A couple bought a second home with friends, and then decided that being neighbors would be much more fun.

During the early pandemic, two architects found most of their jobs on hold. It was time to get creative.

Why professional designers swear by supermarket décor.

Many of their friends from Grand Rapids were “moving back home and telling us how great it was.” So they followed suit.

The best ones have several things in common, according to the pros. Here’s how to design yours.

The customized home has a propane range, an incinerating toilet and movable solar panels (for off-the-grid travel). Now the only question is where to go...

Getting there required buying something far worse than the typical fixer-upper: “It was like excavating in Pompeii.”

Framing artwork is just the first step. Figuring out how (and where) to hang it takes some doing.

We asked the experts for some shortcuts — because “budgets don’t always allow for a professional framer.”

“It’s probably the best place I’ve ever lived,” said the owner of a little house in the mountainous Methow Valley of Washington.