Our homes are our sanctuaries — and, these days, they are often our offices, our classrooms and our gyms, too.

Dome homes may never replace a traditional build, but there's plenty to recommend these unconventional dwellings.

For Chattanooga designer Rodney Simmons, the chance to show off his talents in a new showhouse at Cloudland Station in Chickamauga, Georgia, was cause for celebration.

The lack of affordable housing in Chattanooga is a longtime issue that's been made worse with the COVID-19 pandemic. Like the pandemic, the affordable housing crisis disproportionately affects women.

"I learned to swim here!"

What makes a house a home? Well, that depends on whom you ask. So we retooled the question and narrowed the scope:

What spice blend are you? Enter the quiz below for a $150 giveaway of artisan spice blends and meats.

Dining al fresco has always been my favorite way to enjoy a meal, and in light of the pandemic, the outdoors have become especially "in."

Christi and Chris Perry looked for years for just the right house. Unable to find what they were looking for, they then switched their search to the perfect piece of property.

Who could have guessed that two tiny houses could pose such sizable challenges?

Douglas and Eugenia DeLong decorate the exterior of their Cleveland, Tennessee, home each Christmas, but visitors likely don't gaze long at the single strand of lights on the two-story farmhouse.

When Lonna Hamblen and Joe Scott moved into their Stringer's Ridge condo last year, Hamblen did something for their first Christmas there that she'd never done before.

The grain storage bin was a circle of sheet metal, about 30 feet across and 30 feet tall. Most people would look at it and think, "I bet they store corn or something else in there."

After nicking off the tip of a toe with a lawnmower a decade ago, Delores Beery decided her lawn needed a do-over.

When Jackie Howard gets a call for one of her award-winning kitchen designs, her first thought is, "Please, not another white kitchen."

When Chattanooga-area schools cleared their buildings in mid-March in an effort to keep the coronavirus from spreading in Hamilton County, the move felt something like a fire drill: Grab what you need and get out.

Julianna Vargas was born 13 weeks earlier than she should have been.

Jen Maxwell Miller affectionately refers to her 11-year-old pit bull as a "pibble."

The last time we saw the Weasley family car from the Harry Potter canon, it was loose in the Forbidden Forest near Hogwarts castle.

When garden industry experts release a list of prevailing trends for the coming year, a layperson might expect to see mentions of the newest decking material, soil innovation or rosebush. But Garden Media Group's crystal ball uses a wide-angle lens that looks beyond the backyard.

The woman called home contractor Allan Chambers, asking if he had a wet vac that could suck up some water in her house.

For travelers seeking overnight accommodations, the words "heated indoor pool" and "continental breakfast" may not have the same cachet they once did.

That coughing, sniffling and sneezing you're experiencing may be seasonal allergies. Or maybe it's something more sinister.