These are the top 10 most popular stories that ran in Abode, the home and garden section of The Dallas Morning News, in 2025.

Buying a charming, historic old house that was built a century ago has been an expensive nightmare, not a dream. We've made ...

Watch a complete transformation as we tackle a challenging yard cleanup and landscaping project at an old house. From ...

Having trouble growing carrots from seed? It could be you're not planting them correctly, but this old school gardening hack ...

If you’ve gorged on rich food and watched too much telly this festive season, chances are a winter walk is needed and may ...

Got an old chiminea gathering dust? Give it a glow-up - this easy upcycle turns it into a plant stand and garden accent ...

I do not believe in ghosts, and yet I have no explanation for what happened almost 20 years ago in the Gold Country of ...

A dog owner has shared footage of the moment her 10-year old golden retriever was able to experience the joy of playing in ...

Find out how California detectives determined that a grandmotherly landlady was a serial killer whose backyard garden hid ...

‘Hedonistic and free’ feels like the perfect phrase to summarise Lost. There are the risqué elements to the experience glimpsed and heard in the latex-wall lined, crimson light-bathed unisex bathroom ...

Thermal upgrades, photovoltaics and a building energy management system have all helped take the Edwardian house off-carbon ...

In Bedford Park, Maddux Creative drenched an Arts and Crafts house in fearless color—across moldings, paneling, and ...