Do-it-yourself home decoration was a hot topic in the early twenty-first century. Cable television programs taught decorative painting and the basics of furniture arrangement; mail-order companies offered high-style accessories and ready-made draperies and slipcovers; there was even a home-decorating book club. The leisure-time home decorator was graced with an abundance of information and purchasing options, from cable television programs to instore crafts classes. Home “improvement”—remodeling the architecture of a house—was an activity that men and women shared. Home decoration, however, remained primarily a woman’s game.