The other night I found a Land of Nod catalog in my mailbox, and the cover art intrigued me. Although I am childless, I started to look through and realized just how much of that stuff I'd like for my 20-something self.

Out of concern for humidity, bathrooms can get the short end of the stick when it comes to personalization with art. Here are nine rooms that might make you reconsider.

You can find many useful cooking gadgets and doodads, but a handmade wood cutting board makes for a beautiful and purposeful kitchen accessory.

I have marble countertops. Lucky, right? Unfortunately the pattern is so busy that I have a hard time telling when they're dirty. It's too easy to miss bits of rice or drips of sauce, and that's gross!

Specialty: Patterned pottery serving wares and decor
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The handmade pottery of Texas-based artist Susan Rodriguez is well made, functional and, to put it plainly, really fun.

Themed art can easily be cheesy, but when done right it's pretty charming. Here are 10 examples of the latter for the kitchen, and, hey, a few of these prints include conversions and recipes — meaning they're useful too!

They say two heads are better than one, and I think two colors on your cabinets can be better than a single one.

As great as paintings and prints look on the walls, the image above makes me I wish I had more family photos hanging in my home.

My fiance and I are planning an overhaul of our city backyard, and we immediately agreed we want the new patio to have a herringbone pattern.

Picking just the right paint color is a tricky business, and even professional stylists the likes of Emily Henderson can have misgivings and make mistakes. Emily's dining-room-to-home-office makeover shows that going with your gut, functionally and color-wise, is the best way to create a space that meets your needs while reflecting your personal style.