Variety
Attics can make for affordable expansion space
Once-forgotten Minnesota attics are being transformed into bedrooms, art studios, even great rooms. But there are challenges to converting them into usable space. Here's how three sets of Twin Cities homeowners tackled their projects.
Variety
Interior design trends on Parade of Homes tour
Twin Cities Parade of Homes showcases fresh and functional features, from modern farmhouse looks to the "kitchen within a kitchen."
Variety
Gardening into fall: Plant now for instant gratification – or a head start for next year
September is a bittersweet time in the garden. While many plants still look lush and lovely, others have faded to straggly echoes of their midsummer glory. And we all know what's soon to come.
Variety
Home & Garden
Birding books changes come in lumps and splits
Recent changes affect how current your bird books are — but you can still tell a hoary from a common redpoll.
Home & Garden
Updated home inspector training advice
I went over my emails from the past several years to see what home inspector training advice I had given out, and put it all into one place.
Home & Garden
'Million Dollar Duck' film is on Animal Planet Wednesday evening
The story of the duck stamp, the artists, and the wildlife benefits
Home & Garden
One more time, a Hautman wins federal duck stamp art competition
James Hautman wins for 2017 with painting of Canada Geese
Variety
Want to peek inside the stately mansions of historic St. Paul?
September is house-gawking season, with home tours of all types coming up in the weeks ahead. But the Summit Hill House Tour is the grand dame, as it opens the doors to the stately mansions of historic St. Paul.
Home & Garden
Home & Garden
Birding's Big Years are really big this year -- 760 and counting
Old mark of 749 North American bird species busted twice with six months to go
Home & Garden
Upcoming duck stamp competition artwork is online
Judging of paintings for 2016 stamp will be Sept. 9 and 10.
Variety
St. Louis Park homeowners give up family room to get dream kitchen, mudroom
St. Louis Park homeowners gave up a family room to gain a dream kitchen and mudroom – without adding a square foot of new space.
Home & Garden
Young eagle's life not a breeze
The odds are stacked against juveniles as they engage in on-the-job survival training.
Browse Variety Sections
Around the Region
- Botanists are scouring the US-Mexico border to document a forgotten ecosystem split by a giant wall
- Up in smoke: Workers remove dozens of apparent marijuana plants from Wisconsin Capitol tulip garden
- California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serve as gateway to redwoods
- Agribusiness giant Cargill not doing enough to fight deforestation, protect human rights, group says
- Weather vanes: Exhibit looks at artworks with a purpose
- Sequoia National Park's giant trees at risk as fires grow
- $86M to California couple upheld in Monsanto pesticide case
- A homebound year has meant rethinking our rooms, belongings
- Damage from border wall: blown-up mountains, toppled cactus
- Philadelphia Flower Show to be held outdoors for first time
Most Read
- Bye, bye Barbie: St. Cloud's 'Barbie House' crowned Ugliest House in America, gets major makeover
- As housing market remains tight, Edina is latest suburb to allow ADUs
- St. Cloud's Barbie house vies for HGTV's 'Ugliest House in America' crown
- Award-winning Danish modern home in St. Paul's Highland Park lists for $1.15 million
- See a modern ADU carriage house in St. Paul as part of the MSP Home Tour
Home and Garden
Coverage of the latest trends in beautiful Minnesota gardens and home decor.
