Idea Homes

Smart Home Green + Wired: Midwest Living 2010 Idea Home

Midwest Living is partnering with the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago to redesign the interior space of the Museum's award-winning green home. Tour the home in Chicago through Jan. 9, 2011.

More Annual Idea Homes

Nature Point Idea Home 2008
Our Minneapolis-area Idea Home proves that a love of the environment and a love of great style can live under the s...
Building Green: Products from Nature Point, our 2008 Idea Home
Our 2008 Minneapolis-area Idea Home proves that a love of the environment and a love of great style can live under ...
Stonelake Farm Idea Home 2007
Style inspired by the rural Midwest characterizes our contemporary 20th anniversary Idea Home in suburban Indianapo...
Idea Home 2006
Our 2006 Idea Home draws much of its relaxed look from the natural beauty of a blufftop location in Door County, Wi...
2005 Hyde Park Idea Home
Our 2005 Idea Homes in Lee's Summit, Missouri, offer dozens of suggestions for decorating in styles suited for empt...
Idea Home 2005 Slide Show
Our 2005 Idea Homes in Lee's Summit, Missouri, offer dozens of suggestions for decorating in styles suited for empt...
Longview Mansion Idea Home 2005
Our 2005 Idea Homes in Lee's Summit, Missouri, offer dozens of suggestions for decorating in styles suited for empt...
Idea Home 2004 Slide Show
Our 2004 Idea Home in Naperville, Illinois, proves an innovative new home can fit perfectly into a stately older ne...
Prairie Legend Idea Home 2003
What's better than a brand-new home chock-full of the latest furniture styles, innovative decorating ideas and stat...
Idea Home 2003 Slide Show
What's better than a brand-new home chock-full of the latest furniture styles, innovative decorating ideas and stat...
Valley Cottage Idea Home 2003
What's better than a brand-new home chock-full of the latest furniture styles, innovative decorating ideas and stat...
Idea Home 2003 Slide Show
What's better than a brand-new home chock-full of the latest furniture styles, innovative decorating ideas and stat...
Idea Home 2002 Slide Show
Shaker Grove in Antioch, Illinois, was inspired by the vision of a faith community's gentle spirit of harmony teame...
Gable View Idea Home Slide Show
While design details reflect the Midwest's Old World heritage, this house dazzles with all the comforts that famili...
Hearthside Idea Home Slide Show
The Arts and Crafts Movement swept through the Heartland a century ago, leaving a legacy of craftsmanship and comfo...
Heartland Gothic Idea Home Slide Show
Victorian elegance inspired this showcase home's formal areas, but there's nothing stiff or stuffy about the interi...
Wildwood Idea Home Slide Show
In a wooded setting near Lake Michigan, this distinctive story-and-a-half blends cottage-style simplicity with a ve...
Heartland Classic Idea Home Slide Show
Throughout the house, you'll see the warm, true colors of Heartland landscapes: sky blue, sunshine yellow, leafy gr...