When Sylvia Helfert considered buying eight storybook cottages in 1976, her friends said she was crazy to spend so much money on old pieces of junk. Newly divorced in her 50s and pressed for cash, ...

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The stunning home features hand-carved wooden beams and stained glass windows – but strangely not a single square corner exists thanks to its quirky design ONCE upon a time, in a land far, far away ...

The appeal of white wood floors—relaxed but refined, a not-too-blank canvas for showing off one's furnishings and antiques—is stymied only by a justified fear of keeping them clean. It's hard enough ...