Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bathroom project at Daughter #2's house takes shape with new plumbing, wiring, insulation and floor. When we last got together, I ...

As the years rolled by, I occasionally wondered when I’d see the first of the lasts — the last time in my life I’ll buy a particular thing, the last time I’ll visit a special place, experience a big ...

As the temperature was sliding into a deep freeze expected to last a couple of weeks, we received a call on the first Saturday in January. It was Daughter No. 3, calling from her house at our family ...

The washing machine failed in a way that filled the house with acrid smoke. A project to remodel a half bath — including moving the laundry “room” from that space to a second-floor room above it — was ...

Now that you won’t need your whole-house air conditioner much more this year (we hope), here’s something to think about during the long winter: Your outside unit might be growing a fur coat. I’m ...

The final week of the old year was filled with ups and downs. Up the stairs to measure for crown molding, down the stairs to cut it, back up the stairs to install it and measure the next cut, and then ...