Meet Our Contributors

  • Maria LaPiana headshot

    Maria LaPiana

    Maria LaPiana is a freelance writer with a special interest and passion for home design and architecture, food and wine, travel, and lifestyle.

  • Mariel Loveland

    Mariel Loveland

    Mariel is a writer from New York City who has a passion for helping renters and homeowners make their space unapologetically their own—and save a few bucks along the way.

  • Marissa Hermanson

    Marissa Hermanson

    As a freelance writer who works from home, Marissa has a deep appreciation for the domestic space. Marissa is a lifestyle journalist with a focus on interiors and design. Her work has appeared in Apartment Therapy, Architectural Digest's Clever, Domino, Dwell, Lonny, Southern Living, The Washington Post, and Zillow.

  • Martin Bomba

    Martin Bomba

    Martin Bomba is the owner of Window World TX, a family-owned company providing windows in San Antonio, Texas.

  • Marwa Hasan

    Marwa Hasan

    Marwa Hasan Marwa is an architect and content creator with a passion for home decor. When she's not working, you can find her learning a new DIY skill, gardening, hiking, or watching a new TV show.

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    Mary Beth Eastman

    Mary Beth is a writer with six years of experience sharing information with new and prospective homeowners. With expertise in shopping for, financing, updating, and renovating homes, her work has appeared in numerous publications including Homelight, The Balance, and Investopedia.

  • Mary Bowen

    Mary Bowen

    Mary Bowen is a manager at Homestead Gardens, a garden center and landscaping company near Washington, D.C. She's a regular writer for the Experts Contributor Program.

  • Mary Jezioro

    Mary Jezioro

    Mary Jezioro is the vice president and marketing and sales lead of SHIELD Security Systems , providing home security services in Buffalo, New York .

  • Matt DiBara

    Matt DiBara

    Matt DiBara is the owner of Dibara Masonry in Los Angeles. He has worked on high-end and celebrity homes, and he’s also a licensed general contractor who’s well-versed in all areas of construction.

  • Matt Marandola

    Matt Marandola

    Matt had a knack for clever, budget-friendly home improvements, and a passion for helping others, mainly in the form of writing informative articles. He wrote for companies including Lenovo and NutriGardens.

  • Matt Pfeiffer

    Matt Pfeiffer

    Matt Pfeiffer operates the highly rated Northern Flooring and Interiors, which provides flooring services in Detroit, Michigan. He has been in the flooring industry for over 25 years and is a regular contributor to the Experts Contributor Program.

  • Matthew Brady

    Matthew Brady

    Matthew Brady , a former senior writer, focused on writing engaging articles about health care.

  • Matthew Haro

    Matthew Haro

    Matthew Haro is the district manager for The Davey Tree Expert Company 's Las Vegas Office. He is a regular writer for the Experts Contributor Program .

  • Meg Gallagher

    Meg Gallagher

    Meg Gallagher is merchandising manager of English Gardens Landscape Company , a a nursery, garden center and landscaping company with six retail stores in Metro Detroit and Ann Arbor.

  • Meg Hemmelgarn

    Meg Hemmelgarn

    Meg Hemmelgarn is the blogger behind Green With Decor and a regular writer for the Blogger Program .

  • Meg Scanlon

    Meg Scanlon

    Meg Scanlon enjoys writing about all things home, garden, lifestyle, dogs, comedy and fiction. Her work can be seen on Hunker, eHow, Cuteness, Taste of Home, BarkPost, This Dog's Life, The Hard Times, Pitch and Funny or Die.

  • Megan DeMatteo

    Megan DeMatteo

    Megan DeMatteo Megan DeMatteo is a freelance writer, editor and Pushcart-nominated poet. She's covered personal finance and real estate for CNBC, Business Insider and various other publications. A former AmeriCorps volunteer and kindergarten teacher, she's lived in both rural and urban communities throughout the U.S. She currently calls a 200-square-foot studio on the Upper East Side home.

  • Portrait of Megy Karydes

    Megy Karydes

    Megy is a writer who enjoys helping homeowners create spaces they love living in. In addition to being a Master Gardener, her forthcoming book, 50 Ways to More Calm, Less Stress: Scientifically Proven Ways to Relieve Anxiety and Boost Your Mental Health Using Your Five Senses, explores different ways each of our senses can help bring more calm into our lives, including how your home impacts your mental health. Her work can be found in Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, and more.

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    Mel Childs

    Mel Childs is a freelance writer, author, and screenwriter based in a suburb of Atlanta. While she loves all types of writing, home-related topics have been her niche for over three years.

  • Melissa Caughey

    Melissa Caughey

    Melissa Caughey is a garden and lifestyle blogger at Tilly's Nest.

    She loves digging in the garden and tending to her plants, caring for her flocks of chickens and tending to her beehives. 

    She is a regular contributor to the Blogger Program.