Some people have bars, or a window grill, on the outside of windows in their homes. They come in various styles but serve an ...

Are those window bars purposeful or just pretty? We asked a metalworking expert to solve this mystery.

How do you bend glass, anyway? A. “Everyone does it the same way—with heat,” says John Curran, owner of Curran Glass Studio (6507 Ogden Ave., Berwyn, 708-795-8620; www.curranglass.com). Heat softens ...

At 5,000-plus square feet and chock full of intact detail, the circa-1910 Neo-Federal brick row house was grand to begin with. Its main drawback? The kitchen’s placement in a rear extension, closed ...