Articles by Julie Sheer

As an interior design professional who loves to entertain, Tarek Mohamed-Aly knows the importance of working with what you have. In his own rental apartment in Oakland, California, Mohamed-Aly has used clever design solutions that utilize light, patt…

Wind-driven fires this week have displaced residents and destroyed homes in Northern and Southern California. The Kincade Fire in Sonoma County has consumed nearly 77,000 acres and destroyed more than 150 homes. In Southern California, the Getty Fire …

This time of year, wind-driven wildfires can break out where abundant grasses and brush have baked dry after the long, hot summer, often igniting homes that border wildlands. Such fire events predominate in the western U.S., but wildfires can be a thr…

This 1897 American Foursquare-style home in the historic Westwood neighborhood of Cincinnati has had numerous owners over the years, including someone who did a lot of structural work in the early 2000s. The current owners are Barrett Evans and Kevin …

When Luis Lara and Nate Glencer moved into their condo in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood in 2016, the rooms had recently been painted a pleasing light gray. Structural work had also modernized the condo before they bought it, so the heavy lifting w…

Hurricane Dorian struck the Bahamas as a slow-moving Category 5 storm, sitting over the islands for two days. Damage to several of the islands has been catastrophic, and at least 44 people have died and nearly 70,000 are homeless. The storm weakened a…

Hurricane Dorian struck the Bahamas as a slow-moving Category 5 storm, sitting over the islands for two days. Damage to several of the islands has been catastrophic, and at least 44 people have died and nearly 70,000 are homeless. The storm weakened a…

The time to prepare your home against a natural disaster is before a catastrophe strikes. All the preparation in the world might not save your house, but it may mitigate damage and save your family members’ lives during a wildfire, hurricane, flood, t…

Originally a barn for a Victorian home built in 1895, this house in Glencoe, Illinois, has a storied past. Once home to horses, chickens and cows, the property was subdivided by the owners, who were one of the founding families of the Chicago suburb. …

Originally a barn for a Victorian home built in 1895, this house in Glencoe, Illinois, has a storied past. Once home to horses, chickens and cows, the property was subdivided by the owners, who were one of the founding families of the Chicago suburb. …