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See that beautiful bedding? It wasn’t designed by a professional — it was done through Fabric on Demand, a service that allows anyone to create their own fabric designs. Just another example of how technology has given us all the ability to create things we once had to get through professionals. Spoonflower is another site that lets you create not only fabric, but wallpaper, g...

Turquoise, tangerine, cornflower blue: pick one of these for a summertime hue. Or all of them. The beachy vibe of these colors is resonating with designers and shoppers looking to add relaxed life to their surroundings for these precious months between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Just check out the first few photos in this slideshow at HGTV.com. The colors are mostly cool, sometimes warm, ...

Green roofs are definitely a growing trend in large commercial and institutional buildings. Planted with sod or other vegetation, they can reduce the “heat island” effect and keep significant amounts of water from running off, reducing the contaminants carried into streams and groundwater. But is the typical homeowner ready for a living roof? It’s certainly an idea that&#...

Ask Martha: Vegetable Garden Basics Martha Stewart Martha shares her vegetable gardening wisdom in this video! Do shipping container houses make sense for disaster relief housing? Treehugger “Japanese architect Yatsutaka Yoshimura has designed what he calls the ‘ex-container project,’ in what Designboom says is a ‘response to calls for disaster relief housing after t...

Thinking about getting into shape now that spring is here? You could have worked out in style all winter without leaving your house if you had one of these amazing home gyms we discovered on Houzz. Some are fairly modest and utilitarian spaces tucked into renovated basement corners. But most of them are jaw-dropping creations that include such features as climbing walls, lap pools, full-...