Homes

The big bedroom as we know it is drifting off into the sunset. Those rooms - just a tad larger than any other bedroom in the house - are being replaced by master suites where occupants do more than just sleep.

From being just another little box, the homeowners' sleep area has expanded into a private retreat

System including photovoltaic cells and geothermal heat is expected to pay for itself in about five years

Helen Chesnut >F3

In a kids' entertainment world of expensive game systems and disposable plastic toys, there is an alternative: Make something. Play with it.

The task of cleaning your computer peripherals can prove to be more time-consuming than you might think, especially if you eat near your computer.

Spanish architect and artistic genius Antoni Gaudi took the presence and conditions of light, and the effect it had on interiors very seriously.

Debbie Travis >E2

September already. Were it not for those three sundrenched weeks in August, summer would have passed us by. I'll dream of them through the dreary months. Now, night closes in noticeably earlier each day, signalling a shifting of seasons.

Fragrance market took off in the late '90s and offers ever-more sophisticated scents