Trendproof your interior with this sensible guide to using this utilitarian material indoors

Yup, you heard right. Laid down and shined up, plywood can run with the big flooring boys at an affordable price

It’s been a staple sturdy raw material for a long time, but now plywood is becoming a feature in its own right

Of course you've heard of it, but you might not know all the uses and benefits of this workhorse building material

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

Ignore the instinct to go with white. These colors can show your house in the best possible light

See how an all-wrong mantel became a gorgeous fireplace focal point at the hands of an interior designer and her carpenter

Checkerboard Patterns Go From Casual to Ritzy, From Marble to Grass

The Low-Budget Wood Goes High Style in These Modern Interiors