Our New, Old Kitchen: How We Rose to the Remodeling Challenge
If the kitchen is the heart of the home, then ours was in need of a triple bypass. When we bought a house halfway across the country – without having set foot in it – w....
Can Houseplants Really Clean the Air?
Houseplants can improve your life in many ways (more on that later), but if you’re expecting that peace lily on your desk to rid your home of toxins, you’re in for a su....
Design Pros' Secrets for Finding and Using Reclaimed Materials
When you ask Seattle-based house flippers Lora Lindberg and Debbie Cederlind where to find the best home-restoration materials, they quickly reply in unison, “Craigslist.R....
With This DIY Sporting Goods Catch-all, Game Day Is No Sweat
This project will help you organize your garage and become the LeBron James of DIY projects. With all your gear in the same place, you’ll always be prepared when someone yells,....
Designer Lookbook: Caitlin Murray's Minty Fresh Kitchen Revamp
For HGTV’s hit television show “House Hunters,” California designer Caitlin Murray of Black Lacquer Design was tapped to renovate the dated kitchen in a quaint 19....
3 Reasons Painting Your Wood Floors Is Not as Crazy as You Think
You’ll never see them do it on a TV design show. You won’t hear a contractor propose it. And you sure won’t find an aisle devoted to it at your home improvement s....