So, I haven't posted because I've been putting off the work in the bathroom - and then doing the Cantab (yesterday) and then finally getting down to the dirty business (today).     I knew going in that this could get ugly.  I had an inkling based on the material...

The world's largest home-improvement retailer is downsizing. Home Depot announced today that it will close 34 Expo Design Centers, the decor-focused little sister to the Home Depot stores, as well as five Yardbirds stores, two Design Center stores, and the HD Bath remodeling business. The move w...

In this installment of 10 Questions for . . . , Senior Editor Daniel DiClerico speaks with Michael Thomas, FASID, CAPS, an interior designer and a coauthor of Residential Design for Aging In Place . Here, Thomas (shown below) talks about the past and future of the aging-in-place movement and offers ...

In this installment of 10 Questions for . . . , Senior Editor Daniel DiClerico talks to Steve Feldman (shown below), founder of Green Demolitions, a nonprofit organization that recycles and then sells appliances and materials from kitchens, raising money for a 12-step-program charity. Feldman discus...

In this installment of 10 Questions for . . . , Senior Editor Daniel DiClerico speaks with Bruce Irving, a former TV producer who's now a renovation consultant based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Irving (shown below) shares his thoughts on the remodeling process and talks about ways to save on a majo...

… is finally done. It’s taken some hard work (we did most of the work ourselves) and quite a bit of time (and money!) but the living room remodeling is complete. Just in time for the Super Bowl next week. Party at Kelly’s! Before: After: I suggest you click on the photos to view th...

I have achieved a grand accomplishment today…that of tearing up and disposing of the old, rotten carpet in my mom’s end of the house – a task that’s been long overdue since I moved in here. Underneath the hideous carpet up there, has always been a lovely hardwood floor. Why on earth my dad c...