For me, that spot was a small office in our finished basement. It was fine. It wasn’t anything special, but it worked for several years. There was, however, a problem. It had no natural light. There ...

Technically, the 10-by-14-foot building in Lars Leafblad's backyard in Shoreview is what's termed an accessory structure. But Leafblad, a small business owner and father of four, prefers to call it ...