Articles by Jeannie Matteucci

Bobby Clifton and Susan Frockt’s 1905 Foursquare home sits on a hill surrounded by trees in the Cherokee Triangle neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. The historic home includes lots of great architectural details. But the aging building also came wi…

After 18 years in their mid-1990s home, Dallas couple Ron and Lynn Zera had grown tired of the fading damask wallpaper, plain white wall tile, brass-framed shower enclosure and hulking corner whirlpool bathtub. In search of a more timeless style, they…

After 18 years in their mid-1990s home, Dallas couple Ron and Lynn Zera had grown tired of the fading damask wallpaper, plain white wall tile, brass-framed shower enclosure and hulking corner whirlpool bathtub. In search of a more timeless style, they…

I’ve spent more than two decades working almost exclusively from home. During that time I’ve written about the home design and remodeling industry for major newspapers, magazines and digital media. Apart from the occasional in-person editorial meeting…

David and Denise Belsky waited 20 years for this. During those two decades of raising their children, they made do with their 1990s-era kitchen and its whitewashed oak cabinets, custom mirrored backsplash and teal laminate countertops. Once the kids f…

After already renovating most of their home in Knoxville, Tennessee, to reflect more of a Craftsman style, including lots of Stickley furniture, this professional couple wanted their kitchen to fall in line too. They brought kitchen and cabinet design…

When a Weston, Connecticut, couple with two young children bought their 1990s modern-farmhouse home, they were attracted to its tree-lined location at the end of a well-manicured cul-de-sac. But after living with the fussy kitchen and its basic off-th…

Nate and Ashley Fuller spent a year looking for their forever home in San Diego. Eventually they fell in love with a historical Craftsman home built in 1925, in what’s now the city’s trendy North Park neighborhood, which features hip coffee shops, ups…

In 2002, Mike and Kim Keating purchased a traditional 1990s suburban-style home in Littleton, Colorado. In 2010, their friends helped them do minor updates to the home. More recently they embarked on making major changes to the entire house that requi…

With six adopted rescue dogs, Tommy and Kymberli Bazan have a busy household. “There’s never a dull moment,” Kymberli says. The couple, who moved into their 1990s custom ranch-style home in Oakdale, California, in 2005, wanted to remodel the kitchen y…