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March 6, 2020
Home plan: Modern, with a twist.

Home plan: Modern with a twist

Home & Garden
March 6, 2020

Renting: Tenant still waiting for CRP form

Home & Garden
March 5, 2020

Review of backyard bird lineup

Mug shots offer unique look
Home & Garden
March 3, 2020
Karla Bloem and Alice the owl work as a team to educate the public about owls.

Great horned owls inspire great awe

These devoted parents will spend the next six to eight months raising their young.
Home & Garden
March 3, 2020
This estate in Hamel comes with 25 acres of land.

$3.3M sprawling estate is a country retreat just 30 minutes outside Mpls.

This cottage-style country estate sits on almost 25 acres in Medina.
Home & Garden
March 3, 2020
Expensive chimney repairs on old homes

Expensive chimney repairs on old homes

Stucco-covered chimneys make me nervous. This all started about five years ago when one of our past clients asked us to buy him a new $20k chimney, claiming we had missed a major issue with the chimney
Home & Garden
February 29, 2020
This beach house in Cottagewood combines traditional cottage-inspired elements with modern ones.

Homebuilder's beach house was designed for casual Lake Minnetonka living

The homeowners, who love to entertain, envisioned a beach house inspired by coastal cottages in the Hamptons.
Home & Garden
February 28, 2020

You've seen the video, now read the book

Birds of paradise and bowerbirds
Home & Garden
February 28, 2020
Robbinsdale
Built in 1950, this three-bedroom, two-bath house has 1,806 square feet and features an upper level bedroom, fireplace, eat-in kitchen, fu

Home listings: What $214,900 buys in the Twin Cities area

What you get for the money in Robbinsdale, Minneapolis and Northfield
Home & Garden
February 28, 2020
The Honey Bee gathers pollen during the late afternoon in South Minneapolis, Oct 5, 2015

DIY workshops on creating a nature-friendly yard

Series of workshops can help you learn how.
Home & Garden
February 28, 2020
Home plan: A modern farmhouse that's warm and welcoming.

Home plan: A modern farmhouse that's warm and welcoming

Home & Garden
February 25, 2020
Bob Janssen has been trudging into Painter's Marsh near Lake Minnetonka to search for birds. Some of the birds he's seen - sandhill cranes, black tern

Book chronicles Minnesota's birding life

Updated birding book charts which birds you can see in Minnesota and when.
The Good Life
February 25, 2020
During a holiday party at Mill and Main in Minneapolis, party planner and singer Seralina Powers, left, helped Mark Konecny, in yellow hat, Suzanne Hu

Millennials and boomers happily coexist in Twin Cities 'barbell buildings'

Amenity-loaded apartments appeal to young professionals too busy to take on the chores of homeownership and empty-nesters weary of them.
The Good Life
February 25, 2020
Rather than moving to downsize, Arlys and John Edson remodeled the kitchen of their longtime home in Plymouth.

Instead of downsizing, Twin Cities baby boomers remodel homes for long haul

Downsizing is still happening, but later, studies suggest.
Home & Garden
February 25, 2020
Two-prong outlets

Two-prong outlets

What's the problem with two-prong outlets? Nothing. Lots of old homes have two-prong outlets, and this isn't a defect.
Home & Garden
February 24, 2020
This brick building on Washington Avenue was one of the first warehouse condo conversions in the North Loop.

'One-of-a-kind' loft, for sale for first time, helped kick off North Loop's revitalization

This unique four-level condo has a "house within a home," plus a private deck and greenhouse.
Home & Garden
February 23, 2020
SH13D225PLUMBER April 29, 2013 -- Consumers are giving "touchless" kitchen faucets a big thumbs up. (SHNS photo courtesy Kohler)

5 quick and simple weekend projects

Home improvements don't have to be major remodels.
Home & Garden
February 23, 2020

Rain showerheads awash with new features

Switching out a showerhead is a quick way to upgrade your bath.
Home & Garden
February 22, 2020
Mike Rowe has traded "Dirty Jobs" for a reality web series on people who give back to their communities.

'Dirty Jobs' host: 'People think I'm a guy who can fix everything, but I'm not'

TV's Mike Rowe took viewers to a lot of grungy places. Now he's making the case for skilled labor.
Home & Garden
February 22, 2020
This modern single-gable home in Golden Valley was designed by U + B Architecture & Design.

A sleek new house makes the most of its sweet spot in Golden Valley

After finding their ideal site in Golden Valley, a couple built a home that makes the most of its attributes.

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