We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. My partner and I are talking about moving in the next few months — and in the meantime, these discussions have led me to take a good, hard look at my living room decor (and think about what I’d like my next dream home to look like as I mindlessly scroll on Zillow). There’s an economic reason for this: If indeed we will soon have people coming...

Last year, our entire three-flat building in Chicago had an ant problem. Small ants were climbing in through holes in screens or under doors and congregating in groups in each apartment’s kitchen. It was a nightmare — every resident spent at least 30 minutes a day cleaning up ants (both dead and alive). Here’s what I wish we’d known before encountering this problem. You may call them “sugar ants,” but that’s a colloquialism for a number of types of small ants that get into your kitchen....