If your house feels harsh at night or you keep choosing screens over rooms you love in daylight, it’s probably the lighting. Light tells your body when to wake up, when to wind down, and whether a ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at www.thebrownstoneboys.com. Most ...