Home & Garden

Designers offer their advice for decorating with a rainbow of colors.

Lindsey M. Roberts

We talked to three designers about the shades of blush, fuchsia, coral and more that they love.

Bubblegum and mauve might make you want to avoid the color altogether. But we talked to designers about the fresh shades that could change your mind.

Barbara Damrosch

Hydroponic gardening could not be more different from organic gardening if it tried, Barbara Damrosch writes.

Jeanne Huber

A reader wants to re-stain a table and banister to match new cabinets and flooring.

Margaret Ely

A couple seeks help with a sitting room into which the front door opens.

Jura Koncius

Target has tapped three of the most popular pinners on Pinterest to create partyware collections.

Barbara Damrosch

You can find something for gardeners of every stripe from Burpee and company.

Jeanne Huber

Drill where there is a stud and use a screw long enough to fasten into it. If no stud lines up with where you want to hang the item, install a toggle bolt.

Nicole Anzia

They say death and taxes are life’s only certainties, but all too often we don’t plan for the former. Here is a rundown of some of the most important documents you need to make sure your finances are handled properly and your medical wishes are followed.

Margaret Ely

A kitchen expands at the expense of the living room, but replacing oversized furniture makes it all good.

Jura Koncius and Margaret Ely

Readers offer their favorite Web sites, stores and organizations that will take old goods.

Barbara Damrosch

The ‘agrarian elders’ meet to discuss the future of organic farming.

Adrian Higgins

There are small, practical ways to help protect birds.

Jeanne Huber

The design of the chairs makes them too intricate for the reader to sand and repaint them without professional help.

Margaret Ely

These University Park residents have a master bedroom that could practically be a studio apartment.

Elizabeth Mayhew

Stuffed animals, animal skeletons and tortoise shells are in vogue in designer showcases in France.

Jura Koncius

Start your spring cleaning early. Here’s some advice from six professional organizers about how to sell, donate, dump or recycle six major categories of household stuff.

Barbara Damrosch

A savvy cook will enliven a dish with caraway, fennel or dill — all simple to grow at home. Poppy seeds are in a class by themselves.

Adrian Higgins

This is the season for pruning, but if you don’t know why or what you’re pruning, then leave the plant alone.