I get to witness her in her first corporate role and see her grow. I'm also learning to let go, while we also enter a new stage of our relationship. By 9 a.m., my daughter and I are in our "office," ...

YEARS AGO, when I floated the idea of a screened-in porch to my opinionated, renovation-savvy friends, some thought it frivolous. One considered the plan old-fashioned. “I don’t get it,” she said. But ...

My favorite room in our house is damp, loud and blows hot and cold with the seasons. In truth, a screened porch barely qualifies as a room at all, which is exactly why I like it. It's the outdoors ...

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Bill and Vivian Nelson of Hoover wanted to update their screened porch because their furniture cushions were faded. The screened porch is their favorite room, so they wanted to spruce it up. Vivian ...

Q. I’d like a modest screened porch on the back of my house, which has a walkout basement and a slight overhang, similar to the front of a garrison. Is this a job to hand over to a good contractor, or ...

When the trees begin to blush with fall color and the mornings turn crisp, I know it’s time to plan a dog-friendly weekend ...