With the rapid evolution of the smart home, has privacy become just another setting?

Don’t just default to a gallery wall.

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Wall sconces are versatile, space-saving fixtures that can act as functional art in the home.

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What does or does not count as a tiny house has as much to do with class as it does with the structure itself.

Architect Cary Bernstein gives constructive advice: know what you want, who you're working with, and how much you can spend.

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These quick, easy ways to clear clutter will have you wondering why you didn’t do them sooner.

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Hang your flat screen on the wall to instantly upgrade your home theater.

A new pilot program by the city to add housing has yet to catch on—but that could soon change.

Designer Joyce Downing Pickens of JDP Interiors knows that a neutral palette can be boring when done wrong.

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

Let there be light—a lot of it.

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

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The appeal of a prefab house is clear, but the process of getting one is not.

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If your home is starting to feel blah and you can’t figure out why, it might be what’s hanging on your walls.

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Antique rug, meet postmodern chair.

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Three emerging NYC-based collectors share how they’re breaking into the art-buying world.

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You’ve decided to join the shipping container revolution.