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Annette Harris of Garner, Bill Quaintance of Apex and Doug Corkhill of Arden offer tried-and-true tricks to make life easier around your home and garden.

Easy meals to get you through the week from Janet K. Keeler.

The Oscars are Sunday, which means there are precious few hours remaining to catch up on this year's nominees. And while many of the major acting races are locked up, and even Best Picture seems to have broken down to "B...

Japanese brand MUJI is opening two US stores in 2015, the first in Palo Alto's Stanford Shopping Center in July, the second on New York City's Fifth Avenue in the fall. The Fifth Ave store will be the company's fifth one...

The 30th Independent Spirit Awards are here! Hosted by Kristen Bell and Fred Armisen, the ceremony recognizes the year's greatest achievements in indie filmmaking. Oscar faves "Birdman" and "Boyhood" are up for a surfeit...

A couple weeks ago, a friend of mine came round for dinner on a Friday. We'd planned to open some wine, cook a meal and commiserate about our lives. When he arrived, fresh from a day of meetings and a bike ride across ru...

Almost no one has Ondine's Curse. It is an incredibly rare genetic disorder. Leo was born one of the unlucky few, and his doctors expected the worst. "They presented it in such a severe way, like he has no chance for a n...

We're living in employee housing and there's a good chance we'll be given a house upgrade in the next 1-5 years. We've put off buying furniture for this house while we wait to hear -- but how long do you wait?

Lisa's Pint Sized Storybook Nook House Tour So the place you're living in currently isn't the "dream" home you fantasize about from time to time. But that's okay. Even if you aren't living in your ideal dream home right ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Two unfinished sketches have been discovered on the reverse side of two watercolors by Paul Cezanne -- and officials at Philadelphia's Barnes Foundation museum says the collector who bought them more...

Artist and designer Jörg Schellmann has launched a new modern furniture collection for Moroso. The Conduit Sofa and Armchair (pictured) came out of his desire to create seating made of soft blocks held together by thin ...

I have a stockpile of materials to make festive kits to send my friends on their birthdays: garland, banners, paper crowns, confetti, and more. I have them all in a box that includes packing envelopes so they're easy to ...

With a large portion of today's art scene now digital, many artists have taken their portfolios to Instagram and other social media sites as a way to share their artwork with thousands of fans. The photo sharing app allo...

It's always exciting the first time a new friend invites you to their home. You feel like you've really made it, like you're a part of the inner circle. We're not buddies with Neil Patrick Harris (and his hubs David Burt...

Once upon a time you were madly in love with your home. Then you found out that your home sometimes forgets to brush his teeth and leaves socks all over the floor. You don't need therapy to get the magic back, you just n...

Somebody has to distribute all that golden hardware at Sunday's Oscars. Last year's acting winners (Cate Blanchett, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong'o and Jared Leto) are all accounted for, along with a few dozen other ...

I've caught the Serial bug, and now I think I'm addicted to podcasts. They're easy to listen to, especially for someone like me with a long commute every day. And it turns out they're a really rich medium for creative pe...

If you're staring out of your window onto a winter wonderland right now, it might seem a little crazy to be thinking about a spring garden. But it'll be time to start gardening before you know it, so we're taking the tim...

Shelter mag Rue got a new look this week. The bimonthly online publication started in 2010, and now has a refreshed logo, a shopping guide, and easier to access archives. Looking good, Rue!

Photograph by Johan Persson In June of 2013, I wrote about the impact of theatre on history, how Kander & Ebb's musical The Scottsboro Boys had helped change history. By telling the story of the nine black teenagers who ...

Half of the world's languages are endangered, and rapidly passing into oblivion. Manx--the ancient Celtic tongue spoken on the Isle of Man--had all but vanished by the 1970s. Defying the odds, it has returned to daily us...

It's hard to see what's going wrong (or right) in our own spaces -- we're often too close to be objective about what could use a change. So here's a quick and easy way to see your room with fresh eyes.