What used to be considered an irrelevant hobby has become a network of media powerhouses in recent years. Bloggers are writing about everything from Barack Obama to the best place to get a hot dog -- and people are paying attention more than ever before.
From making your own house plants healthier and more attractive, to creating gifts for friends and family, it pays to know how to propagate plants. Propagation turns one plant into more plants, and is also a good way to keep plants looking good and growing well.
My grandma was one cool lady. She took vodka in her 7-Up, swooned over Elvis and is the reason why I adore cats so much. With Mother's Day on the horizon, and vintage housewares being all the rage, I figured I would dedicate this column to hip grandmothers everywhere (even if they are unaware of how hip they are).
Attached please find pictures of the den in our house in Florida, which we use as a vacation home. We are currently renovating the house, but this room has us stumped as to the placement of furniture. We would like to use the room as a comfortable den off the pool area. Can you help us?
It wasn't until I took my first breath of 70 degree air very recently that I finally noticed spring had arrived. I began waking to the sound of kids playing basketball and the Chicano rap my neighbors like to play while fixing their car never sounded better. The cats jumped to look out the open windows and I remembered that I am one lucky renter in this city: I have a backyard.
Happy Arbor Day, perhaps the greenest day of the year. Arbor Day is the nation's oldest environmental holiday and one that's getting more attention as society focuses on going green. It's a popular means of reaching large numbers of people with the holiday's important message: Plant Trees. Arbor Day is now celebrated in all 50 states and countries throughout the world.
Some aficionados chuckle at the notion of calling recycled wood an emerging trend. After all, it's been around since the first time someone picked up a fallen branch and made something out of it. But reusing old wood in new ways -- whether fashioning railroad ties into flooring or old pickle barrels into a bed -- is enjoying a renewed vogue among homeowners weary of generic looks and worried about the environment.
Mike Evans took a week off work to tear apart the kitchen of his Evergreen Park home for a major remodeling. Early last month, he plunked down a $4,000 deposit for new cabinets at the Kitchen Distributors of America store in Burbank, but with the sudden closing of KDA's Chicago-area stores, Evans doesn't know if he'll get his cabinets or his money back.
