Sunets and beaches invoke some of my most favorite memories. (Photo: iStockphoto.com)

It wasn’t what she thought she’d come up with, but a kitchen with a skylight and a couch under it to stare up at the passing clouds and daydream was exactly what Toby Israel ended up with in her New Jersey home …Full Story

A little garden sun to bring into my dark bedroom. (Photo: by Heather Boerner)

Throughout this week, the Cyberhomes bloggers will turn our attention to some recent home improvement projects we've accomplished. Read on and let us know what you think!

My fall improvement: Liven up my space with art …Full Story

My home office before and after I redecorated.

 Throughout this week, the Cyberhomes bloggers will turn our attention to some recent home improvement projects we've accomplished. Read on and let us know what you think!

Once the ceiling and the walls were finished in my home office renovation, it was time to tackle the part of the job I looked forward to and dreaded the most -- ripping out the disgusting carpet …Full Story

Throughout this week, the Cyberhomes bloggers will turn our attention to some recent home improvement projects we've accomplished. Read on and let us know what you think!

My home office before and after remodeling.

As my younger daughter headed off to college, my response to my impending empty nest was to re-feather it. After redecorating the master bedroom and all the bathrooms, I was ready to tackle my office …Full Story

The infamous pink geese. (Photo: www.hgtv.com/designstar)

Design Star may be over, but some of the design choices live on as shining examples of beautiful, translatable design. Here are our favorites. Feel free to chime in with your own in the comments …Full Story

Antonio's eclectic living room and streamlined kitchen. (Photo: hgtv.com/designstar)

Purple color schemes, floating furniture and lifeless hosting. It’s the battle of the carpenters as Antonio and Handsome Dan face off in Design Star’s fourth finale …Full Story

An Ethan Allen quiz paired me with a"green tea" style of furnishings.

I really loved Pat's post last week about the Facebook quiz that tells you what your "house sign" is. Like Pat, the quiz told me -- a true suburban, walk-in-the-woods type of gal, that my ideal home is a lofty apartment on Park Avenue. This is for a person who gets butterflies in her stomach whenever she has to take the New Jersey Transit train into Manhattan. Not quite on the mark …Full Story

Lonni's room and Tiffani Thiessen's reaction. (Photo: hgtv.com/designstar)

Saved By the Bell. Beverly Hills, 90210. The D List. It's not exactly Hollywood royalty, but for this week's episode of Design Star, it'll do. The remaining three designers get a shot at designing a room for (minor) celebrity clients. But will their designs be decidedly D list, too? We’ll see …Full Story

Jason's Pretty Princess room, such as it is. (Photo: hgtv.com/designstar)

Craft store explosions, pretty pretty princess dreck and a Technicolor eco-abode: Just three questionable rooms created by the nervous last five designers standing on Design Star …Full Story

Team Olson's beige-free room. (Photo: www.hgtv.com/designstar)

It’s the battle of hubris this week on Design Star. No, technically, the six remaining designers haven’t been asked to design a room on the theme of "pride comes before a fall." (Though wouldn’t that have been fun?) But that shortcoming did cause two designers to make a donkey’s behind of themselves, and led the judges to send one of the competition’s brightest stars home this week …Full Story