After nearly a dozen corporate moves and almost as many home purchases, a couple now living in Chesterfield knows how to pick a good house. But as the husband approached retirement, they began to consider where they would live when the choice would be entirely theirs.

    “We love St. Louis,” says the wife. “We lived here twice before, and our daughter graduated from high school here and stayed. We have three adult children in three different cities. St. Louis is in the middle.”

        An idyllic setting and great bones are sometimes all it takes to make a home suitable for renovating rather than replacing. Overlooking the picturesque grounds of a local country club, with a back yard nestling into a private wooded oasis with a creek, this late 1960s Neoclassical-style dwelling seemed a perfect candidate for a fresh yet refined makeover. Its unique features include subtle level changes on the first floor, with the foyer and east/west passageways at one height and sinking two steps down into the primary spaces.

  “A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step.”

At Best of Missouri Market® you can enjoy the beautiful sights of the Missouri Botanical Garden in early autumn while shopping for artisanal items and goods from the region's best creators at this outdoor market. This local favorite for outdoor fall markets in St. Louis features 150 local vendors selling food, crafts, native plants, herbs, beer, wine, craft spirits, custom jewelry and more. A full list of 2024 vendors can be found on the Missouri Botanical Garden's website.

Fall officially starts on September 22nd making this month the perfect time to start prepping your planters for fall. Start rotating your summer plants out for fall a few weeks before the first cold snap of the year—the end of September is a great time to start!

Out with the Old    

After Ellie Redders, CEO and Principal Designer of Ellie Redders Interiors, and her husband Brian Redders, had their 25-year-old home renovated a few years ago, Ellie realized that reimagining their formal dining room would make the space more useful.   

    So she transformed the dining room into a vibrant music room and lounge. The family uses the new room far more now than in its previous life, when it was only used on holidays twice a year.