The more you can include the people who'll be affected, the more you reduce the chances of emotional fallout.

If they mean something to you, incorporate them into your environment. She realized that if she saved just the crests and his name off the uniforms, she could keep the memories without taking up a lot of space.

The goal is to have a home that is comforting, welcoming and deeply personal.

All sorts of issues of trust, values and priorities come up.

We talked to a mason from Charleston and people in Columbia, but, to the person, we have used local people for all the work.

In Raleigh, we don't really have a downtown where people walk around and hang out like Franklin Street.