ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Name: Rachel Brougham
Title: Contributing Writer
Rachel Brougham is a former newspaper editor turned freelance writer who now spends her time writing and editing for a variety of brands, newspapers, and magazines. Rachel started writing for BobVila.com in 2020 and often covers design and trend topics. Her writing (including a syndicated weekly newspaper column) can also be found in several newspapers around the country. Her work appears in Family Handyman, Minnesota Parent, Taste of Home, Yahoo News, University of Minnesota, and Reader’s Digest.
Expertise and Experience
After graduating from college, Rachel spent 5 years at WWTV/WWUP in Northern Michigan, where she oversaw the newsroom and daily news coverage. That was followed by 5 years at the Petoskey News-Review, where she was a reporter before becoming assistant editor. Rachel has covered everything from environmental and education issues to 9/11, local and state politics, and feature stories. Upon moving to Minnesota in 2015, she worked for Brandpoint, a content marketing company where she edited articles that ran on news websites. In 2017, she began freelance writing and editing full-time and became a go-to writer on home design trends for The Family Handyman and BobVila.com. Her first book, a memoir titled Widowland, a Collection of Essays on Grief, was published in February 2022.
When Rachel isn’t reading news headlines, she can be found in local shops looking for interesting decor pieces for her Minneapolis home and keeping up on design and decorating trends to share with readers.
NOVEMBER 30, 2023 | THURSDAY
The Best Exterior House Paint Colors for Hot and Cold Climates
You know that wearing dark-colored clothing in the sun attracts heat, while lighter colors help reflect sunlight. The same is true for your home’s exterior paint. In fact, darker-colored ...
NOVEMBER 30, 2023 | THURSDAY
How to Organize a Neighborhood Cleanup Day
Whether you do it on Earth Day or any other day of the year, neighborhood cleanups not only help spruce up your street, a nearby park or public walkways, but they also help the environmen...
NOVEMBER 29, 2023 | WEDNESDAY
Tool-For-All: How to Host a Neighborhood Tool Share
You need a snowblower but just don’t have it in the budget right now, so you borrow one from your neighbor. He needs a wet tile saw for a kitchen project, but can’t justify buying one so ...
OCTOBER 31, 2023 | TUESDAY
String Lights Aren't Just for Christmas: 13 Ideas to Decorate With Them Year-Round
Don’t pack those string lights away after the holidays. Instead, use them to bring light and a bit of character throughout your home. Whether you have small, colored strands of lights, wh...
OCTOBER 31, 2023 | TUESDAY
29 Best Paint Colors for a Kitchen You'll Never Want to Leave
The right kitchen color can not only take your space from looking drab to looking fab, it can also affect your home’s value. In fact, homes with a charcoal gray kitchen can sell for more ...
OCTOBER 19, 2023 | THURSDAY
6 Old House Features Making a Comeback in New Builds
Did you grow up in a home with a carriage house in the back? Maybe you lived in a split-level home built in the 1950s, or perhaps your grandparents’ home had a dumbwaiter. When it comes t...
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 | SATURDAY
7 Feng Shui Ideas for a Peaceful Bedroom
Feng shui is an ancient Chinese practice that focuses on the flow of life force energy and means “the way of the wind and water. ” The practice is used to arrange everything from building...
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 | FRIDAY
7 Easy Ways to Change Your Flooring
Make flooring easy. Maybe your carpet is dingy and showing its age. Perhaps the tile or vinyl flooring in the kitchen has seen better days. Do you have mismatched wood flooring in differe...
AUGUST 28, 2023 | MONDAY
9 Garden Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs That Keep Well in the Freezer
Maybe you have too many zucchini and want to save some for later. Perhaps the sweet corn this season tasted so good you want to put some aside for winter soups. Will you just not be able ...
AUGUST 25, 2023 | FRIDAY
4 Ways Wildfire Smoke Can Affect Your Plants and Homegrown Food Supply
Millions of Americans all over the country, from the East Coast and Midwest to the mountain states and even the Pacific Northwest, have dealt with air quality alerts during the summer of ...
