Five deals to shop for this fall

Everyone loves a deal when shopping, but what are the best deals for fall? The Daily Green talked to four experts to find out how to become a "discount druid," as Jeff Yeager, The Daily Green's Green Cheapskate, calls end-of-season bargain-hunting specialists.

Difficulties with contractors leave some homes in unlivable condition

When Peter Wray returned home one day this past December, he noticed something odd in the addition being built onto his Northwest Side home. All the new windows had been installed. Except two.

Beware! The Top 20 tacky staging techniques

Question: Allison, we are getting ready to sell our condo in Keystone and we have been watching a lot of HGTV to get ideas about fixing it up for sale. What suggestions do you have on things we should AVOID? Answer: That is perhaps the second most important question you should be asking (right after "where should we price the condo?") In today's market, it is a price war and a beauty contest and ...

Outdoor spaces transformed into backyard sanctuaries

Three backyard projects in the region are a tribute to at-home craftiness and what can be done to spiff up an everyday refuge.

Three Nines, a U.S. 1 landmark, gives way to development

Closure seen as a sign of changing times on 'The Boulevard' The Three Nines tavern on U.S. 1 in Jessup seems an unremarkable place — a patchwork stone, brick and white-sided two-story structure. But the establishment's everyday appeal is exactly why patrons, employees and even the owners who've sold out to upscale developers are already mourning the bar's scheduled demise in September.