I really wish I could fix my bathroom, but as a landlord, doing a full bowel reconstruction from scratch, is not a possibility. However, lighting is definitely something I can upgrade without changing the existing fixtures. So I came up with a plan…
In fact, three-bedroom apartments aren’t necessarily impossible to find in New York City, and they aren’t all priced into the millions. Here are three co-ops, all under $1.6 million, holding open houses this weekend. 575 Grand St., #E1405, Lower East Side Three bedrooms/Two…
Visit a Target and use whichever bathroom you’d like. That’s the message the retail giant appears to be sending with a new statement on its website that ostensibly takes aim at so-called “bathroom laws” seeking to restrict men’s and women’s bathrooms designs to…
Every homeowner finds it easy to dream of home renovations, while putting the wheels into motion is another story. Contrary to popular belief, household improvements can be economically completed in almost no time. These effortless projects will get the ball rolling and begin…
It’s a do-it-yourself world, whereas occasionally deciding to do it yourself can end up costing more money and headache than if you had just called a professional. Jackie Naylor of Jackie Naylor Interiors in Atlanta says it is true that most homeowners get…
Walking into a room, it’s easy to see when the room feels and looks right. You also can tell when it works well for the occupants. That’s because a well-arranged room takes advantage of both the furniture and the room, making the best…
Knowing what you don’t want to end up with can be a perfectly fine place to start. While rebuilding the Carmel home she’d lived in for more than a decade, Diane Franich knew she wanted something as far removed from the original design…
The number of bathrooms in a home can actually make or break the home’s overall functionality for its inhabitants. However before you put your house on the market to look for a new one with that extra bathroom you’ve been dreaming of, you…
It is generally recognized that the labels of cleaning products hide dirty secrets. No federal or state law requires manufacturers to disclose the chemicals in products used for scrubbing bathrooms, mopping floors, washing windows or any other cleaning job, whether in homes, schools…
Anne Rolland Architecte has transformed a ground-floor space in a 17th-century Parisian townhouse into a studio apartment with a secret underground room. Located in one of the oldest parts of the city, the flat was once used to connect a larger apartment to…
