Join the Maker Movement and Do It Yourself
BY BTL STAFF The Village Workshop in Northville exists for those looking for a place that has everything they could ever think of to make anything they could [...]
Approachable and Comfortable Design
Based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Paul Feiten is an interior designer who is all the rage with numerous awards to his name, including the prestigious [...]
Marriage Equality Paving the Way for Increased LGBTQ Interest in Homeownership
BY BTL STAFF The 2015 Supreme Court ruling legalizing marriage equality has paved the way for more LGBTQ home purchases, according to the 2017 National [...]
Palmer Woods Music in Homes Features Latin Jazz
Members of the community are invited to Detroit's historic Palmer Woods neighborhood at 8 p.m. on May 20 for the Latin Jazz Garden Concert featuring Orquestra [...]
Palmer Park Art Fair Kicks off Summer, Art Fair Season
Members of the community look forward to the eclectic, diverse group of artists invited to Detroit each year for the Palmer Park Art Fair. The neighborhood [...]
Couple Beautifies Hamtramck Home, Has Unique Connection to Area
It was never Jeff Mitchell's intention to move to Hamtramck, but he found and fell in love with a "hidden gem" on Yemans Street. The Chicago-style home was [...]
#FoodPorn Stars to Follow on Instagram
BY EMELL DERRA ADOLPHUS Jared Peña on learning to throw the cookbook out the window Jared Peña likes to cook from cultural experience. He's traveled to [...]
Traveling to a Home Around the World
BY AJ TRAGER When Ken Russell, a London native, spent a summer in San Francisco a little over a decade ago, the experience of exploring the city and spending [...]
Making Detroit Feel More Like Home
BY AJ TRAGER Founder of the Heidelberg Project Tyree Guyton (center) with some of the many volunteers who donate their time and energy to cleaning up [...]
Gayborhoods
By Emell Derra Adolphus John Corvino and Mark Lock have been proud residents of Sherwood Forest since 2002. BTL photo: Andrew Potter For Kari Kildow, the city [...]
The Beauty Of Natural Imperfections
BY AJ TRAGER Paul Hickman is the owner and founder of Urban Ashes, a unique furniture and frame manufacturer that employs Michigans transitional and disabled [...]
Weekly Treasure Hunt At Royal Oak Farmers Market
BY BTL STAFF ROYAL OAK – The story goes that a small, dark painting innocently acquired during a pleasant afternoon's shopping in the Royal Oak Farmers [...]
