How to revive an 18th-century upstate farmhouse without resorting to cliché? By pretending a made-up person lives there too.

Nowadays, design trends feel like a game of aesthetic whiplash—one day it's all about zen blue hues and spa-like oakwood, and ...

So you’ve got a project with provenance and good bones. What do you do first: protect the historic details or modernize the ...