Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

Functional items in homes are not always the prettiest features, with elements like electrical boxes, outlet switches and access panels often leaving you scrambling to find a way to hide them, ...

Attics already have that mysterious quality, where items that were at some point important to us (or the home’s previous owners) fill boxes that we forget about, and then eventually rediscover. And ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's always gratifying when knowledge from our K-12 education comes in handy. Heat rises, and this one isn't too hard to forget. Chilly lower ...