Dear Heloise: I have a decorating tip about choosing the right shade of paint for the walls in your home. It can be hard to choose the best shade from a tiny color strip because light and other ...

Dear Heloise: When I'm ready to try a new color on my wall, I buy the smallest amount of the color I want and paint it on a foam poster board. I can then use pushpins to put it up where I want to try ...

Q: I'm building a small deck in the backyard and for cosmetic reasons, am painting it rather than finishing the wood. So, being cost-conscious, I am wondering whether using a Douglas fir 2-by-6 versus ...

Ah, the whiteboard. It’s a regular fixture of classrooms, boardrooms, laboratories and Big Bang Theory sets everywhere. Sometimes, however, the confines of that board may not be sufficient for all the ...