If you've collected a lot of books over the years that are just sitting around unread in your home, it's time to consider using them as a powerful decorating tool. Books of all sizes and types can be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Lauren writes about interior design and real estate. They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but there are ...

Forget those manufactured “tiny houses.” Try living inside an overturned boat. Don’t shore up that collapsing wall with an expensive metal beam — use a shark’s bone. And though plaster is nice, walls ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am appalled at the current practice on TV home decor shows of placing books with their titles to the wall. It is a huge fad. I keep waiting for one of the hosts to realize that ...

A few seasons ago, architect Sarah Susanka stirred things up with her best-selling "The Not So Big House" (Taunton Press, $30 hardcover). Now she has a follow-up in "Creating the Not So Big House" ...

Rows of books crowding your home? Here are six new ways to display and decorate with books: • Form over function: Flea markets and garage sales are repositories of old books and encyclopedia sets that ...

has me nodding my head in agreement: White is Flexible; White is Forgiving; White Plays Well With Others. Yes it does. Designed more as a picture book than an academic tome, "Decorating With White" ...