Expectant mothers, especially first-timers, have much to think about. There’s so much planning to do that you may not know where to begin! You’ll probably do a lot of reading of those pregnancy and baby care books that everyone will recommend or pass on to you. You may find yourself submerged in online birth clubs and baby blogs, scouring the internet for those precious gems of wisdom that often are found...

The Fix Chicks have received lots of mail about Ralph Lauren River Rock paint. In fact, that’s the ONLY Ralph Lauren paint we get email about, even though we feature a room done using their Suede textured paint. See the original article and additional comments here. We’d like to thank Eric, who wrote in about a River Rock paint application solution that he and his wife, Erin, came up with. Dear Fix Chicks:...

It’s funny the little things that stick with you. As an art major in college, I was exposed to many ideas and techniques - and a wealth of information. I studied everything from the history of impressionist painting to the “easy” task of properly centering a piece of clay on a pottery wheel (something I never mastered, sadly.) But the most important thing I learned in college was this: listen...

If you’ve ever shown any remote interest in gardening, you’re probably familiar with the springtime glut of mail-order gardening catalogs and email ads. I did the mail-order thing a decade ago when we put in a totally new yard (at a new house) and I found myself this year doing the same thing once more, since we moved into this house about 18 months ago and didn’t even have grass . . . but over the years,...

When we were bulding our house, one of the favorite topics of conversation was who was going to build our cabinets. These discussions turned into a who’s who session where people complained about or complimented the guy(s) who built their kitchen cabinets. They threw around phrases like crown molding, custom height, european hinges, plate rack, and work surface, all followed by another word - expensive. Some...