My wife, Polly, and I were about to spend $45,000 on a fancy remodeling job for our Chevy Chase kitchen back in 1996 when we got a second opinion in the nick of time.

A yearslong, drag-out fight in a wealthy Bay Area enclave over what should be considered “historic” has reached a breaking point. Last week, the San Mateo City Council sent a letter pleading with ...

In 2021, the designer, who splits his time between San Francisco, New York and Provincetown, Mass., jumped at the chance to buy and restore two homes built in the 1800s in the city’s French Quarter.

This three-bedroom house from 1920 had 1,300 square feet and a nice mix of original architecture and modern updates. In the living room was a brick fireplace and wood cabinets with leaded glass ...