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

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

Add an exotic touch with Moroccan tiles in everything from intricate patterns and rich colors to subtle, luminous neutrals

Check out the gorgeously designed and furnished new space now that the paint is dry and all the pieces are in place

Share pictures of your home and yard this summer — we’d love to feature them in an upcoming story

Great design stimulates all the senses, including touch. Check out these great uses of texture, then let your fingers do the walking

Design — and the desire for more space — turns humble garages into gracious living rooms

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