With chalkboard paint, it has become possible to make almost any surface a blank canvas for creativity. The back of a door? The wall behind your bed? Chalk this story up to 'the possibilities are endless.' Read on.

Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, CEO of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of April 29, 2022.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

Having two home offices is a new status symbol?

You bet — especially if there are two wage-earners in the family. (Everyone needs their privacy, you know.) Homes that are of-the-moment tend to have key features in common, and a story in the [...]