It’s more complicated than you might think. Here’s what to consider before you spend a lot on the wrong ones.
Category: Home Repairs and Improvements
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In Spain, a Family Home Is Restored With One Principle: Do No Harm
A 14th-generation owner is reviving his ancestral wine estate in Galicia by doing as little as possible.
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Manhattan Apartments: Making the Most of a Tiny West Village Studio
When he found his dream home, he wasn’t expecting it to be quite so small. Here’s how he made the most of every square foot.
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As Their Family Grew, the Suburbs Beckoned
But finding the right house wasn’t easy during the pandemic. Neither was renovating on a tight schedule.
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Are Tiny Homes a Solution to the Housing Crisis? These Builders Think So.
At the International Builders’ Show, exhibitors offered mini prefab houses, kitchens ‘like Swiss Army knives’ and other strategies for dealing with a constrained market.
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Does Your Home Have Backup Power? We Want to Hear From You.
Sales of generators and home batteries are up as people look to protect themselves from power outages, which are becoming more common.
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How A Couple Transformed This Frumpy Two-Family House in Brooklyn
You’d never know that this gracious Brooklyn home was once a frumpy two-family house. Here’s how one couple transformed it.
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Ceiling Wallpaper Makes a Maximalist Comeback
The current maximalist movement does not spare the ceiling.
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How to Create a Playroom That Appeals to Children and Adults
Thanks to an awareness that design affects children’s development, playrooms are no longer ‘the worst room in the house.’ You may even want to hang out there.
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Interior Design That Caters to Pets Has Become Its Own Niche Market
Interior design that caters to animals has become its own niche market with the great pandemic pet boom.
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A 1974 Sea Ranch Cabin by William Turnbull Jr. Gets a New Life
The house in Sonoma County, designed by a notable modernist architect, needed someone with vision — and the willingness to do a lot of work.
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They Dreamed of a Bigger Apartment. Little by Little, It Came True.
Most New Yorkers wish for more space, but moving isn’t the only way to get it. Sometimes you just have to wait for the neighbors to sell.