Handmade gifts for the home can be the most meaningful of all, but a rushed DIY project can bring on stress and mistakes

No need to feel overwhelmed. Our step-by-step decorating guide can help you put together a home look you'll love

Tired of waiting for spring to arrive? Try these drought-tolerant, flowering plants for color that starts in late winter

Think beyond tulips and daffodils this year with plants that you and native pollinators will love

Beginning with a blank-slate backdrop gives you infinite design freedom with accent colors, furniture styles and finishes

Apple cider and s'mores, anyone? 20 finds to keep you entertaining outdoors into the fall

This annual spring tour features Chicago-area homes by the master of Prairie-style architecture and those who worked with him

Get sunny flowers while other garden growers are still asleep, with this adaptable prairie plant beloved by butterflies

Passionate restoration and preservation efforts give a 1665 home an honored place in the present

Good things sometimes come to those who impatiently head to the nursery for plants that can take a chill