Shelby is an editor with an affinity for covering home improvement and repair, design and real estate trends. She also specializes in content strategy and entrepreneur coaching for small businesses, ...

Ana has 20+ years of experience covering home improvement and business topics for U.S. and international media. She’s been published in U.S. News & World Report, The American Scholar Magazine, ...

Has your water bill gone through the roof recently without a plausible explanation? If the unexpected and unjustified rise in costs is accompanied by low water pressure in your faucets and shower ...

The rolling fortresses of steel known as slabs — vintage American automotive iron taken to decorative extremes — have become a uniquely Houston phenomenon. Chronicle reporter Julian Gill recently went ...

Owners and architects choose polished concrete as an alternative to floor coverings, but the results can be particularly disappointing when polishing is specified for an elevated slab. Most ...

There are no signs leading to Slab City. From Los Angeles you head east deep into the desert, and then south, past the Salton Sea. For years, a diverse group of people has been drawn to the abandoned ...