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I suppose it was too much for me to wish that someone over these last two weeks had mentioned the first time that hostages were taken by the Persian people....

Buying a 30-year-old colonial house proved a big mistake for the financial adviser and his school administrator wife. She thought the house, with its traditional, boxy floor plan, had "character."...

Q. I have a home in Michigan that has two flat roofs, one over an open front porch and one over a family room. The rooms behind these two flat...

Over an average lifetime, few transactions are more financially challenging than buying a first home or paying for a posh wedding. Imagine what it's like to get slammed with the...

In late 1989, shortly before I turned 40, I ran a successful handyman business in San Francisco with a stable group of about four dozen clients who kept me busy...

If you cook healthy food, it stands to reason that you would want a healthy kitchen. Which means avoiding plywood and particleboard, which give off gaseous formaldehyde, and steering clear...

Marco, a large brown tabby cat, stately sits on his haunches outside Venice's Ospedale Civile, welcoming all who come to visit loved ones at this hospital. Is that a smirk...

The spirit of Scarlett O'Hara and her velvet curtain dress is alive and well in New Orleans, where designer Angele Parlange practices what she calls "Creole thrift." The phrase, which...

If you're feeling a little blue, you're not alone. From ice to robin's egg to periwinkle blue kissed with lavender, from rich sapphire to inky indigo, cool blue is hot...

Q Perhaps you might be able to shed some light on a problem I have with my garage floor. My home is 18 years old, and the concrete floor (which...