Employing the technique known as ?trompe-l?oeil,? designers have mimicked three-dimensional surfaces to elevate rooms.

In New York, some residents are required to add their co-op and management company as ?additional insured? parties.

The couple behind Ammor Architecture reference their Thai and German heritages when decorating for the holidays.

A triplex apartment in the Canal Belt, a two-bedroom loft in a former grain warehouse, and a duplex three miles south of Central Amsterdam.

People often don?t know what to do with unwanted fabric items like clothing, bedding and shoes.

The designer Frances Merrill has outfitted the L-shaped kitchen in her Los Angeles home with homemade window curtains and an English china set.

Devices that conceal unwanted noises are the next frontier in advanced toilet technology. Would you like some peaceful birdsong, or perhaps a burst of artillery fire?

The JPMorgan Chase headquarters at 270 Park takes the city skyline into new territory with dynamic LED lights.

A Tudor Revival in Clayton, a bungalow in West Palm Beach and an adobe farmhouse in Arroyo Hondo

As children, they watched their parents work double shifts and multiple jobs. As adults, they gave their parents a version of the American dream.

Midcentury modern homes in Rolling Hills Estates and San Rafael, and a Spanish Revival in Altadena

The scores aimed to predict a property?s risk from fires, floods and storms, but some in the real estate industry as well as homeowners have called them inaccurate.

You have the right to seek documents and records from your building. Here?s how to do it.

This week?s properties include a three-bedroom homes in Mamaroneck and West Norwalk.

This week?s listings are in Kips Bay, the Upper West Side and Fieldston.

A modernist house in Alto de Pinheiros, an eight-acre estate in Campos do Jordão, and a 15th-floor apartment with city views.

The designer Shawn Henderson leans into simple greens and vintage lights for his home in Hillsdale, N.Y.

Also among November?s high-end real estate listings were Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne?s West Hollywood condo and Chris Chelios?s beachfront compound in Malibu.

This week?s properties are in Carnegie Hill, Harlem and Clinton Hill.

This week?s properties are a six-bedroom in Morristown and a four-bedroom in Mattituck.

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