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April 28, 2017
The Cass Gilbert Society is looking for furniture from when the Minnesota State Capitol was first built.

Got a 1905 chair from Minnesota State Capitol? Cass Gilbert Society wants to know

Missing: 800 pieces of furniture from the Minnesota State Capitol. If you know where any of it is, the Cass Gilbert Society wants to hear from you.
Home & Garden
April 28, 2017
The roomy homes of Warman Block were demolished in 1953.

Lost Twin Cities: Rare today, row houses were once a common sight here

Most of them fell into disrepair and were demolished before their unique structure gained appreciation.
Home & Garden
April 28, 2017
Baby's breath

Beware garden thugs – invasive plants

The list of once-valued plants now considered invasive is long — and still growing.
Home & Garden
April 28, 2017
PLAN043017: Pet-friendly ranch features many customizations.

Home plan: Pet-friendly ranch

Home & Garden
April 27, 2017
Wet, cold weather likely cause of swallow deaths

Wet, cold weather likely cause of swallow deaths

Flying insects grounded, denying swallows their only food source
Home & Garden
April 25, 2017

New book -- Peterson Guide to Bird Sounds

The Peterson book on songs, well, not for me. Another book -- accounts of bird survival are much better.
Home & Garden
April 25, 2017

We're home. It just feels like someplace else

Climate -- we broke it, we own it
Home & Garden
April 25, 2017
Magic wand? I'd change the home inspection contingency form.

Magic wand? I'd change the home inspection contingency form.

If I could wave a magic wand to make my job as a home inspector easier, I'd change the home inspection contingency form.
Home & Garden
April 24, 2017

Wedding dance

Gray Squirrels completing their courtship
Home & Garden
April 22, 2017
Art in Bloom, a four-day festival of fresh floral arrangements and fine art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Indoors and out: Art in Bloom, gardening for pollinators, talk on modernist homes

Home & Garden
April 22, 2017
Cherry-stained woodwork and a built-in dining room hutch add period character to the renovated Victorian cottage, one of 52 homes open for the Mpls. &

100-year-old Minneapolis home gets high-tech makeover

The "net zero" house is among the 52 old and new urban residences rolling out the welcome mats for the Minneapolis & St. Paul Home Tour.
Home & Garden
April 22, 2017
The first flower show in 1960 on Dayton's main floor. Linda Bachman Felker posed among the flowers.

Farewell to the flower show: Five decades of downtown in bloom

A Twin Cities rite of spring for more than five decades, the downtown department-store flower show passed into history this year. Here's a look back to celebrate its long-blooming run.
Home & Garden
April 22, 2017

Flower show themes over the years

Home & Garden
April 22, 2017
"Abbott," a new home in Linden Hills, has sustainable features and was designed by architect Christian Dean.

Sneak peek at 12 Twin Cities award-winning home designs

What's your vision of the perfect home? Here are 12 designs of distinction singled out by AIA Minnesota. Each will be featured in the coming year as a Home of the Month, but you can get a sneak peek at them now.
Home & Garden
April 21, 2017

627 months and counting

This is not cool
Home & Garden
April 21, 2017
Home plan: Mediterranean-style homeís exterior exudes warmth.

Home plan: Mediterranean warmth

Home & Garden
April 21, 2017

Renting and the Law: Tenant on the hook for full rent after roommate pays to break lease

Home & Garden
April 20, 2017
First impressions do matter: What buyers see as they first approach your home is critical.

Staging your home to sell: Experts share their best tips

A few well-chosen improvements go a long way toward appealing to today's buyers, and it doesn't mean spending a fortune.
Home & Garden
April 18, 2017
Yellow-rumped warbler
Beth Siverhus (ONE TIME USE)

10 warblers to watch for in the Twin Cities during spring migration

Some two dozen kinds of these tiny birds in a dazzling rainbow of colors are heading through our area. But don't expect them to warble.
Home & Garden
April 18, 2017
Nesting and incubation demands differ for various waterfowl

Nesting and incubation demands differ for various waterfowl

Ducks nests are hidden, while geese nest in the open

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