Q: My live-in tells me he wants a "man cave." I'm assuming that means a dark room he can crawl into with a big TV and a recliner but without me. So here's my question: What about a "woman's cave" for me? Is there any such thing?

A: Absolutely but...

Q: We are furnishing a new house in a development and want a new, different look.

It may be late mid-life trauma, but we've been living with contemporary furniture for the past 35 years and are ready for something new. The trouble is, there aren'...

Q: Our apartment is in what our landlord politely calls an "English basement." Read: it's half-underground. We don't get much light down here. We have his permission to paint the walls all white. What else will brighten things up?

A: Go back and ...

Q: Do you always have to use chairs with a dining table? I have a small table (seats just four) that I put in one corner of our living room. When I pull up chairs, it looks as if I've fenced off the table. It's too many legs and backs! I was about...

Q: The tub in the master bath in our new house is in the corner between two windows. We don't know what the builder was thinking, but my husband thinks he should be punched in the nose. We have to keep the blinds down because our neighbor's deck ...

Q: Our dining "room" is really just an alcove. No windows and no room for anything but the table (drop-leaf) and four chairs. I'm debating between painting it cream or yellow (to make it look bigger) or dark to make it cozier. What do you think? ...