Charlevoix nestles perfectly between Lake Michigan and Round Lake. The downtown area blooms with colorful tulips and daffodils when spring arrives. Shop owners open their doors and set up cheerful ...

An Italianate home in Martinez, Calif., an industrial condo in Denver, and an updated farmhouse in Shelburne, Vt.

Dublin -based designer Suzie Mc Adam had just completed—or so she thought—the home where she and her family would settle for ...