Now that Memorial Day is here, I can finally wear white shoes again. Please recommend something casual. I should mention that I wear a size 12.  —Antonia Manolo says, have ...

Re-Do It Yourself Thinking about tossing that rickety old bookshelf? Let Barb Blair, author of “Furniture Makeovers” ($25, Chronicle Books), convince you why it’s worth ...

Q: If I get bedbugs, is my landlord responsible for paying for exterminators? A: The short answer is that, generally speaking, you are responsible for extermination if your un...

Manolo, I love your shoe recommendations, but, unfortunately, I’m just a poor working girl who struggles each month to get by. Can you recommend a pair of sandals for me tha...

Black-Tie Bargains Prom season may be over, but wedding season is just revving up (welcome, June bridezillas!). The new Johnny Tuxedo (Johnnytuxedo.co.uk) lets young blokes pl...

New York interior designers/sisters Hollister and Porter Hovey are in their 30s. But they love to mix antique French chairs, taxidermied birds, oil paintings of ancestors a...

Q: If I move out of my apartment before the first of the month, is my landlord required to prorate my rent? If not, how can I get him to? A: The first thing to know is that ge...

It wouldn’t have been surprising if Sara Handy and David Boylan-Kolchin had thrown in the towel. Earlier this year, the couple got involved in bidding wars on three D.C. pro...

Clean, Chic Not content to fill downtown lofts and suburban bungalows with squared-off sofas and massive mirrors, Crate & Barrel is going into the housekeeping business, t...

Q: Every apartment I’ve ever lived in was supposed to be cleaned before I moved in, but it was always a mess when I got there. Is my landlord obligated to clean? Do I have a...

Like a lot of Washingtonians, Lucy and Ethel anxiously await the chance to mingle with friends at their daily 7 p.m. happy hour. The only difference is that their happy hour t...

Prada shoes at 70 percent off! Frette sheets for $150 a set, not $450! Four days at a Puerto Rican beach resort for the price of two! If you’re among the thousands of shoppe...

Old Town Alexandria is starting to look a little, well, new. In the northwest section of town, near the Braddock Road Metro, apartment buildings are starting to pop up. “I l...

Can I show you my chair?  I know you want it, the wingback arms whispering that you should lean back, curl up, relax. The chevron flannel fabric. The clean lines. The price? ...

In the long-standing debate between renting and owning, Ashley and Matthew Klein may have found the best of both worlds. The Annapolis, Md., couple have rented a one-bedroom a...