Home Hacks Worth Stealing: A Kitchen Purge, an IKEA Shade Trick, and a Laundry Room Glow-Up

    Home Hacks Worth Stealing: A Kitchen Purge, an IKEA Shade Trick, and a Laundry Room Glow-Up By Jenny Jones, Baird & Warner · July 27, 2026 · Home Hacks · NW Suburbs Three hacks crossed my desk this week — one tells you what to stop buying, one shades your patio for less than a landscaper's consu

A $100 Backyard Glow-Up, 3 Designer Amazon Tricks, and the Vacation Plant Hack That Actually Works

    A $100 Backyard Glow-Up, 3 Designer Amazon Tricks, and the Vacation Plant Hack That Actually Works By Jenny Jones, Baird & Warner · July 24, 2026 · Home Hacks · Staging Tips · NW Suburbs This week's home hacks roundup proves you don't need a renovation loan to make your place look expensive — yo

Chicagoland Rents Are Climbing and Listings Just Shrank 7.8% — Buckle Up, Renters

    Chicagoland Rents Are Climbing and Listings Just Shrank 7.8% — Buckle Up, Renters By Jenny Jones, Baird & Warner · July 24, 2026 · Market Trends · Chicagoland · NW Suburbs Chicago's median asking rent just ticked up to $1,833, active listings across Chicagoland dropped 7.8% in June, and somewher

More Homes, Better Prices: A Buyer’s Summer

More Homes, Better Prices: A Buyer’s Summer If you’ve thought about buying a home in the past few years, you may have run into two frustrations: asking prices that kept climbing and too few homes to choose from. In many places, both sticking points are letting up this summer, with lower asking price