Shortly after I got married, my mother-in-law gave me a gift subscription to Better Homes and Gardens, and she's been renewing it for me every year since (thanks, Norma!). That means that when the September 1998 issue came out, I ... Keep Reading
Real Estate
A House in Montana with Rustic English-Country Style
A reader named Alicia wrote me about the house in Montana she built on 180 acres near the small town of Ennis. She says, "It's a pretty special place. Kind of rustic but with a bit of English country style. It's tucked in a forest of ... Keep Reading
Restoring a Painted Queen Anne Cottage in Austin
This is the kind of house story I love to hear because it has a happy ending! The Wilkins-Heath House is a painted Queen Anne Victorian that was built in the 1880s but had fallen into serious disrepair by the 1980s. It's been restored ... Keep Reading




