Sarah Paynter

A look at the late singer's multimillion-dollar property portfolio.

The Connecticut estate, which has been in the same family since 1940, has an apple orchard, vegetable gardens and four chicken coops.

Hindu homeowners are driving demand for personalized pooja rooms, with upscale touches like gold trim, marble flooring and custom murals.

Hindu homeowners are driving demand for personalized pooja rooms, with upscale touches like gold trim, marble flooring and custom murals.

Designers say with the right approach, classical columns can look less stuffy and outdated.

Blending furniture, housewares and home design preferences took some compromise, but these duos made it work.

When older couples marry or cohabitate, it means melding styles, and possessions, accumulated over a lifetime

A tally of celebrity homes lost in and around Pacific Palisades. Billy Crystal and Mel Gibson are among the A-listers.

It’s big. It’s white. It’s presidential — but only vice presidential. It’s the Naval Observatory.

The 850-acre waterfront property is located outside Rock Hall, Md., about 25 miles east of Baltimore across Chesapeake Bay, according to co-listing agent Carol Snyder of Monument Sotheby’s International Realty. Known as Napley Green, the property has been owned by the du Ponts since 1929, when Eugene E. du Pont paid $70,000 for it, according to contemporary reports. Eugene was a descendant E.I. du Pont, who founded the DuPont chemical company in 1802.