The cold sting of November air foreshadows what’s to come in Chicagoland: Like it or not, winter is on its way.

As the executive director of Monarch Landing, Patty Luessenhop leads a team that she describes as “passionate” about what they do.

It’s a well-known principle of home design and décor that one person’s trash can be another’s treasure. That brass lamp on your end table that you’ve grown tired of just might be the accent piece your neighbor has been searching for.