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A popular resolution each new year is to carve out more time for relaxation (or at least attempt to). With our hectic lives, this is difficult (until it finally becomes nearly impossible and lasts throughout the holidays...

A new year, a great opportunity to make a commitment to a healthy home by investing in more natural cleaning products. There are plenty of options to buy, and lots of ways to DIY. If you don't know where to start, find i...

Phil Everly, who died Jan. 3, and his older brother, Don, used their harmonies to capture the sorrows and drama of adolescence for a generation. In doing so, the duo known as the Everly Brothers paved the way for the Bea...

Is one of your goals this year to craft rooms that relax and renew? You certainly don't have to stick to neutral colors to keep it calm in your home, but if that's a direction you're willing to go, a perfect room to insp...

Motivational posters get a bum rap (understandably), and truth be told (especially after Pinterest), they have multiplied to near intolerable amounts. But I've always sort of secretly wanted a whole wall plastered in pos...

Yay! We've always been here on the weekends. But now along with getting your design fix through roundups of what you missed during the week, you can revel in brand new content all day on Saturdays and Sundays. You'll fin...

Name: Clare BrittLocation: Logan Square; Chicago, ILSize: 1,000 square feetYears lived in: 4 months; rented This photographer and art collector moved into her current two bedroom place (part of a six unit brick building ...

Kim, a lifestyle blogger who loves spending time in her kitchen trying out recipes with her two young daughters, always wanted to redo this space to be more open, bright and inspiring. Without a huge budget, the family d...

Home is a space that's supposed to recharge us after tackling the hectic, always-on-the-go world. It (in theory) helps us be our best, most productive selves. Can a healthier, more authentic and joyful home make you less...

Last week, I called an old friend who moved to the suburbs of Chicago to wish him and his family a happy new year in their new home. When he…

The end approacheth. In November, Blockbuster announced it would close all but about 50 stores by "early January 2014," which is now. Retailer Loehmann's filed for bankruptcy, and the White Flint Mall is rumored to be cl...

A mother-in-law's practical gift has guided decorating choices for 30+ years.

Books are on the way to winners of last week's Great Garden Book Giveaway - which means it's time to serve up a fresh crop of books to inspire you.

How to make your mudroom more useful.

Orange County furniture maker emulates 18th- and 19th-century styles.

After a photojournalist is blinded while on assignment in a war zone, she lives a reclusive and quiet life in a New York City penthouse until a smooth but sadistic criminal looking for a hidden fortune enters her life in...