Rather than spend hundreds of dollars a month storing furniture you don’t need, help a struggling family furnish a home and save the money.

Now, because I live in the real world, redecorating for me does not mean tossing all my furniture and starting over.

“Your living room rug is too small,” she said. “No, it’s not,” I said. “Yes, it is.” “So what if it is. I’m not getting rid of it.” We...

“Wallpaper?” “Yes. Wallpaper,” the designer said. “I haven’t put wallpaper in a home in 15 years.” “Where have you been? Wallpaper is...

As I was winding up a downsizing talk to a group of retirees in Baltimore last week, a woman asked a question that made me want to reach...

The move was risky. And I don’t regret it one bit. For all my decorating life, decades, I thought animal prints were for other people....

Like many do-it-yourself decorators, I’m always on the lookout for ways to bridge the gap between my limited skillset and the world of...

Thanks to all who sent in congratulatory notes after my column from a few weeks ago announcing my 20th anniversary of writing this weekly...

I like interesting stories and I like interesting homes. I also like to believe I tell the former and have the latter. (Don’t we all?)...

So, while talking to the host of The Midlife Makeover podcast, who is interviewing me over Zoom about rightsizing, I notice that this...