Pardon the potty talk, but we’re discussing bathrooms today. These are on my mind because, not to sound too la-di-da, I just got back...

Over the years, I have interviewed hundreds of designers, and have often asked them this same question: What makes you cringe when you...

CRASH! THUNK! BOOM! The loud clamor jolts me out of my patio chair, where I am trying to write this column. The dogs startle from their...

Ask yourself, “What would make me the happiest when I walk into my home?” poses Interior designer John McClain in his first book, “The...

Pick a color any color. It’s COTY Time. Every year about now top paint companies announce their Color of The Year, their best guess at...

“Are you sure you want all these people in your house?” I asked the groom’s mom when she offered to host the wedding at her Jackson Hole,...

I love every part of my home, but my favorite place by far is my outdoor covered patio. As soon as the weather permits, I am the first...

I don’t know about you, but as far as aging goes, I have a plan. Plan A is I will not age. Plan B is, if I must age, I will go down...

Here I lecture you all the time about properly storing and organizing all that matters, so it’s safe and accessible, as if I had all that...

Today’s story begins in a crowded marketplace in New Delhi, India, in the mid-sixties. Martha Ramsay, of Bristow, Virg., had just bought...