When the essayist David Sedaris decided to purchase a home in Manhattan in 2019 after living in Europe for two decades, he set his sights on the Upper East Side.

Many rooms feel oddly naked without baseboards, but while the norm is to match them to the walls or the floor, that doesn't ...

Kelly Dawson is a writer, editor, and media consultant. Her writing has appeared in almost every major American design publication, most notably as a longtime contributor to Architectural Digest and ...