Spiff up your living room with very little effort or expense, using ideas borrowed from covetable ones

Take your kitchen up a notch even if it will never reach top-of-the-line, with these cheap and easy decorating ideas

Get a decorator-style dining room on the cheap with inexpensive artwork, secondhand furniture and thoughtful accessories

Make a utilitarian mudroom snazzier and better organized with these cheap and easy ideas

Make your bedroom a serene dream with easy moves that won’t give your bank account nightmares

Make a smashing first impression with just one or two affordable design moves

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West Coast natives: The blue flowers of drought-tolerant ceanothus draw the eye and help support local wildlife too

This low-maintenance, high-impact houseplant fits in with any design and can clear the air, too

Leaf blowers, trucks or noisy neighbors driving you berserk? These sound-reduction strategies can help you hush things up