Learn how to balance your budget and set priorities to get the home features you want with the least compromise

Culture and comfort to ground your space

See where it makes sense to invest in durable essentials and focal pieces, and where to economize on other things

Check out these tricks from vets and landscape designers for keeping your pets and plantings safe in the backyard

From subtly sophisticated to downright swirltastic, these area rugs will please the eye while cushioning the feet

Checkerboard Patterns Go From Casual to Ritzy, From Marble to Grass

One rug fits all: See where and why you can use this foot-friendly, understated accent

Discover why salt may be the perfect house-warming gift, how to clean rugs in snow and why you should invest in a pair of ‘toilet slippers’

Add spark underfoot and pull a room together all around with a patterned rug as bold or subtle as you please

Upholstery, draperies, rugs and mirrors are a few of the items for which it makes sense to consider a custom option