Lauren is a writer and architectural designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to being a writer at Forbes, she works as a freelance architectural designer specializing in residential ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 14th installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary. We’re excited to publish their tale of buying and renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first ...

The cure for a day spent staring at a computer screen is sitting on your deck, watching the sunset, glass of rosé in hand. It almost makes you forget what a pain in the *ss that deck was to build ...

As consumers emerge from their recessionary shell, decking has floated up the summer wish list. Whether it involves building a deck, replacing an old one or reviving a worn surface, decks lie within ...

"I wanted to have enough space to entertain. I wanted that indoor/outdoor living experience, almost like you’re in a living room, but it’s outside, " says Lisa Allen Scalise, an interior designer and ...

We're building a DIY Kids Playhouse! Welcome to our very exciting summer renovation! This is the second video of our series, in which we are raising the playhouse off the ground, building the DIY ...