Barbara Mahany

From Germany, the culture that gave us the "children's garden" (kindergarten), comes this 200-year-old brilliant idea: The schultute ("school tote," and pronounced SHOOL-too-tuh), a colorful cardboard cone filled with sweets...

I've been practicing for months. Practicing what it will be like when, in a few weeks, my firstborn is packed up, flown off and settled into a dorm on a...

I've been practicing for months. Practicing what it will be like when, in a few weeks, my firstborn is packed up, flown off and settled into a dorm on a...

See-through The purity of this duet is what we fell for. The utter transparency, too, is hard to beat. Guaranteed not to clash with your teacups. The glass is handmade...

The Engle brothers—Scott, Jeff and Mark—grew up around hammers, wrenches and screwdrivers. Heck, each one of 'em hoisted a power saw before he got out of grade school. But, says...

The lavatory sink is the likeliest clog in the house, says lifelong plumber Chuck White, vice president of technical and code services for the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association, a national trade...

Seeing as we live in the gotta-have-it-now age, we shouldn't be surprised to find that mindset has crept into the frozen treat aisle. Behold the super-cool Zoku Quick Pop Maker,...

The lavatory sink is the likeliest clog in the house, says lifelong plumber Chuck White, vice president of technical and code services for the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association, a national trade...