Congress Just Grilled Officials Over How States Are Actually Spending Federal…
A House subcommittee spent more than two hours this month pressing state officials on a…
First Five Years Fund Just Flagged Five Specific Problems With a…
First Five Years Fund, a research and advocacy organization focused on early childhood policy, has…
Two-Tone Kitchen Cabinets Pairing a Dark Island With Light Perimeter Cabinetry…
Forty-two percent of kitchen and bath designers said they were specifying mixed-color cabinetry, according to…
Heated Bathroom Floors Have Jumped From a Rare Luxury Afterthought to…
Bathroom installations of radiant floor heating grew 50.1% year over year, according to a Q2…
Kids’ Brains Aren’t Broken or Distracted at All, a New Ohio…
Human children take roughly 22 years to reach full brain maturity — the longest developmental…
Procter & Gamble Just Quietly Stripped Fragrance Completely Out of One…
Procter & Gamble has quietly removed fragrance from every size and package of Pampers Swaddlers,…
Miss This Exact Two-Week Aeration Window and Your Lawn Comes Back…
Ask several university extension offices when to aerate a cool-season lawn in fall and the…
Buying a Fixer-Upper and Renovating It Now Costs More Than Just…
A fixer-upper listed at $150,000 looks like a steep discount against a move-in-ready comparable at…
Garages Across America Can No Longer Fit an Actual Car Inside…
Thirty-six percent of Americans with a garage say it’s too cluttered to fit a vehicle…
Real Christmas Wreaths Are Outselling Artificial Ones for the First Time…
Natural evergreen wreaths are still, by most industry accounts, the dominant segment of the U.S.…
Matte Black Has Quietly Overtaken Stainless Steel as the Kitchen Appliance…
Ask a kitchen appliance retailer what’s moving off the showroom floor and matte black finishes…
Custom Closet Systems Return More of Their Cost at Resale Than…
Of all the projects a homeowner can put money into before selling, a new steel…
Fireplace Inserts Are Now Outselling Brand-New Fireplace Builds for the First…
Most traditional open fireplaces lose more than 90% of a fire’s heat straight up the…
Tankless Water Heaters Cost Nearly Double What a Traditional Tank Runs…
A tankless water heater typically costs between $3,000 and $6,500 fully installed, compared with $1,700…
Built-In Bookshelves Are Replacing Accent Walls as the Most Requested Living…
Ask a designer what clients are requesting for their living rooms right now and a…
French Drains Cost a Small Fraction of What Foundation Repair Eventually…
A water stain the size of a dinner plate spreads across a basement wall, and…
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