Marcia Borucki

Yikes. That sweet little creek that winds through your subdivision? It's just become a river that soon will be flowing through your living room. You've got to gather the family...

With a weak dollar curtailing travel abroad and pricey gasoline curbing our stateside road trips, 2008 just may turn out to be the year we stay put -- happily, updating...

Masked intruders lurk on the doorstep, making demands and threatening mayhem. You know it's all in fun, but Halloween can be anything but a treat for the dogs in your...

Not even Halloween and we're already thinking holidays: mulling, among other things, where to put the tree and what to wear for the family photo. This year, we also vow...

Ah, autumn. Crisp, sun-drenched days. Asters and mums nodding their glorious heads. Maples ablaze with gold and scarlet. Multiple leaf blowers jarring your teeth with their harsh whine. ... This...

SEE IT: Before you post `those old tools you inherited from Grandpa on eBay or Craigslist, you may want to check out Garfield Farm Museum's Antique Tool Show and Sale....

Its blades spin silently around, you cool gratefully down. So simple. If only purchasing a ceiling fan were such a breeze. But the selection is vast, the choices are many:...

SHOP IT: Through July 29, Jayson Home & Garden is holding its semiannual Floor Model & More Sale. Shoppers will find discounts of 30 percent to 75 percent on upholstered...

SEE IT: Forty Chicago artists, designers and architects as well as students and faculty at Chicago's Harrington College of Design will participate on Thursday in "Home Tweet Home," the annual...

SURF IT: Cats with exceedingly good taste and an eye toward green living will purr with delight over the "feline furniture" we found online at Branch Home. These cat trees,...