Secrets to Successfully Remodeling a House Together

1. Find Photos That Illustrate Your Point It’s much easier to show your partner a photo that depicts what you’re imagining for a space, rather than relying on descriptive powers alone. Create a shared ideabook on Houzz and you can both input inspiring pictures. Then...

Nine Things You Should Fix Before Listing Your Home

9 Things You Must Fix Before Listing Getting your money’s worth on a home sale is best achieved by proactively addressing the major issues. Here are some problems that real estate experts agree you absolutely have to repair before listing your home.  1. Water...

Five Kitchen Upgrades That Are Worth The Money

An Integrated Trash Drawer Every kitchen needs a place to throw out trash. But having a trash can just sitting out can ruin the aesthetic of your kitchen, especially a recently renovated kitchen. Interior designer Audrey Scheck tells me an integrated trash...

10 Houseplants That Are at Home in a Kitchen

1. Moth Orchid(Phalaenopsis spp.) Looking to add blooms to your kitchen? The easy-to-grow moth orchid will hold its flowers for months, given some basic care. You also can encourage reblooming with the right light and some patience. Best of all, moth orchids are...

Large, Dramatic Houseplants to Beautify Your Home

1. Bird-of-Paradise(Strelitzia reginae) When it comes to statement-making houseplants, it’s hard to go wrong with bird-of-paradise. Even indoors, this statuesque plant can easily reach 6 feet tall and wide. And while you’re unlikely to get blooms inside, you can still...

How To Dust Anything

Always, always, always start at the top and work your way down so you don’t push schmutz onto something you just cleaned. If you have ceiling fans or overhead lights, hit those first. Next, dust the tops of window frames and treatments. Then progress downward to the...

9 Kitchen Remodeling Trends

1. Open-Concept Kitchens Are on the Rise After the share of homeowners opening their kitchens to nearby rooms dipped from 53% in 2019 to 43% in 2021, the trend is on the rise again, back to 43% in 2024 compared with 38% of those who renovated in 2022. Renovating...

13 Items You Should Never Store in the Pantry

There’s no one right way to organize a pantry, especially since the size and configurations vary so greatly. You might use a handful of kitchen cabinet shelves as a small pantry, or you could have a walk-in pantry that affords you room to store more...