Good news, renters. White is in. When two major paint companies, Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams, chose shades of white for their pick of 2016 (Simply White and Alabaster, respectively), your plain, unpaintable walls became your greatest asset. “White makes the space look bigger,” says Pamela Gaylin Ryder, an interior designer based in Washington. “There’s more […]

Ah, Fashion Weeknever fails to makethe head shake NEW YORK — Thom Browne has tackled a lot of complex ideas in his womenswear collections. He has explored gender-based stereotypes, death and grief. He experiments with complex construction techniques and he is rigorous in his tailoring. But for fall 2016, he gives us dogs. And they […]

Last week’s Mystery Photo was taken at the Portland International Jetport. The object in the photo hangs high above the concourse in the area between arrivals and the baggage claim. In a random drawing of correct entries, John Curtis of Lisbon Falls was chosen as the winner. Curtis travels through the airport on occasion and […]

Midlife Krisis plays Mixers at 8:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 19. There is no cover charge. The five-piece cover band plays mostly dance-able classic and pop rock from the 70s, 80s and 90s. 

Since the U.S. Postal Service unveiled its first “Love” stamp in 1973, the annual design has featured roses, swans, ribbons and, yes, plenty of hearts. But none quite like this one. “We consider stamps to be miniature works of art,” says William Gicker, the Postal Service’s manager of stamp development. And indeed, the average Valentine-sender […]

All’s fair in love and war – but not in dieting, apparently. If you’ve ever wondered how it is that men can cut out a few desserts and quickly drop 10 pounds, while women tortuously calorie-count their way to incremental weight loss, a new animal study may have the explanation: It’s in the brain. A […]

Imagine the coziest spot to watch the big game: a cushy long sofa, a table full of snacks, a bar stocked with craft beers, a giant TV and a crackling fireplace with real wood burning, providing a woodsy scent and a warm glow. “When people imagine their dream family room, they think of a fireplace […]

On a table in her 1820 stone farmhouse in Waterford, Va., floral designer Holly Heider Chapple is reinventing the Valentine’s Day bouquet.Amid a soft confection of fernlike plumosa, blue-green seeded eucalyptus and the wands of white veronica blooms, a dozen plump roses repose luxuriantly.The blooms Chapple has chosen have a name, Miranda, and sorry, Cupid, […]