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Tiffany's Charming New Orleans Sanctuary Pin it Big or small. Traditional or modern. All homes have different styles, but they all have similarities at the heart of them, too. And these four pieces of universal advice ca...

Pin it Ever seen a roller coaster overgrown with vegetation? In his latest book, Bizarro: The World's Most Hauntingly Beautiful Abandoned Theme Parks, photographer Seph Lawless explores ten such parks across the country....

Pin it Open Quiz Think you know the IKEA catalog back to front? Time to prove it. Each of these rooms (from our recent house tours) feature an IKEA element and it's up to you to find them all. Here's what to do: when you...

Jess' Colorful Urban Townhouse Pin it My spouse always putters around the house, doing little things throughout the day, as she thinks to do them. It's like breathing for her -- something she does alongside her normal ro...

Pin it Here's a different way to think about a city's cost of living: What's $100 worth? The economists at the Tax Foundation used data from Bureau of Economic Analysis to determine just how far a Benjamin goes across th...

Pin it Garage sale-ing offers the thrill of the bargain hunt and helps us in our quest to reuse and recycle -- but not everything is "good as new," even if it appears so on the outside. Here are 14 things that, for the s...

Pin it The guest bathroom in Melissa's mid-century modern home was out of place with its rustic touches. She and her husband renovated it to have a more classic style, which fit with the rest of their home.

Pin it One of the revelations of living in a small home is that choosing less square footage doesn't mean you necessarily have to make do with less, just that you need to be super smart about how you organize the space y...

Pin it Name: Sue & Doug Riopelle Location: Old Rosedale Gardens; Livonia, MI Size: 1,800 square feet Years lived in: 11 years; Owned The curb appeal of Sue and Doug's home is what initially caught my eye. The red-orange ...

Pin it Q: I'm stuck! We have just found out that we are going to go from DINK's (double income, no kids), to a family of three! While this is super exciting, we are struggling to figure out how to mix a spare room with a...

Pin it Drew & Annie's Calm & Collected Home Pin it If you've got them, then you know that around this time of year (for those experiencing summer), these objects are in near-continual operation and blend and blur into th...

Pin it Dubai, a city that has long been pushing the envelope in terms of design, will host its first-ever Design Week this October 26-31.

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Pin it If you're like me, you like to change things up in your space pretty often. This isn't the most practical or economical trait when it comes to home decor, that's for sure, but sometimes all you need to freshen thi...

Purevsurengiin Togtokhsuren is just 13 years old, but he's already a seasoned jockey. This year marked his fifth time competing in the horse races of Naadam, Mongolia's annual summer festival. The festival celebrates the...

Mention Fannie Lou Hamer in many of the nation's classrooms, or in some offices on Capitol Hill, for that matter, and chances are the civil rights icon's name might garner more blank stares than recognition.

A year after a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all aboard, a Dutch town is remembering the victims with Ukrainian sunflowers.  Flight MH17 was hit by a missile over eastern Uk...

The clichéd rivalry between the East and West Coasts of the United States confounds those of us who grew up in distant lands. When it comes to ballet, in particular, many American balletomanes appear oblivious to the bu...

Sacred Music Festival. Photo by Noam Chojnowski Although Jerusalem today is awash in cultural events -- including a light festival, an arts festival in the Musrara neighborhood and the Israel Festival, with its internati...