Unless you’re building a pillow fort, you only need a couple.

Read this before you embark on a project working alongside a contractor and an architect.

Rest assured knowing your renovation project is in good hands by asking a potential contractor these key questions during an...

Here's what you need to know before undergoing a building project with a contractor but no architect.

Itching to take a crack at fixing up an old, run-down property? Read these renovation tips first.

Whether it be earthy stoneware or durable enamel, here’s how to select—and budget for—a tasteful setting.

Buying a home is a longstanding goal for many, but the process of finding the perfect property and claiming it as your own can be...

Take this to Home Depot (or your landscape architect) before you get the garden hose.

A growing coalition are just saying no to regular grass. Join them in considering clover, moss, meadow, and more.

When faced with an insulated but unheated sunroom that was still on the chilly side, I searched high and low for options that...

Think outside the hearth.

Expanding the footprint of your house might seem like a smaller project, but planning-wise, it’s as intense as doing a full reno.

Don’t feel pressured to stick to the same old silver and gold—but do make sure you have a clock for the countdown.

Michael Taylor is on a one-man mission to preserve and restore bathrooms of yore, one baby-blue tile at a time.

Even if you live in a cave, there’s a way to give your plants the light they need to live.

Put the chainsaw down, back away from the foliage, and look up your local arborist.

Yes, it's a task that you dread, but avoiding it could spell potential disaster for your roof.

Magdalena Wosinska transformed her historic Pioneertown adobe structure into a thriving venue for inspiration and renewal,...

Most last about a decade, but there are ways to prolong their lifespans.

For Leah and Bea Koch, renovating the East Coast iteration of their bookstore was a labor of love.

“Baby Geniuses” podcast host Emily Heller's bountiful backyard grew from a few raised beds, hard work, and some mistakes along...

I found my dream coffee table—and you can too.

You’re going to need a putty knife and an awful lot of patience.

If financial, mental, or social obstacles are keeping you from buying your first home, here’s how to get past them.

What can a machine do that a human can’t? In the case of my unfinished bonus space, not much.

Homeowners who’ve done it themselves explain the importance of research, budgeting, and leaving operating heavy machinery to the...

It can feel like reinventing the wheel each time you change dwellings.

Is that a cockroach or a water bug or neither? (And more importantly, how do I get rid of it?)