Make a small room look big by removing clutter, choosing minimal but multifunctional furniture, sticking to light colors, and adding the right decor.

We spoke with Southern organizers and designers and asked them about the types of items that they believe contribute to living room clutter. Plus, they share actionable steps to reduce the chaos.

The living room is one of the most frequently used spaces in a home, which means one thing: It needs to be beautiful and functional. A successful room layout is the key to achieving both. In the past, ...

Even in the small footprint of a powder room, you can mix and match materials for a truly layered design. Take inspiration ...

This article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links. Determining the best layout for a small ...

Making Room is a biweekly opinion column. The views expressed are solely the author’s. Last week, Arlington County staff held the community kick-off for the Pentagon City Planning Study. The purpose ...

Making Room is a biweekly opinion column. The views expressed are solely the author’s. The McMansion is the universal punching bag for housing politics in Arlington. It is a symbol for both pro-growth ...

If necessity is the mother of invention, motherhood is the inventor of organization. Anyone who’s become a parent knows that if you thought keeping your house and life pulled together before kids was ...

As a mom, Hannah Oravec wanted to create the perfect nursery for her new daughter — a charming room that blended seamlessly with the rest of her 1870s Cape-style home in Plymouth, Massachusetts. But ...

In 1981, Michelle Obama arrived at her dorm at Princeton University with the wrong size bed sheets. Fast forward to 2014 and she vowed to never let another low-income, first-gen student bring the ...