Interior designer Nadia Watts echoed the curves of the staircase with Spanish Revival–style iron balusters. “The movement of the metal and wood railing draws you in and creates depth and flow,” Watts ...

Could you confidently say you know the difference between a balustrade, a banister, and a railing? No? Don't worry, neither could I. Sometimes, home design jargon can feel like a completely different ...

CONSTANT READERS will have figured out by now that we have made a major commitment to helping you build your deck (short of actually lifting a hammer, that is). We would like to assure you that this ...

I recently fell in the dark on my stairs and put my knee through one of the balusters. I looked for a replacement, but can't find the right one. So I guess I'm going to glue it back together. I was ...