There is a room in Priscilla Howe’s house at 415 Elm St. that she says beckoned her to buy it. The room is an enclave upstairs — a small, private space to be alone. Howe works there nearly every day. The room is saturated with the natural light that pours in from seven windows. This is ...

Back in 2006 when they still had children living with them, Linda and Pat Slimmer bought a plot of land at 1751 Learnard Ave., intending to build a typical family home. In 2008, they even drew plans for a two-story house; however, because of the volatile nature of the housing market, the timing ...

Mid-March is the beginning of vegetable gardening season in Kansas, with ideal temperatures to plant greens, peas, root vegetables and other cool-season crops. Examples of greens that prefer the cool temperatures of spring are arugula, bok choi, chard, lettuce and spinach. Examples of root ...

Brindy Fitzpatrick prides herself on finding a house few would want and making it desirable. Before she bought her house at 2040 Ohio St., it was a heap of rotted wood, malformed gutters, trash and scurrying rodents. Despite the mess, Fitzpatrick made an offer immediately on the 1957 house in ...

Fifteen years ago, in the midst of a divorce, Kelly Scholz needed a new house to raise her two daughters, Rinny Herndon, then 8, and Ivy Herndon, 5. Serendipitously, a friend was selling a home Kelly had always admired — a two-story at 4608 Hearthside Drive that was built in 1996. Since ...

When Rene Morgan and her husband Charles Hurst began to look for a home in Lawrence, they were struck with all of the changes they would have to make–no matter which house they bought. Morgan is blind, and Hurst had a stroke in 2015 that left him with physical limitations. The everyday ...