Home & Garden

This image provided by frenchCalifornia shows a living room. A San Francisco home done by interiors firm frenchCalifornia, features this stylish space painted in Backdrop’s Lobby Scene, a dark, warm purple-red that was inspired by Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel and the color of the lobby boy’s uniform. (frenchCalifornia/Douglas Friedman via AP)

Home decorators painting a brighter picture for dark interior paints

Far from gloomy, experts say darker paints create a cozy, more welcoming room

 

This combination of images show gardening apps, from left, the Seed to Spoon mobile gardening app by Park Seed, from left, the Google Lens app that has image-recognition technology to identify plants, and Apple's AI-powered Visual Look Up feature to identify flowers. (Park Seed’s From Seed to Spoon/Google/Apple via AP)

Gardening help in the palm of your hand: 5 apps, phone tips

You’re in your garden and notice a beautiful, new-to-you flower that has…

 

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Top 5 spring gardening must-haves for under $40!

With the days really are getting longer and – and hopefully warmer…

  • Mar 8, 2023

 

Diffenbachia is also known as dumb cane. Chewing a portion of its stem can render someone temporarily but painfully speechless, as the calcium oxalate crystals in it can cause throat and mouth swelling. (File photo by Advocate news services)

Pretty but toxic: Watch toddlers around these houseplants

When visiting friends or family who have both houseplants and young children,…

Diffenbachia is also known as dumb cane. Chewing a portion of its stem can render someone temporarily but painfully speechless, as the calcium oxalate crystals in it can cause throat and mouth swelling. (File photo by Advocate news services)
Echo Show 5 (2nd Gen)

Convert your home into a smart home with these products

If you’ve been dreaming of turning your home into a smart home,…

  • Oct 6, 2022
Echo Show 5 (2nd Gen)
May 11, 2022 -Daughter and father, Tania and Mario Conforti photographed in one of the homes they've built for a business feature in Boulevard magazine.. Don Denton photograph.

Family business

Confortis thrive as a family and as work mates

  • Jun 29, 2022
May 11, 2022 -Daughter and father, Tania and Mario Conforti photographed in one of the homes they've built for a business feature in Boulevard magazine.. Don Denton photograph.
Lia Crowe photography

Where time stands still

Timeless design preserves character of this beautiful heritage home

  • Jan 14, 2022
Lia Crowe photography