A grey curtain on a white rod, bunched up in a corner - Aire Images/Getty Images This aesthetically pleasing and curtain styling hack is from Ikea, but similar options are available elsewhere.

If you need more lighting in a room and you're on a budget consider making a track lighting setup using clamp lights and a curtain rod. It may not be the most fashionable lighting, but the cost is ...

Dear Ron: Track lighting is attractive and actually much more effective than recessed lighting. Particularly with older recessed fixtures, much of the light never gets out of the recessed canister. If ...