I’ve had inspectors who seemed more interested in my old fuse box than the state of my kitchen counters. Once, one even complimented my 1920s tile but...

Lavender definitely has its quirks—I struggled with it at first too. Eventually, I figured out it really hates heavy clay soil, which my garden unfort...

Humidity can definitely ruin your day when refinishing floors. I've found that using oil-based poly instead of water-based helps a bit—it dries slower...

Corsican mint is lovely, but from experience, it bruises fairly easily under heavy or regular foot traffic. I've used it between stepping stones in a ...

That's exactly what we did when renovating our historic home. The kitchen windows are charming but small, so natural light alone wasn't enough. We ins...