Recent content from Martha Buns
Your guide to local woodpeckers
Woodpeckers may annoy you with their hole-making, but it helps other birds.
From clicks to bricks
Former Etsy-only vintage stores are opening local shops.
Tips for a stylish bed
You don't need 8 zillion throw pillows.
Screech owls blend in
Open your ears to find screech owls
Decorative folding screens
Folding screens can divided or unite a room.
How to use black and white in decorating
Tips for incorporating this classic combo in your home decor.
Birds in winter
Birds need strong coping skills to survive winter.
Tips for awkward spaces
How to make the most of nooks and crannies.
Holiday keepsakes
Readers share their favorite holiday photos.
Scene+Heard: Supersized fun at Ronald McDonald House gala
The 2019 Ronald McDonald House gala had everything from puppies to princesses.
Five ways you've already saved money in your Minnesota garden
The best things in life aren't always free, but the garden generally gives you a lot of free or nearly free return for your investment.
Planting between a rock and a hard place
What plants to pick for the Dead Zone -- that long strip of dirt that resists efforts to improve it?
Movie Houses
If they gave Oscars to the best-dressed, some of the houses in these movies would win hands down; others would get a Razzie. To get in the mood for the Academy Awards show Sunday night, we offer our nominees for homes that have stolen the spotlight.
10 minutes between you and chagrin
In this age of cell phones ("We're in your neighborhood and thought we might stop by"), you might not have 30 minutes to spare. Here's a streamlined 10-minute version for the truly panicked.
In the fold
Holiday entertaining often makes you wish for twice as much furniture to accommodate guests, but what would you do with it the rest of the year? Next year, think folding furniture.
