Redoing a room can be overwhelming. Letting a trusted friend play a part in designing your space can be a fun way to get inspired without dishing out the dollars for a professional designer. Lifestyle bloggers and friends, Lesley Graham of Lesley W. Graham and Anna Liesemeyer of In Honor of Design, gave it a try with a Home Decorators Collection style swap challenge.

Our days often start and end in the kitchen. It’s the space where everyone tends to gather, whether it’s for meal prep or to catch up after a busy day. That’s why – big or small – it’s important to have a kitchen you’re proud to show off to family and friends. Here are five upgrades that will go a long way in making your kitchen feel more organized and refreshed:

With the brutal summer heat finally coming to a close, now is a great time to tackle house projects that seemed unbearable a few weeks ago.Painting is a task that can be tricky and time-consuming. Luckily, innovative products have emerged to take some of the hassle out of the job. Here are some of our favorite paint products to make your next project a little less stressful and a little more fun:

More than 25,000 people came together on Sunday, September 25 for the 15th Annual Tunnel to Towers Run & Walk in NYC. This event was created in honor of the brave firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11 and is hosted by the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation.The Tunnel to Towers Foundation was founded by the Siller family in memory of their brother Stephen, a New York firefighter…

As Hurricane Matthew churns towards the eastern coastline, The Home Depot is working around the clock to support coastal communities bracing for the storm.On Wednesday, The Home Depot activated its Disaster Response Command Center at its Store Support Center in Atlanta. There, the company’s merchandising, operations and supply chain teams are working to continuously move hundreds of…

When it comes to fire safety, you are the first line of defense in your home. “Household fires are all too common, with a fire department responding on average to one every 24 seconds, according to the National Fire Prevention Association. That means it’s time to start layering fire protection into your home right now,” says Julia Buerger, Fire Safety Merchant at The Home Depot. With October…

When you ask Cody Evans why he wanted to join the military, his answer is simple: to help others and serve his country. He enlisted in the U.S. Marines in 2009 and deployed to Afghanistan in 2011. While on patrol a few weeks before Christmas, Cody encountered a bomb blast and lost both of his legs. It took nearly a year of recovery before he was ready to return to his Tennessee home. However,…

House fires have changed. It used to take up to 30 minutes for a fire to take over a room in a house. These days, it can take less than five.We went behind-the-scenes for a virtual reality, 360° video shoot featuring a house fire in action.The Nest team behind the shoot wanted to produce a video that would demonstrate how quickly a fire can take over, and how tools like the Nest Protect smoke and…

Almost 40 high achieving girls from across the country sat down for one-on-one mentoring sessions with top women executives today at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit. The girls are involved with Girls Inc., an organization that empowers economically disadvantaged girls to reach their full potential.

Craig Menear recently sat down with The Aspen Institute CEO Walter Isaacson, Coca-Cola Chairman and CEO Muhtar Kent, BuzzFeed Founder and CEO Jonah Peretti, and BuzzFeed President Greg Coleman to share thoughts on innovation, leadership and more. If it sounds like a conversation you’d like some notes from, don’t worry… we did the writing for you. Their chat was held at Georgia Tech’s Scheller…