In my finger-wagging moments, when I am (I hope kindly) chiding folks for buying too much stuff and not getting rid of enough, when I am...

I know we’re not supposed to care, but don’t we all kind of want to know what’s going on in other people’s houses? As least décor-wise?...

At every talk I give on downsizing, the subject of handing furniture off to grown kids comes up. And every time I deliver the bad news:...

Walking into Breeze Inn or Ebbtide, two vacation rental cottages on Georgia’s Tybee Island, is like stepping into one of Mary Kay...

Every home has one. Many have several. You touch it every day. (Some people should touch it more.) It promotes hygiene and hydration. Yet...

A New Year brings a clean slate, a fresh start, and a sobering perspective: The gluttony has ended. The blooms are off the poinsettias....

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Over the past 12 months we’ve covered a lot of home topics, from the philosophical (the meaning of home) to the practical (preventing...

One of my favorite year-end rituals is to look back at the 50 columns I’ve managed to eke out, and survey how much we’ve gone through...

The place came fully furnished. That’s the good news and the bad news. While I don’t strongly dislike any furnishings in the beach rental...