Kristen has worked as a freelance home, design and lifestyle writer since 2021. In that time she has contributed to a number of online media outlets including Apartment Therapy, Hunker, The Everygirl, ...

A white picket fence accents the front entry of this traditional two-story home tucked at the end of a cul-de-sac in the Northbrook subdivision of Troy. Listed for $315,000 by Galbreath Realtors, the ...

The number of illegal basement bedrooms used to be a problem in Waukegan in the recent past, but officials say the danger they pose is still a threat to anyone using one. “Ten to twenty years ago, it ...

Sure, you can add a ping-pong table and a mini-fridge to a basement and call it a day, but creative basement ideas are aplenty. When it comes to designing the belowground space, think outside the ...

The four levels of living space in this six-bedroom home in the Lakeview neighborhood are all accessible by an elevator. The living room flows into the dining room, and the kitchen has an island with ...

Neighbors in an upscale Philadelphia suburb are furious that a local real estate agent is selling a Colonial home on their street by highlighting the “Fifty Shades of Grey” sex room in the basement.

Was 2021 a great year? Not exactly! But we did have some posts that got a lot of attention. Take a walk down memory lane with us, as we think back on 2021, a year that will seem much better by this ...