There are times when you are home to yourself and you long for company.
There’s this story about the building of the Taj Mahal. It appears that Shah Jahan not only constructed a white palace for Mumtaz Mahal, but he also was constructing a black one as his final resting spot. As the story goes, structure of the shameful one ceased when Shah Jahan’s son took charge and imprisoned…
Red is exciting. It draws attention. From red hearts to hot dresses and little red sports cars, this color can get the pulse racing. But it can also be connected with warning and anger — indeed, it’s deeply ingrained in us to associate red with risk, such as red-hot embers and poisonous berries. Let us…
Felix Lopez and Life partners Joseph Rogers have dwelt in their tidy and well-appointed Dallas studio for four years. While short on space, their house is a vibrant reflection of their relationship. It has not always been that way. The two admit they have very different layout aesthetics; as Rogers says, “When we moved in,…
That copy of The Notebook may be concealed in a drawer, your Marvin Gaye albums tucked under your bed and that dog-eared copy of Jane Eyre nestled on your nightstand — but the rest of your decor may be giving you off. Are you a hopeless romantic? Follow this chart to find out if your…
Having trouble with animals straying into your backyard? The 18th-century English gentry had the ideal answer to protecting their manicured yards by marauding sheep or cows — the sunken ditch, or ha-ha. The ha-ha — named for the surprise that a person got on suddenly coming across it — had one sloping side and a…
Similar to its reddish neighbor on the color wheel, orange is a attention-grabbing colour that stimulates the desire and also skin care skin tones. It is an excellent kitchen color choice for anyone living in cooler climates, because of its warmth. But working together with orange can be challenging, too — mild shades have a…
Working with a small budget, restricted space and an anything-goes mindset, Martha Harms decorated her Dallas apartment having an eclectic mix of bold textiles, quirky hand-me-downs and vintage furniture. “I am incapable of picking a colour motif,” she says. “I like them all.” Harms, an actor, constantly shared space with roommates in the past. “That…
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…