I got a very nice email from Donna Talley, a photo stylist, story producer and designer for Better Homes & Gardens. She had seen the post I wrote about a cottage kitchen makeover that appeared in BHG last year and told me that she's ... Keep Reading
A Small Cottage Kitchen Makeover in New York
One thing I like about Better Homes & Gardens is that it's one of the more "realistic" shelter magazines out there. This small kitchen makeover that they featured is a good example. It's in a 1935 Cape-style cottage in upstate New ... Keep Reading
1956: A Good Year for Pink Bathrooms
This is the title page from my 1956 edition of the Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Book. I love the retro stuff. Today we're taking a gander at the bathrooms, which will explain a lot of things--such as why many of us have lived in ... Keep Reading