Elaine Matsushita

Even if Marie Antoinette did not really utter the famous phrase "Let them eat cake," the queen and the quote are what came to mind when we got to thinking...

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...

We bought a birdbath at the end of last year that sports a top that turned out to be just a little too lightweight -- it blew over and broke....

Jeff Palmer, we like how you think. The Schaumburg resident wrote to us to share his win-win plan that would not only make it easy for folks to dispose of...

The irises, peonies and columbines surrounding my patio bring joy enough. And soon there will be lilies, rose of Sharon and phlox. Still, I wouldn't turn my nose up at...

I have a set of 10 rush chairs and one of the chairs was accidentally (thank you, teenage son) slashed with a knife. No furniture store can seem to tell...

Sometimes the best inventions are discovered when trying to solve some other problem. Take Post-It notes, for example, which were the unintentional result of Spencer Silver's search for a strong...

You know how a song can take you back to a certain moment in your life? Do cicadas' songs have the same effect? We didn't think so. So we'll help...

GREEN IT: Heck, just when you think you've learned pretty much about plastics and recycling, along comes eco-friendly Joe to ask you whether you knew that 14 20-ounce plastic bottles...

GREEN IT: A freezer packed with ice cream may not be good for your figure but it is good for the environment. We learned that at www.global-cool.com , a Web...