Express your personality more easily than ever with laminates, wovens and even bone all around the home

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

Get the lowdown on framing materials, methods and more

An artistic New York City family enlists the help of a skillful designer to create a customized built-in appearance using Ikea cabinets

Landscape designer Scot Eckley walks us through the process of creating a custom aluminum ring gate

Do you want custom, semicustom or stock cabinets? Frameless or framed construction? We review the options

Thank-you notes, first-aid kit, clear glass vases ... It’s easy to go with the flow when you’ve got the items you need at hand

Learn the benefits of going custom, along with possible projects, cabinetmakers’ pricing structures and more

Ethan Waldman quit his job, left his large house and spent $42,000 to build a 200-square-foot home that costs him $100 a month to live in

Discover why salt may be the perfect house-warming gift, how to clean rugs in snow and why you should invest in a pair of ‘toilet slippers’