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Oprah renting out East Lake Shore Drive co-op for $15K a month
Talk-show host and media giant Oprah Winfrey has placed an eight-room, 4,607-square-foot co-op unit in Streeterville up for rent for $15,000...
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What's your coffee table saying about you?
Perhaps Rorschach should have gone with coffee tables rather than inkblots. According to Martyn Lawrence-Bullard, award-winning interior...
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Train dogs to enjoy your garden without destroying it
I was visiting a friend recently who wanted help with her garden. While we were strolling around her yard, the family's springer spaniel...
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Make home recycling easy and convenient
The big complaint about recycling is that it's inconvenient and messy. But it doesn't have to be. A few quick changes and you can set up...
Get the full story >>Energy calculator aims to empower homeowners
It was by design that a public-private partnership called Energy Impact Illinois waited until the fall to introduce a new energy...
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Nearby foreclosures limit seller options
Q. I need guidance on what to do with my house. My wife, my preschooler, my infant and I are living in a house that we owe $90,000 on and...
Get the full story >>Know when house rules violate lease
Q: As a property manager, I am under contract with an owner to advertise and show his single-family rental. I recently chose new tenants and...
Get the full story >>Accessible homes for wounded warriors
Michael Graves brings a singular perspective to his latest architectural project.
Get the full story >>Board's closed 'workshops' raise suspicions
Q. Our town home association's property management company said that meetings of the board are permissible even when owners have not been...
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Green gut rehab goes platinum
Like many remodeling jobs, this one started small. Kathie and Art Howe decided to redo the kitchen in their 25-year-old North Side town...
Get the full story >>Proving adverse possession is not easy
Q: In a recent column there was a property owner who wanted to dispose of a plot of land that had been turned into a garden by the condo...
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Choosing a washing machine: What's your laundry style?
Everyone has a dreaded household chore and laundry often tops the list. While some love the Zen of sorting, folding and ironing, others...
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How to choose garden sculpture
The bloom is off the rose. The zinnias and hostas are mush — at least that's the case in many northern gardens as we zip along...
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