The project of home improvement is one that rarely ends. No matter how well you curate your living space by attuning it to ...

We know it is January and the beginning of a new garden season because the seed catalogs are arriving. We love to dream over ...

There were once over 3,400 Sears stores embedded in U.S. everyday life, yet the final five could shutter in the coming days ...

The arrival of the Sears Wish Book catalog was always a monumental event at Christmas, and for kids like my brother, sister and me, it was pure fun. We eagerly flipped through the pages, marking all ...

Those old catalogs were trying to sell us things, but they also gave us a mirror. If you grew up in a middle-class home in the 1970s, you probably remember this scene. A stack of thick, glossy ...

For much of the 20th century, the Sears Roebuck catalog held a special place in American homes. It was never just a book of merchandise. It was a window into a wider world for families who lived in ...

Mailing cash wrapped in notebook paper to strangers and waiting six weeks for a mystery package wasn't reckless back then, it was just Tuesday. My grandmother has this story she loves to tell about ...

When Paul Meltzer bought his colonial revival house on Denton’s Oak Street, he was told his new property was a catalog home. His research revealed that the home, built between 1926 and 1927, was a ...

Don’t look now, but the big boxes are coming after your customers. Not necessarily the highest of the high-end consumers, who use interior designers or frequent upscale retailers like RH or Arhaus—but ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- When a much-needed appliance breaks in your home, you may count on a warranty service to step in and make things right. But some frustrated customers say that's not what's happening ...

This 1908 advertisement from when Sears offered a house for $2,300 but you had to build it yourself. from the book “The Houses That Sears Built” by Rosemary Thornton. Over the years, I’ve spent some ...

One of three California Sears stores recently closed, and another will shutter later this month. That will leave the Bay Area home to the last Sears to be standing on the West Coast. The store's days ...