Dominique Browning is the editor in chief of House & Garden. She lives in New York with her two teenage sons.

The New York Times Book Review Browning has an unerring gift for capturing revelatory events.

• CONTENTSWHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? WHEN IT WAS OVER WHO GETS THE HOUSE? BEDROOM RX A LIFETIME OF CLOSETS BUBBLE CATHEDRALS GARDEN PATHS OLD GARDEN THE CHOSEN FAMILY TAKE A SEAT LOST AND FOUND HOME ALONE RENOVATION ALERT COUCH THERAPY LIGHT MY FIRE SKI TRIP TREE HUGGER THE NEW HOUSE FOR THE BIRDS ARMCHAIR LOVE SMELL THE ROSES THE PIANO THAT DAMNED DINING ROOM AGAIN SACRED ORDINARY REPAIRS NEVER END PATCHWORK BERMUDA TRIANGLE BED RIDDANCE MOTHER'S DAY WHAT'S MISSING UNPAVING SHARING STONE WALLS BLOODY MURDER DOING THE DISHES CAFé THE EMPTY NEST SILENT NIGHT THE NEW WIFE LETTING GO HONEY, I'M HOME! ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Dominique Browning is the editor in chief of House & Garden. She lives in New York with her two teenage sons.

The New York Times Book Review Browning has an unerring gift for capturing revelatory events.

• CONTENTSWHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? WHEN IT WAS OVER WHO GETS THE HOUSE? BEDROOM RX A LIFETIME OF CLOSETS BUBBLE CATHEDRALS GARDEN PATHS OLD GARDEN THE CHOSEN FAMILY TAKE A SEAT LOST AND FOUND HOME ALONE RENOVATION ALERT COUCH THERAPY LIGHT MY FIRE SKI TRIP TREE HUGGER THE NEW HOUSE FOR THE BIRDS ARMCHAIR LOVE SMELL THE ROSES THE PIANO THAT DAMNED DINING ROOM AGAIN SACRED ORDINARY REPAIRS NEVER END PATCHWORK BERMUDA TRIANGLE BED RIDDANCE MOTHER'S DAY WHAT'S MISSING UNPAVING SHARING STONE WALLS BLOODY MURDER DOING THE DISHES CAFé THE EMPTY NEST SILENT NIGHT THE NEW WIFE LETTING GO HONEY, I'M HOME! ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Dominique Browning is the editor in chief of House & Garden. She lives in New York with her two teenage sons.

The New York Times Book Review Browning has an unerring gift for capturing revelatory events.

• CONTENTSWHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? WHEN IT WAS OVER WHO GETS THE HOUSE? BEDROOM RX A LIFETIME OF CLOSETS BUBBLE CATHEDRALS GARDEN PATHS OLD GARDEN THE CHOSEN FAMILY TAKE A SEAT LOST AND FOUND HOME ALONE RENOVATION ALERT COUCH THERAPY LIGHT MY FIRE SKI TRIP TREE HUGGER THE NEW HOUSE FOR THE BIRDS ARMCHAIR LOVE SMELL THE ROSES THE PIANO THAT DAMNED DINING ROOM AGAIN SACRED ORDINARY REPAIRS NEVER END PATCHWORK BERMUDA TRIANGLE BED RIDDANCE MOTHER'S DAY WHAT'S MISSING UNPAVING SHARING STONE WALLS BLOODY MURDER DOING THE DISHES CAFé THE EMPTY NEST SILENT NIGHT THE NEW WIFE LETTING GO HONEY, I'M HOME! ACKNOWLEDGMENTS