If workers around your home are doing things that bother you, there’s a diplomatic way to approach them

We click open invitations and RSVP via text, but a handwritten thank-you is sometimes still best. Here's how to tell

Did you recently redo your bath? Please tell us about your upgrade and what it took to get there

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Set the right mood, focus a view or highlight architecture with long, narrow windows sited just so on a wall

Not kicking up your heels anticipating rushes of spring color and garden catalogs? You’re not alone

Climbing through your closets and fielding design issues galore, your contractor might stay mum. Here's what you're missing

‘Pull yourself together’ or ‘thank you for transforming my life’? Notes to homes around the country hit us where we live

See how wood, concrete and stone convey ideas about history, personal taste and much more