Each of us, on some level, is busy creating the lives we want to live, which is also reflected in our living spaces.  For educator and writer Jon Carroll and his wife, actress and filmmaker Nkechi Carroll, of Encino, California, that means not only time... 

Black Friday came and went quietly for me–I successfully hid under my bedcovers for a good part of the day and happily avoided long lines, crowds of crabby shoppers and equally crabby salespeople, and parking lot trauma.  But apparently it’s... 

As I approach the end of my first week as a guest blogger here at Room Recipes, I find myself pondering next week’s crop of stories.  A renovation-turned-love-story, a big city transformation, an architect who’s building an entire green community,... 

Like many folks out there, you may be primed to get your house ready to put on the market—and willing to do whatever it takes to get it sold.  In this current economic climate, even with murmurings of a recovery for the real estate market, most of... 

Warning: this post is not for the technically faint-hearted! Listen closely . . . you can just barely make out the battle sounds of the Spartans versus the Persians in 300.  Or maybe it’s the collective groans and cheers of the guys who disappeared... 

This blog post is dedicated to Eric and Susan Thacher, for whose love and support (and for this blog idea!) I am so grateful. As we gather with our loved ones today, it’s hard not to feel the lingering undercurrent of our economic woes:  the housing... 

There aren’t many of us out there who don’t have at least some idea of what we’d want our dream homes to look like–or at least our dream kitchens,  bathrooms, or home theaters.  We all carry around our mental list of what we’d... 

The road to home ownership hasn’t been easy for Kimie Halberstadt and her fiance Art Renshaw.  A process that is always lengthy and fraught with tension has been made worse by unforeseen hiccups with financial issues and paperwork, bids gone bad,... 

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. What’s even more fun is setting the stage for a great Thanksgiving Day party. Here are my Top Five tips to make your table and room a stand out! I get away from the traditional Thanksgiving decor and keep... 

Quirky Turkey Table Challenge from cookware.com and widwi.com Widwi.com has teamed up with Cookware.com, part of CSN Stores, for the first ever Quirky Turkey Table Challenge! We want to see how creative you can get when it comes to decorating your Thanksgiving...