiday season making handcrafted Christmas gifts
Dec 19, 2022 12:32 PM - Just like Santa Claus, artist and business owner Julie Norkus has been busy getting ready for Christmas. But her workshop is located at Trend + Relic in St. Charles, not the North Pole.
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6 favorite conifers and the cones they produce
Dec 15, 2022 6:00 AM - A subset of evergreens, conifers, provide not only year-round greenery but ornamental cones that command attention, feed birds (and sometimes humans), and can be used for crafts. -
Why holiday lighting businesses are a growth industry in the suburbs
Dec 12, 2022 11:56 AM - Holiday lighting companies are finding more and more homeowners, homeowner associations and businesses happy to hire them to put up their winter decorations.
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Holiday villages are a flexible tradition for many families
Dec 11, 2022 8:04 AM - Whether in cardboard, wood or porcelain, little villages -- with houses, shops, miniature figures and snowy fir trees -- have long been part of many families' holiday decorating tradition. -
Victorian vibes: 1857 Tanner House Museum in Aurora offers free holiday tours
Dec 7, 2022 12:54 PM - Holiday open houses at the 1857 Tanner House Museum in Aurora feature eight specially decorated rooms, including an elaborate parlor. -
Mount Prospect Historical Society welcomes Holiday Housewalk guests for the 34th year
Nov 25, 2022 6:25 AM - The Mount Prospect Historical Society will hold its 34th annual Holiday Housewalk on Friday, Dec. 2, this year showcasing a portion of two neighborhoods -- Arthur T. McIntosh and Co.'s Northwest Meadows built in the early 1950s on large, sidewalk-less lots, and the older neighborhood to the east, which was subdivided by the Lonnquist Co. in 1929. -
Finding small spaces at home to call your own
Nov 13, 2022 7:00 AM - In a home full of roommates or family members, there are times when we want to be by ourselves. A good walk is restorative, but if the weather's bad or you don't want to put shoes on, it's nice to have a little place at home we can call our own. -
Is the living room due for a rebound?
Nov 6, 2022 8:00 AM - They say you'll spend one-third of your life -- 90,000 hours, give or take -- at work, which typically means an office or location away from home. But over the past few years, the home has remained the primary job site for millions of Americans who continue to work remotely. -
'I want to keep outdoing myself,' Huntley Halloween decorator says
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