The best way to attract birds to your birdhouse is to select a house that is correctly sized for the bird you want to attract. Learn more about birdhouses and creating a bird-friendly yard.

They considered converting an existing four-stall horse barn into a pool house, but when renovations proved cost-prohibitive, they chose a timber frame pool house from The Barn Yard. Headquartered in ...

Many songbirds use birdhouses for nesting, but the birds we've listed here won't use a birdhouse. Here are other ways to attract them to your yard.

As the frost line retreats northward in early spring, its withdrawal is often closely followed — and occasionally preceded — by the arrival of our most common flycatcher: the eastern phoebe. In fact, ...

Durand’s conversion cost about $300,000 — not cheap, but certainly much less than the cost of new housing in the area: Just ...

Have you read the story in this week’s New York Times Magazine that advocates for sprawl? Naturally the story begins in Dallas. The writer, Conor Dougherty, describes sitting in a conference ...

The artist’s apartment and studio in Milan display his large collection of Memphis Group furniture, as well as midcentury vases by the designer and sculptor Giovanni Gariboldi. I’m not much of ...

Spring brings warmer temperatures, fresh greenery, and the return of birdsong. Songbirds are known for performing species-specific tunes to attract mates and defend their territories. But how do birds ...

1587 Prime is slated to open in Kansas City later this year Emily Rella is a Food Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has previously appeared in AOL, Yahoo and ...

Some people make it look easy. They create rooms that just work in a way that’s so effortless, it feels like happenstance. But don’t be fooled: Behind every put-together finished product hides ...