White is a timeless color for cabinetry but do you know its decorative past?

Deck the halls and the mantle too.

Checkerboard floors are timeless. 

From Zellige to Subway.

It’s time for a design history lesson.

If a library ladder isn’t on your design dream list, then maybe you just haven’t been watching enough Disney.

We have some food for thought for next time.

The history of how the go-to cabinet came to be.

The 4 most popular types of wall paneling and how to tell them apart.

Our words are powerful—let’s use them for good.

It has never gone out of style (and probably never will).

Food storage lessons from Ancient Rome to Downton Abbey (and beyond).

And here I thought it was about relaxation. 

They’d dance and sing for the seeds. 

Ancient Egyptians had “gallery walls,” too. 

The option of “ox blood” should be taken literally.