"What would you give me for a basket of hugs?" Rob Lowe asks as the doting single-dad in Lifetime's The Bad Seed movie. His daughter Emma smiles. "A basket of kisses!" When he leaves the room, she turns to the mirror and practices the ... Keep Reading
Before & After: How Lauren Liess Updated Her House from the ’70s
I've been following interior designer Lauren Liess's popular blog Pure Style Home for a long time, but even if you haven't, you've probably seen her work featured in magazines like Better Homes and Gardens. She and husband David bought ... Keep Reading
Building a Tiny Purple Beach House on Tybee
Katy is a single mom with three kids whose big dream was to build a tiny purple beach house on Tybee Island in Georgia. She says, "I purchased a disgusting wreck of a house by the water in 2011 and tore it down to build a tiny, ... Keep Reading
An Old Kitchen Gets a New Look for Less Than $1,500
Gretchen told me that when she and husband Steven bought their house near Philadelphia, she liked the quaint vintage 1950s kitchen that came with it. But the longer they lived (and cooked) there, the clearer it became that it needed some ... Keep Reading
Seventies No More: Jenna Sue’s Sunny New Kitchen
After my post about House Beautiful's Kitchen of the Year, a reader told me she needed "an antidote to that dark, cold and mod room." So today let's take a look at Jenna Sue's kitchen, and how they knocked down the walls between the ... Keep Reading