Tim McKeough

For years, Corey Fitch dreamed about building a second home in Washington’s Methow Valley, where he could spend time with family and friends while indulging in mountain biking and cross-country skiing. But even for him, the founder of BuiltWell, a Seattle-based home-building company with a focus on sustainability, the cost of construction was a significant

After studying architecture in college and working as a designer in New York, Dana Sottile had clear ideas about what she wanted when she set out to design her own house in Garrison, N.Y.But she also knew the process of building a home could be so frustrating and unforgiving that she didn’t want to go

At the heart of most bathroom renovations is one great piece of furniture: the vanity.“The vanity can make or break the design of the bathroom,” said Hema Persad, the founder of Los Angeles-based interior design firm Sagrada Studio. “It takes up a lot of square footage, no matter how big or small the bathroom is,