How to Use Contractor Referral Websites

Tips for using online resources to get the best contractors for your projects

CURRENTS | Open: Design Within Reach Is Opening Housewares Stores

Design Within Reach is moving into the housewares market with DWR: Tools for Living, a SoHo store opening next month.

CURRENTS | Events: Garden Tour and Lecture on Aug. 23 Will Benefit Guild Hall in East Hampton

Mac Griswold, a garden historian in Sag Harbor, N.Y., and Manhattan, will give a lecture, “Everything New Under the Sun,” and a garden tour to benefit the Guild Hall of East Hampton, N.Y.

How do I fill the gap?

I was just wondering what is normally used to fill the gap between tile and the threshold? And, how do I apply for best results?

Currents | Q&A: From the Facts to the Faux

Nancy Collins, a writer, is launching a sideline in the furniture business.

In the Garden: Striking Lilies, Ready for Revival

Turk’s-cap lilies can grow to between five and eight feet and frequent wetlands and moist woodlands.