Discover 15 affordable basement updates that can significantly boost your home's value, improve livability, and make your ...

Dawn Weinberger is a freelance writer in Portland, Oregon who has contributed to numerous publications and websites over the past 20 years, including RD.com, Glamour, Women's Health, Entrepreneur, and ...

Kristen has worked as a freelance home, design and lifestyle writer since 2021. In that time she has contributed to a number of online media outlets including Apartment Therapy, Hunker, The Everygirl, ...

Sure, you can add a ping-pong table and a mini-fridge to a basement and call it a day, but creative basement ideas are aplenty. When it comes to designing the belowground space, think outside the ...

Stocking up on random items is easy, but decluttering the basement and starting fresh is hard. Here’s what an expert organizer says you can and should toss, guilt-free. We’ve all done it: We go on a ...

Here's what you need to know before you can rent out the lowest level of your property. Basement apartments provide affordable housing options in crowded urban hubs like New York City, where the ...

Your basement is likely to be the most humid room in the house. Basements are often poorly insulated and have few, if any, windows, resulting in inadequate ventilation. Consequently, the air in ...

This month, I write with a heavy heart. I hadn’t finished this column when we suffered a tragedy in my department. Firefighter Jason Arno, who was a three-year veteran of the Buffalo Fire Department, ...

For personnel assigned to the engine company, the most dangerous stretch you’ll probably ever have to make is down the steps into a basement that’s on fire; this is especially true if there’s heavy ...

Bottoms up! Brooklynite Caroline Caugliere and her two cats (Sterling shown above) scored an amenity-stuffed basement spread. Stephen Yang These New Yorkers aren’t scared of the basement. Last year, ...

Chhaya founded the Basement Apartments Safe for Everyone (BASE) Campaign in 2008 to advocate for the city to increase the number of legally-recognized, safe basement apartments by helping property ...