Photos show what it was like to be a servant during the Gilded Age

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kitchen inside the elms mansion
Photos from Gilded Age mansions offer a glimpse into what it was like to live as a servant or staff member during that era.

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Real estate tech startup Digs raised $19 million to build AI that makes home construction easier. Read its pitch deck.

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Digs cofounders by Frackiewicz and Ryan Fink, wearing black clothes with the company's logo.
Digs cofounders by Frackiewicz and Ryan Fink.

Digs

Five years of living in a tiny home taught me that the biggest sacrifices had nothing to do with space or stuff

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Author Amber McDaniel sitting at small dining table
Tiny living has changed my perspective on socializing and reshaped how I connect with others.

Amber McDaniel

An interior designer critiqued my neutral living room. Her tips showed me easy tricks to make a space cozy and stylish.

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Beige couches under wood-paneled ceilings
I asked an interior designer to help me make my living room feel super cozy.

Cheyenne Lentz

I moved to Turkey to be with my long-distance boyfriend. He broke up with me 2 months later, but I love my new home.

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Kaitlyn stands in front of a Turkish flag by a river.
I moved to Turkey for love and decided to stay after our break up.

Kaitlyn McInnis

A dad turned his garage into an apartment for his daughter and her fiancé so they could save money

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A side-by-side of a garage apartment and a father and daughter in the same space.
Kaileya McGhee lives in her parents' garage.

Kaileya McGhee

America's first-time homebuyers are disappearing. That's bad news for real estate.

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Older person with cane pulling a

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By the time she turned 40, Suzie Payne had resigned herself to the fact that she would never be able to buy a home.

Forget wedding registries — many newlyweds would rather you help pay their mortgage

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Ali and Aislyn Benjamin, posing with their dog on their wedding day.
Ali and Aislyn Benjamin, posing with their dog on their wedding day.

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How Chip and Joanna Gaines turned a tiny shop and real-estate company into a Magnolia empire

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Chip and Joanna Gaines turned their real-estate business into a lifestyle empire.

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We dreamed of owning a vacation home in the Pacific Northwest. Houses were too expensive, so we bought land and a trailer.

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Author Sally Marks and Carol smiling with tent in background
In front of outdoor kitchen

Sally Marks

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