Decluttering should be its own reward. Letting go leads to that lovely feeling of lightness. Those open shelves, that organized closet,...

I knew when we bought the Happier Yellow House that the outdoor carriage lamps flanking the garage would need to go, and the sooner the...

I’ve always wanted a house on the water. I don’t have one. Twenty years ago, I had a house in California with a pool. More recently,...

The good news is your home has never been worth more. That takes some of the sting out of the fact that the stock market is down, and...

Don’t talk with your mouth full. Stand up to shake hands. You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar. One benefit of being...

I used to think there was nothing sexier than seeing my husband walk through the house with a toolkit and ladder on his way to do a home...

Before COVID hit, Howard Bragman had two houses and a spouse. Today the celebrity crisis manager, known for cleaning up some of...

Half the fun of watching “Property Brothers” — the HGTV reality series where identical twins Drew and Jonathan Scott convince homebuyers...

“Would you please stop shedding?” I beg Luke, our 55-pound hound mix (Great Pyrenees, German Shepherd, Chow Chow, Bassett hound and a few...

I went house hunting last weekend. No, not for me. I tagged along with my daughter and her fiancé, who are moving from Texas to Colorado...