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IT'S A PERPETUAL VACATION IN PHOTOGRAPHER GRAY MALIN'S CALIFORNIA HOME, WHERE HIS DREAMY IMAGERY SETS A CLASSIC COASTAL TONE.

THE WAY IT WAS

The little Maine cottage may be 164 years old, but to writer Kathleen Hackett, it's her family's baby to care for. She gives us the personal tour in her own words.

Have a scary-good HALLOWEN

The spookiest day of the year calls for tricks and treats!

BLISTERED BITES

Shishitos are delicious all yearand creepy on Halloween!

More Than a Walk in the Park

Agility training can be a fun and engaging way to get moving and bond with your pet.

Get More From Your Garage

Expert advice on three common conversions

At-Home Devices

In this burgeoning category of DIY skin tools, technologies like microcurrent (low-level electrical current), radiofrequency (lowfrequency electromagnetic waves), lasers (pulsating light) and LED light aim to stimulate muscles or collagen production to firm and tighten.

DRINK if you DARE

Welcome, vampires, skeletons and zombies: This spiritforward duo may be strong enough to wake the dead.

FRUIT'S & BERRIES

THESE GOODIES ARE POPPING WITH BRIGHT COLORS AND SWEET-TART FLAVORS THANKS TO CHERRIES, STRAWBERRIES, BLUEBERRIES, PINEAPPLE, LEMON, AND MORE.

chocolate

RICH, DARK, AND MYSTERIOUSCHOCOLATE TAKES THESE BAKED BEAUTIES DEEP INTO INDULGENTDESSERT TERRITORY.

PUMPKIN

EMBRACE THE CHANGING OF THE SEASONS BY BAKING WITH FALL'S SIGNATURE FLAVOR. USE CREAMY FILLINGS, CRUNCHY TOPPINGS, AND SWEET GLAZES TO COMPLEMENT PUMPKIN'S RICH AND EARTHY ESSENCE.

BANANA

BANANA BREAD IS THE ROYALTY OF QUICK BREADS, CONSIDERED THE MOST-LOVED LOAF OF ALL. BUT WITH A FEW SIMPLE TWEAKS, THE SAME BASE FLAVOR CAN SPIN INTO SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW.

APPLES & PEARS

THE ORCHARD'S BEST PRODUCE HAS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, READY FOR ITS FALL BAKING DEBUT.

Dough MADE EASY

IPREMADE DOUGH TO SIMPLIFY THE PATH TO FRES HFROM-THE-OVEN BREAD.

charculerie FLAVORS

SIMPLIFY YOUR CHARCUTERIE BOARD BY SERVING IT UP AS A BREAD INSTEAD!

CUT THE SUGAR

IT'S NO SECRET QUICK BREAD AND MUFFIN BATTER CAN BE A LITTLE HIGH IN ADDED SUGARS. HERE'S HOW TO SLASH THE SWEET STUFF SO YOU CAN INDULGE WITHOUT GOING OVERBOARD.

nuts & SPICES

ROASTY, TOASTY NUTS ADD RICHNESS AND DEPTH TO MUEFINS AND LOAVES. WHILE AROMATIC SPICES BRING WARMTH AND A HINT OF NOSTALGIA.

Batter UP

BATTER BREAD IS THE EASIEST WAY TO MAKE HOMEMADE YEAST BREADE NO KNEADING REQUIRED AND IT ONLY HAS TO RISE ONCE!

Sun Parlors & other bright spaces

Is there anything better than a New England sunroom in January? Big windows invite what daylight is available, your relief from the gloom. Plants survive the winter. If the room is insulated and weatherstripped and the floor is masonry or tile, passive solar gain radiates through the house. Sunrooms are, however, popular from Seattle to Miami. Architectural devices for bringing sunlight (and often ventilation) into a house include the orangeries and conservatories of the Victorian era, porches later enclosed to extend the season, and even purpose-built \"sun parlors,\" especially after 1915 or so. Here's a glimpse of these gracious amenities, with hints on furnishing, whether in porch or more elegant parlor mode.

Light-filled Craftsman Redo

For a dark kitchen in a 1914 Illinois house, the trick was anchoring white expanses with woodsy warmth.

ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS COME TO LIFE

Owners and their designer celebrate the unique features of a 1912 Arts & Crafts Tudor.

ENDURING BEAUTY IN WALLS of STONE

Now back in the family who had been here since 1830, the old farmhouse is again ready for generations to come. Additions dating to 1840 and the 1950s were preserved.

AN OVERVIEW OF METAL ROOFING

METAL ROOFS ARE RESURGENT, FOR GOOD REASONS.

a farmhouse renewed

Sensitive renovations and restoration work preserved a house that dates to 1799.

The Riddle of the water

When water incursion happens, the roof isn't necessarily the culprit. Maybe snaking a drain line, or clearing debris from a clogged gutter, temporarily will stem a leak. But a recurring problem usually means other forces are at work. It takes persistence-and a team with the right skills and patience—to identify the source and apply a solution.

Roofing & Siding

Make note of these historical and unusual materials for the building envelope.

JUICY 1920S BATHROOM REVIVAL

Serial restorers redesign their tired baths in period style, with colorful tile and Art Deco touches.

Patching a Plaster Wall

Fix a hole in the wall with a few common tools and some drywall supplies. Practice your technique!

For a Wet Basement Wall

If there's problem common to old houses, it's a wet basement. I'm not talking about occasional flooding, but rather a basement that apparently seeps or leaks after even a rain shower or during snowmelt. Several approaches are available; sustainable solutions will get to the root of the problem.

And How! - Decorator Nick Olsen transforms a Sag Harbor home into a Hamptons retreat with an irreverent humor.

If you must go to the Hamptons, however-because it is devilishly good fun, after all-you may notice an apparently modest, low-slung cottage on Sag Harbor's Main Street and think, with a comfortable sort of feeling, Now that is how a house should look. Nestled amid the Botox bars, helipads, and club-staurants, it could almost set the sordid world aright both a rebuke and a solution to the chaos that surrounds it. A real home.