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Yard trends: bursting buttonbush blooms

Trend Forecast, 2026: Enhance Curb Appeal with Plants and More

Plants that Pop, Preserve, and Protect We spoke with Ryan McEnaney, marketing and communications manager at Bailey Nurseries, about this year's yard trends and to...
This Spring Lake, Michigan, home—a project led by Charles R. Stinson Architecture + Design and designer Benjamin Bower—features a living roof installed by Midwestern company Hortech Inc.

Trend Forecast, 2026: Sustainable Roofing

We often think of sustainability as ground level, a grassroots kind of thing. But it can start at the top, too—on your roof, to...
Person holding iPhone showing an app that can control living room light brightness

Trend Forecast, 2026: Smart Home Technology

The world of home design is constantly evolving, and it’s often true that the trends in this space shift most significantly at the turn...
A snow covered cabin overlooking trees

A Custom Sauna Brings Year-Round Warmth to Northern Minnesota

Photos by Shot By SchultzYou can see, feel, and hear it. But can you say it? “I might be saying it wrong, ‘löyly.’ In...

The Singing Garden: A Backyard Sanctuary for Birds & Blooms

Photos by Andrea RuggOff a quiet street in the western suburbs is a quieter cul-de-sac. At its shaded and circular end, you’ll hear black-capped...

Outside In & Inside Out

Photos by Andrea Rugg  “This house was just a little tan brick box when we bought it,” says homeowner and gardener Bette Fenton. “We have...

Off the Grid

Photos by Sam Slifer  With his grandfather as a play date, a young Edward Eichten loved building with Legos. Did that inform his future as...

Industry Outlook: The Evolution of Homeownership

With your first one, you work on it. Invest in it. Then you settle in for a while and enjoy it. Later, you make...

Style? Get Out

Photos by Dina Kantor  When you ask Tim Alt, “style” simply means “lifestyle.” It’s not a look, a design theme, or an artistic expression. A...

Cottage Grove Garden Grown From the Heart

Photos by Andrea Rugg“For me, it’s not about keeping things alive—it’s about keeping them beautiful,” says Myra Peterson, discussing the elaborate flower garden that...

A Richfield Garden Boasts Blossoms & Birds

Photos by Andrea RuggMaybe in the winter, sure, but in the spring, summer, and fall, Mary Shannon has no need for a house number....

Stylemaker Christopher Strom Seeks a Place to Sit

Photos by Wing Ta“I never thought, ‘Let’s live next to a stadium,’ but it’s pretty fantastic,” says Christopher Strom of his south Minneapolis home....

A Japanese-Inspired Garden in Hudson Cultivates Experiences

Photos by Tracy Walsh“I loved all the gardens, from the small containers in front of shops to the large gardens near temples,” says Judy...

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