Archive: Expert Advice

Good News for Design-Sensitive Composters

Good News for Design-Sensitive Composters

Q: Is there an attractive way to store kitchen waste before you're ready to take it outside to the compost pile?

Creating a Space-Within-A-Space

Creating a Space-Within-A-Space

Q. How can I create a semi-private "bedroom" within my studio apartment? I bought beautiful silk fabric, thinking I would hang it from the ceiling to create a walled-off area for the bed, but now...

Q. Besides composting, what can I do to be a green gardener?

Q. Besides composting, what can I do to be a green gardener?

Q. I once, unwittingly and foolishly, removed handcrafted needlepoint panels...

my grandmother had made for a rocking chair long ago, then covered the chair in a nondescript fabric. Every time I view her lovely chair, I am sickened by my youthful mistake. How can I find...

Q. We love the look of back-painted glass and would like a backsplash of this material in our kitchen.

Q. We love the look of back-painted glass and would like a backsplash of this material in our kitchen.

How pricey is it, and how should we proceed?

Q. I'm having trouble finding a good-looking sconce to light an open staircase.

It needs to be flat so we don't bump into it, and we don't want to be blinded by it, whether we're going up or down.

Q: I have a brick two-flat with oak flooring in each apartment...

Is it really bad to have two different types of wood flooring in close quarters?

 Q. We live in a house with a so-called decorative fireplace-meaning it once was usable, but now just sits there.

Q. We live in a house with a so-called decorative fireplace-meaning it once was usable, but now just sits there.

How big a deal would it be to turn it into a working, wood-burning fireplace?

Q. I'm planning to build a kosher kitchen from scratch.

Do you have any advice for me?

Q. What’s a gardener in this part of the country supposed to do during the winter?

Q. What’s a gardener in this part of the country supposed to do during the winter?