02/03/2015 23:12
The townhouse that Annie Spano wanted to buy had gone to the dogs — literally. Previous owners’ large dogs had chewed up a lot of the molding and stained the floors with urine. “It was a wreck,” Anni...
02/03/2015 22:12
In our hurried lives, we seldom take time to look down. But when we do, we discover subtle gems that go unnoticed by most. So it is in our gardens. Take cedars, for example. Their bold, majestic form...
02/03/2015 10:42
In creamy white with a dash of pink, the little star flowers of milkweeds seem to sparkle and anticipate explosion into parade confetti. Yet their beauty is not their greatest asset. Milkweeds (Ascle...
02/03/2015 05:12
Choosing that just-right hue for your living room can make all the difference — creating a mood, defining the space and more. Case in point: these 10 colorful living rooms, from homes featured in our...
02/03/2015 03:12
If you have not yet heard the term “zero net energy,” or ZNE, you will soon be hearing it everywhere. Most simply it means that a building consumes only as much energy as it can produce by renewable ...