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July 15, 2017

See the winners in this year's Star Tribune Beautiful Gardens contest

The six gardens selected in the Star Tribune's annual contest range from small city plots to exurban gardens on a truly grand scale.
Home & Garden
July 14, 2017
Simple measures can refresh your furniture and bring new life to an old piece. (Summer Galyan) ORG XMIT: 1203710

How to refresh your furniture

Home & Garden
July 14, 2017

Renting and the Law: Tenant seeks clarity about giving notice

Home & Garden
July 13, 2017
Suet is popular baby food around here

Suet is popular baby food around here

Pileated Woodpeckers and crows frequent visitors at our suet feeders
Home & Garden
July 11, 2017
Jim Williams
Monarch butterfy

Milkweeds are unwilling hosts to monarchs

Toxic milkweeds can't shake their unwelcome visitors: monarch butterflies.
Home & Garden
July 11, 2017
Minnesota home inspector training advice: join the ASHI Heartland chapter (it rocks)

Minnesota home inspector training advice: join the ASHI Heartland chapter (it rocks)

If you're a Minnesota home inspector or aspire to become one, you should join the Heartland Chapter of the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI).
Home & Garden
July 9, 2017

Birds and butterflies have much in common

Books give substance to 'butterflying' as they do to birding
Home & Garden
July 9, 2017
Bobbi Deeney, left, and Beth Gunderson with their dogs, Oliver and Nelson, on the patio in front of Deeney’s house.

Front-yard patios spark socializing on one St. Louis Park block

A wave of front-yard patios spurs socializing on one convivial block in St. Louis Park.
Home & Garden
July 8, 2017

Garden tour, colors that sell, the perfect towel

Home & Garden
July 8, 2017

Some patio trends can trip you up

Five ways that patio designs snag the unwary.
Home & Garden
July 8, 2017
Crystal
Built in 1953, this three-bedroom, one-bath house has 1,008 finished square feet and features three bedrooms on one level, new roof and carpet

Home listings: What $149,900 buys in the Twin Cities

Home & Garden
July 7, 2017
Sleek contemporary styling on the exterior interprets classic Prairie details, such as horizontal windows and a low-pitched roof, for today.

Home plan: Modern prairie with side courtyard

Home & Garden
July 7, 2017
Brock and Chase Jurgensen, of Savage and Prior Lake, respectively, are bringing their construction know-how to a new DIY Network show, "Rustic Renovat

Cabin makeovers could turn Minnesota brothers into next DIY TV stars

Siblings star in a new DIY Network show focused on renovation of lake homes.
Home & Garden
July 5, 2017

Book 'H Is for Hawk' is being adapted for filming

Lena Headey, who plays Cersei on 'Game of Thrones', has the project
Home & Garden
July 5, 2017

Flycatcher chooses duck box for nest

Lots and lots of room for the family
Home & Garden
July 4, 2017

Twin Cities author shares strategies for growing food in challenging Minnesota climate

A Twin Cities author shares his strategies for growing edibles in our challenging climate.
Home & Garden
July 4, 2017
Photo by Don Severson
1. A pair of prothonotary warblers works hard to catch enough insects to feed their brood.

How Minnesota gardeners can help birds find crucial 'bird baby food'

Parents search from dawn to dusk for insects to help their brood grow quickly, and gardeners can help.
Home & Garden
July 4, 2017
You might not like spiders, but they're an effective insect deterrent. (Bradley West) ORG XMIT: 1203316

Using essential oils to deter home pests

Home & Garden
July 3, 2017
Trumpeter Swan families

Trumpeter Swan families

Photos of one family at Crex Meadows, Wisconsin
Home & Garden
July 1, 2017
Matt Wagoner, in red shirt, of Limitless Construction, and friend Tom Sweeney try out the NASCAR simulator that Wagoner installed in the theater of a

NASCAR simulator is winning feature in remodeled St. Louis Park home

The house that contractor Matt Wagoner recently remodeled in St. Louis Park has all the features that today's buyers expect — plus one feature they don't expect. You can have it for $729,000.

Home and Garden

Coverage of the latest trends in beautiful Minnesota gardens and home decor.