A kid’s bedroom filled with friendly animals can be a dream come true. The creature-happy space is perfect for one boy or a pair of brothers. Froggies Everywhere! For a rough-and-tumble 4-year-old, a pond-themed room is the way to go. Cool blue covers “outdoor” space, painted frogs, reeds, and clouds create no-worries artwork throughout the …

In just a few minutes, you can design your dream garden on your home computer. Plan-a-Garden lets you create garden design plans for anything from a patio-side container garden to your whole yard. Use your mouse to “drag-and-drop” more than 150 trees, shrubs, and flowers. Add dozens of structures like buildings, sheds, fences, decks—even a …

ORGANIZE SPICES BY USE Lisa’s go-to strategy for spices: Store them in a drawer to keep them all visible at a glance and prevent them from getting lost in the back of a cabinet or pantry. Decant spices into uniform, labeled containers. Place those you reach for most often toward the front of the drawer. …

WHEN YOU SHOULDN’T USE YOUR DISHWASHER Ahh, the dishwasher—your kitchen’s most trusted and well-used companion. Perhaps one of the best parts of enjoying a delicious meal at home is knowing that you don’t have to stand there washing each dish, bowl, cup, and mug by hand—your dishwasher will handle that pesky task for you. But …

One of the most functional rooms in the house is the bathroom. Frequently used, and exposed to high humidity, heat, chemicals, etc. aggressive environment, no wonder that the wear-and- tear processes in this particular room occur faster and are more obviously noticed than in any other room at home. Add to this the issue of …