A HOME MADE FOR LIVING

The phrase “designer bath” conjures a particular image. A sculptural freestanding tub in a vast, marble-clad bathroom, photographed for a magazine that most of us will never appear in. The assumption that follows is equally particular: that such a bath must cost a fortune, and that it belongs to a different kind of household entirely. […]

Plantation shutters are one of the few window treatments that read as part of the house rather than something hung in front of it. A good set looks like trim, works for decades, and changes the light in a room more than almost anything else you can do to a window. A bad set sags, […]

Why Fall Is a Smart Time to Pump Your Septic Tank If your home sits outside city sewer lines, everything that goes down your drains ends up in one place: the septic tank buried in your yard. Most of the time it does its job quietly. But a septic system only works as well as […]

Older homes have character you can’t buy new: deep window trim, plaster walls, wood floors that have settled into the house over decades. When a family outgrows one of these homes, an addition is often the answer. It can also be the project that makes a beautiful old house look patched together. The difference usually […]