Lowe Larretta is former lead editor for Forbes Home, covering all things related to home improvement and good design. She previously worked in the decor and lifestyle spaces for digital publishers ...

Today's batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: Question: Every time I drive by these steel girder looking things off Biltmore Avenue I wonder if Answer Man knows what's ...

Q: I have two deteriorating (but still standing) retaining walls made of timber and two even worse, leaning cinder-block retaining walls. I was planning to replace them all eventually, but to spread ...