Save money by hiring an architect for hourly consulting instead of paying the usual commission fee. In this Do-It-Yourself era, can y...

“Crackerbox.” That’s only one of the unflattering names we’ve given postwar tract houses thanks to their thin, flimsy look. Funny thing is...

Last time, we noted how few people truly take advantage of the land around their homes, and we saw how a simple change like replacing cert...

Double your home’s living area without adding a single square foot?  It’s no joke. To pull it off, though, you need to change the way ...

A while back, I was invited to one of those neighborhood earthquake-preparedness meetings we have out here in the shaky state of California....

“NOTHING LIKE PEOPLE POWER TO STOP A CELL TOWER,” crowed a recent editorial in my local paper, referring to a very upscale neighborhood wh...

About half of our pure, sparkling, drinkable water ends up being poured on the ground We Americans have many good traits, but our asto...