Kitchen and Residential Design

This e-mail just arrived: For starters, what color grout to use on your back splash is not a huge dilemma. Deciding to take a loved one...

I get at least three e-mails every week from readers of this blog and other things I've written around the internet. This is immensely g...

via Help! My husband and I are planning to finish up our kitchen with all new appliances and by fixing our old cabinets at some point ...

Help! I love the look of the farm sinks, but I don't like the look of granite. The salesperson at Home Depot said to have a farm sink, ...

Help! I'm getting ready to renovate my house and I'm in a bit of a quandary. I like all kinds of things, from antique sofas to hype...

I get reader questions from all over the place and this one arrived some time around the new year. Usually, I answer reader questions with a...

Help! I live in a small house and I'm thinking about replacing my kitchen table and chairs with an island. Would this be a good or a bad...

This post ran originally on 27 February 2009. I used to be a lot more blunt in my reader question posts then I am these days but I think i...

In an effort to reclaim something of a personal life, I'm re-running archived posts on Saturdays and Sunday until I'm good and ready...

Hi! I was reading your blog piece on patinas of Feb.10 2009  but silly me I cannot figure out how to find the next day (you said it would be...

That switch plate and outlet cover post really struck a nerve yesterday. Everybody has an idea about how to deal with them and that's te...

Help! What are your thoughts for how to treat switch plates and electrical outlets in a back splash covered in glass tile?  I've been b...

The following question came from a reader with whom I've been corresponding for the last few months as she undergoes a major renovation ...