A circa 1718 house in Charleston, a duplex penthouse in Hoboken and a Tudor Revival home in Highland Park.

From the choice and arrangement of your pots to how you think about what goes in them, one garden designer has some advice for you.

“We just wanted to have fun,” said an interior designer of the Arlington, Va., house she renovated with her husband.

Quite a lot, it turns out. “We just wanted to have fun,” said an interior designer of the Arlington, Va., house she renovated with her husband.

A Queen Anne Revival house in Santa Barbara, a two-bedroom condominium in Los Angeles and a five-bedroom compound in Rancho Mirage.

With a shrinking population and more than 10 million abandoned properties, the country is straining to match houses with curious buyers.

Establishing whether noise is legally excessive or unreasonable is the landlord’s responsibility. So is making a quieter building.

Though they don’t own their apartments, some renters are investing in the décor and design of their units to display on social media and are getting paid to do it.

A writer discovers the joy of breaking up chores into manageable chunks.

A study of Zillow search behavior identified the most sought-after areas in the country.

Looking to avoid the bustle of downtown, a first-time buyer sized up smaller single-family houses in South Minneapolis. Here’s what she found.

Looking to avoid the bustle of downtown, a first-time buyer sized up smaller single-family houses in South Minneapolis. Here’s what she found.

A one-bedroom cottage in Hope, a two-family home in Austin and a two-bedroom bungalow in Portland.

In this ‘family-friendly’ Union County township just 25 miles from Midtown Manhattan, ‘you’re going to get a little bit more for your money.’

In this ‘family-friendly' Union County township just 25 miles from Midtown Manhattan, ‘you’re going to get a little bit more for your money.’

And no, it’s not because it stinks like rotten meat. (Just for the record, they don’t all have a rancid smell.)

In an earlier, dirtier era, a thorough post-winter scrubbing was a labor-intensive necessity. Today, the tradition lives on as an annual rite of purification and renewal.

The urban farmer, who hosts the Magnolia Network series “Homegrown,” has a simple home-décor philosophy: “I don’t like buying new stuff.”

Jamila Norman — a.k.a. Farmer J from the Magnolia Network series “Homegrown” — has a simple home-décor philosophy: “I don’t like buying new stuff.”

A 1903 Craftsman house in Los Angeles, a Mediterranean-style home in San Rafael and a midcentury-modern retreat in Cambria.