Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Corey from Chatham asks what his next step should be after his refinance was denied due to a low appraisal. Read more
How to pack up a massive, infamous sculpture: some disassembly, and a crane, required. Caution: may result in severe injury to the uncanny valley. Read more
Lisa Cregan, author of House Beautiful Kitchens: Creating a Beautiful Kitchen of Your Own, gives 335 pages of style tips, pictures of celebrity-designed rooms and an index of architects to copy your favorite picks in her latest book. Read more
This is your brain in traffic: how we perceive the neighborhoods, streets, and buildings around us—in the car, on foot, and on bike, we create different mental maps. Read more
From the hodgepodge of el tracks, streetcars, and horse cars of turn of the century Chicago, to the design indecisions of mid-century Chicago, to the sleek, SOM-defined el cars of today: a visual tour through mass transit design. Read more
After much research, I have finally learned the absolute worst thing to say to one’s pregnant wife. With just a few simple words, you, too, can tear into your beloved spouse’s every insecurity and lay them bare at a exact moment when she is at her most vulnerable!... Read more
There’s flower power to spare in Holland, Michigan this weekend with more than six million tulips in bloom for the annual Tulip Time Festival. But the event, which started May 5 and runs through May 12, is about more than colorful landscaping... Read more
