Though most desert dwellers appreciate the cooler fall and winter temperatures, these months with fewer hours of daylight can sometimes cause some people to experience seasonal affective disorder. With SAD, people may experience long periods of sadness, energy loss, weight gain, oversleeping and a loss of interest in activities they normally enjoy.

"You’ll see guys sleeping under blankets, and they won’t move for a few hours. So, you go to check on them and you realize ‘Oh, he’s dead,’” says Santiago, his face drawn, as he sits with a small group of other men on the sidewalk outside Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada’s main campus. He’s describing what being unhoused is like in Las Vegas — a city with increasingly extreme temperatures because of climate change and a growing homeless population, exacerbated by pandemic-related evictions and a rising cost of living. This combination of factors is leading to a startling increase of deaths among the unhoused: According to reporting done by the Review-Journal, Clark County saw an 80 percent increase in heat-related fatalities among the homeless community from 2020 to 2021.

Though Charleston has a long tradition of outdoor garden rooms, Mr. Gardner says he’s fielding more client requests for them than ever. “People want privacy and they yearn for definition,” he said.

The popular image of a prison, informed by movies and TV series like Orange is the New Black, is something close to a zoo, where individuals deemed too dangerous to be allowed to roam free in society are caged like animals.

In the Hulu adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel, a large and tasteful home becomes an object of infatuation.

The Las Vegas Design Center, in partnership with the American Society of Interior Designers and the University of Nevada Las Vegas, will host its first-ever career day for interior design students, offering a full day of networking and free educational seminars on April 8.

In the fourth quarter of every calendar year, the Pantone Color Institute and all major paint manufacturers unveil their colors of the year. Designers and experts then spend the next few months weighing in on why certain colors and palettes were chosen, and how these choices reflect on society and design trends.

Today, news headlines covering rising crime rates are increasingly common in Las Vegas and just about any other metro area. With that, homeowners may start to wonder if there are ways to improve the security of their largest investment.