There are times when you are home to yourself and you long for company.
Space preparation sounds simple, does not it? Throw a sofa, build a cupboard there and make sure everybody has enough room to walk around — voilà! A new living room. Obviously, that is not quite how it functions. Successfully planning outside the rooms at a house requires considering a variety of tangibles: function, physical constraints,…
As soon as I was growing up, the TV game show The Price Is Right made me believe that dining rooms turned into a real snore. The new dining area sets of the “display showdown” usually comprised a matchy-matchy dining table and chairs, a buffet and a mirrored cupboard, all lined up parallel to one…
Back in Caroline Rob Zaleski’s book Long Island Modernism 1930-1980 (W. W. Norton, September 2012), the preservationist documents important modern buildings — many of them residences — made by 25 architects. The book is part of a larger project in which she surveyed over 500 buildings by 78 architects to the Society for the Preservation…
Subterranean parking next to a wine cellar, plus a car lift along with a vanishing TV in the bathroom mirror — is there anything this guy cave in Connecticut is overlooking? A toilet? No, it’s that too. Rick Krug and his team at TR Building & Remodeling built this carriage house–style dream space in the…
Come autumn, the days grow shorter, the nights grow longer, and on All Hallow’s Eve, the humble squash transforms into a thing of eerie beauty: the jack-o’-lantern. A lone candle in a plain orange pumpkin not spooky enough for you? Try mixing in some of themes and memes. Molly Brandenburg Molly Brandenburg Molly Brandenburg Molly…
Lovely lavender. It’s female and spring-like and contains the dewy freshness of childhood. That is why it shows up in a lot of nurseries. But lavender isn’t just kid stuff. It’s a sophisticated, varied and flexible colour that works in any room in the home. Authentic lavender is a mixture of purple and white and…
I feel that domestic life previously was smelly, cold, dirty and embarrassing — but that we have much to learn from analyzing it. I usually spend my times in historic buildings, indeed in Britain’s grand historic royal palaces, where I act as a curator. In recent years, though (exploring If Walls Could Talk: A Thorough…
It is said that the month of March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. You would be surprised by how often these springtime creatures are used in layout. Dress up your home for the end of winter and start of spring with March’s patron beasts! — Rachel By Raenovate Anthropologie…
When summer winds down, your container gardens may be looking past their prime. Perhaps a plant or two did not make it — or you’ve got the opposite problem: They did so well that they’re carrying over your container (sweet potato vine, anyone?) . If this is true, don’t fret. With the addition of a…
From beautiful oils into light-reflecting mirrors and everything in between, art is often what immediately draws the eye the element that makes an impact at first glance. Even in a conventional and more formal living room, thinking outside the box and buying everything you are drawn to is critical when selecting art. Listed below are…