Real Estate
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A Tiny House Reunited Their Family
When Pei Feng began planning her retirement, her two sons decided it was time to get the family back together.…
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$1.5 Million Homes in Milan
A two-bedroom flat near Castello Sforzesco, a duplex on the banks of the Naviglio Grande canal, and a three-bedroom in…
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Which States Pay the Highest Energy Costs?
A recent study ranked all 50 states based on the average monthly energy bill in each. Hint: It’s better in…
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Amy Tan Takes a Novel Approach to Bird-Watching: ‘Be the Bird’
In her most recent book, “The Backyard Bird Chronicles,” the best-selling author revels in a newfound preoccupation with birds —…
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After She Lost Her Home in a Fire, an Opportunity Rose From the Ashes
The fire-resistant house she built in Napa, Calif., with the insurance money was “so different — and I like different.”
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$3 Million Homes in California
A midcentury-modern house in Los Angeles, a three-bedroom condominium in San Francisco and a hillside home in San Rafael.
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The Simplest (and Cheapest) Way to Decorate With Flowers
It starts in your own backyard (or the tiny container garden on your balcony): “You can put a single bloom…
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$600,000 Homes in Edinburgh
A mews apartment, a two-bedroom in a semidetached Victorian villa, and a three-bedroom in a rowhouse with a private backyard.
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How Do You Restore a Chestnut Forest or an Apple Orchard? Very Slowly.
This botanic garden is determined to bring back the American chestnut tree and heirloom apples that taste like those grown…
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$550,000 Homes in Maine, the District of Columbia and Kentucky
A two-bedroom cottage in Castine, a one-bedroom apartment in a Beaux-Arts building in Washington and a circa-1900 house in Louisville.