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Summer is returning to Chicagoland, and people across the area are getting ready for a season spent eating, relaxing, and entertaining outdoors. Whether you're putting down roots in a new home or getting your property ready to show to eager buyers, have you thought about how you can make the most of your outdoor living spaces?  Outdoor living and design trends are a red-hot topic of conversation this season. After the events of 2020, many buyers say that more outdoor space is extremely high on their wishlist for their next home. The past year also saw an undeniable surge of interest in gardening, al fresco dining, and open air workouts — all practices that seem poised to remain popular, well after the pandemic has become a memory.  As more homeowners and buyers gain a renewed appreciation for outdoor life, our outdoor living spaces will have to evolve to keep up. Here are five of the outdoor design and decor trends that experts are watching for 2021 and beyond: 

Each June, people here in Chicagoland and across the country observe National Homeownership Month, an opportunity to celebrate all that our homes mean for us and to look for ways to create opportunities for new homeowners. This annual celebration has taken on even greater meaning after the events of this past year. Buying or selling a home is a personal, emotional, life-changing experience — and with everything we experienced in 2020, the idea of home and its purpose has never been more important. Whether it has served as a school, office, playground, or simply a safe space, we know that a home is about so much more than just four walls. 

It may seem hard to imagine, but we haven't always been called Baird & Warner. Originally, our firm was called L.D. Olmsted & Co. Who's L.D. Olmsted? He moved to Chicago in 1846 and started a real estate lending business in 1855 after purchasing a quarter acre of land. In 1857, Lyman Baird joined the company and became partners with Olmsted in 1860. Olmsted died at the age 35, in 1862. Leaving Ba...

The kitchen has long been considered the heart of any home. It's where we come together to cook and share meals; it's a natural entertaining space during parties; and it often pulls double-duty as a homework station, craft studio, and Zoom classroom on busy weekdays — especially in the last year. And while kitchens conjure up warm memories and lots of cozy nostalgia, they are also flexible spaces that are constantly evolving to keep up with the times. Beyond seasonal or yearly trends, the kitchen often seems to be the room of the home that is most in conversation with how we're living, and what we truly want out of our most-used spaces. For instance, kitchens are often listed as one of the most important rooms to stage when getting a home ready to sell; kitchen remodels are often among the house projects that tend to generate the highest ROI.  After a year like 2020, we've all gained a new appreciation for home and all its four walls hold — and that includes the kitchen. In a pandemic-era poll conducted by Realtor.com, a significant number of people ranked the kitchen as the most important room in their home — and said that an updated kitchen was one of their top wants in a new space.  So, what does the future hold for this important everyday space? Let's dig into what's bubbling in store for the kitchen in the months and years to come: 
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