I love garage sales. I love estate sales. I love rummaging through other people’s junk, hoping to find something to take home and love forever… Or at least until I sell it at my own garage sale.
Wichita is a garage sale aficionado’s paradise, with sales starting on Thursday morning and continuing through Saturday afternoon. True treasure hunters pore over the garage sale listings in the Wichita Eagle and on Craigslist and map out their plan of attack. I prefer the less structured approach of driving through my favorite Wichita neighborhoods and hoping …

Home is supposed to be the place where you feel at peace, comfortable, and relaxed. What makes your home special to you? Maybe you have an old, broken-in couch that reminds you of simpler times. Maybe you have a painting or piece of art that makes you or your home feel tranquil and inviting. If your place is lacking that home-like feeling, a few changes can make your home feel and look how you want it to.
Feng Shui, an ancient Chinese art, is designed to use energy from the home …

For this article, verb writers Bailey Ketterman and Jana Curl both explored the best places in Wichita to deck out your home. Each of them had some great suggestions. Read on!
Bailey:
For home furnishings, Abode Home (1330 E. Douglas) has an expansive selection of furniture for every room of the home.  Their design services also allow the somewhat choice-challenged, like myself, to make appropriate decisions regarding the pieces to select and the placement of your purchases.  As a bonus, the store is very involved in improving ICT, from sponsoring BARKitecture for …

Since the beginning of mankind, there have been hunters and gatherers. Changes in societal structures and technological advances have led us to a different type of living. The rudimentary definitions of “hunter” and “gatherer” don’t apply to most of us anymore. But it’s still there. It’s in our blood. It’s crying out within you, “Hunt!” and/or “Gather!”
And that’s why women shop.
“Gatherers” spent time foraging for sustenance. “Hunters” planned and executed attacks on game. Yes, hunters still do this. It’s in their blood. That’s why they play sports. Ahhhhh…..that explains the …

It seems like everywhere you go, there are bulbs for sale. Fiery red tulips and snow-white crocuses, sunshine-yellow daffodils and indigo hyacinths: they all scream “Spring is almost here!” to me.
However, if you’re living in an apartment, or you’ve moved in the past year, perhaps you didn’t get those bulbs bought and in the ground last October when you should have. Does this mean you will have to wait another year to enjoy their cheerful colors in your home? No, no, no! If you buy the bulbs you want now, …