A shingled bungalow with a guesthouse and a geodesic dome in Topanga, a Victorian-era retreat in Napa and a midcentury-modern home in Berkeley.

A woman in a HUD-subsidized apartment in a building for older New Yorkers bristles at the notion that she would stay home and “watch these four walls.”

Many people dream about restoring a historic home. Lee McColgan actually quit his job and did it, teaching himself the necessary skills along the way.

Is your goal to maximize value by attracting many potential buyers, or to have a quicker sale that minimizes disruption in your life?

A Victorian rowhouse in the Kelvinbridge district and two four-bedroom houses in the leafy suburb of Bearsden.

Jordan Slocum and Barry Bordelon have a lot of practice restoring brownstones in Brooklyn, so refinishing a chair was no big deal. Here’s how they did it.