When Margie Richmond of Williamsville embarked on a renovation to her 1990s-era kitchen, she called Jennifer Hutton to recommend an interior designer. The response from Jennifer, who redesigned Margie ...

Katie Gamb lives and paints in a small, cozy corner of Milwaukee, Wis. Her love of narrative and the natural world informs her art, which is influenced by the stories she immersed herself in as a shy, ...

When you think “staycation,” it might bring to mind a little hotel within city limits, some local attractions, maybe a dinner out with a view of the same old skyline. But what if there was another way ...

When I asked Ashley Meyer Howe about her favorite memories of growing up on a farm, she started to cry (and soon did I) as she fondly recalled moments of cutting bales of hay in the summer and tending ...

Pine warbler. Chickadee. Common merganser. Sandpiper. These bird names are fun to say, but for local birders, they’re even more exciting to catch sight of in the wild. Birding, the more active, ...

“When people first walk into my apartment, they usually tell me, ‘I’m gonna need a little time to walk around,’” says Victoria Swier. “Eclectic,” “a hodge podge” and “downright odd” are just a ...