Still worrying about what goes with what when you’re decorating? Design style leaders nix the matching – “too boring” – in favor of mixing colors, wood grains, stains and textures throughout a room. “Consumers think everything has to match, but the pros mix,” says Laura Dalzell, owner and president of Cabinets & Designs, Inc. in [...]

There are 78.2 million baby boomers according to the U.S. Census Bureau. If you are one of them, born between 1946 and 1964, you might soon look at your house with a new perspective. “The bones begin to creek a little more as you age — things that don’t happen when you are younger,” says [...]

If you haven’t shopped for flooring in the past few years, prepare yourself. The vast array of hard-surface options is extensive, to say the least. From stone to tile, wood to vinyl, linoleum to laminate, the choices can seem endless. How do you sift through the features and benefits of each to choose the product [...]