If you’re selling a home, you’re thinking about curb appeal, including painting the house and sprucing up the yard. You’re probably looking at home improvements, too. You should also be looking at ...

Gravel driveways offer an affordable, practical, and long-lasting alternative to asphalt or poured concrete. They are particularly advantageous for homeowners with long, winding driveways. Proper ...

There are many simple and affordable ways to improve the curb appeal of a home. From power washing the siding and painting the shutters to landscaping the front yard and updating the mailbox, ...

The driveway at the 1921 Craftsman-style house purchased five years ago by David Ulick was the concrete original, marred by cracks and tree roots starting to break through. “I didn’t like the driveway ...

Concrete driveways are made to last many years, but they can start to deteriorate over time for a number of reasons. The good news is that this is fixable.

The driveway that came with the 1921 Craftsman-style house that David Ulick bought five years ago was the original concrete one, marred by cracks and with tree roots starting to break through. “I didn ...

A mix of stone and other matierals can enhance your driveway, as seen in this pattern of pavestone, brick and Pennsylvania bluestone designed by Harold Leidner Landscape Architects. Courtesy Harold ...

SUSAN COHEN’S FAVORITE LESSON about driveway design is a borrowed one. “I was at a meeting with architect Philip Johnson 30 years ago,” recalled the landscape architect, who’s based in Greenwich, Conn ...

This Sept. 12, 2013 handout photo provided by David Ulick shows a new concrete drive with an antique finish accented with reclaimed red bricks from the 1920s, in Pasadena, Calif. “I wanted this to ...

KENT, Wash., April 1, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A good portion of the North American housing developments built after 1980 utilized less expensive rolled curb driveway entrances. The result of this ...

Concrete driveways are susceptible to unsightly rust stains when iron reacts with water and oxygen. Here's where that iron might be coming from.