For many city and apartment dwellers, obtaining any kind of outdoor garden area is a luxury. While the lucky few have a balcony or patio, most need to manage a fire escape or the occasional flower box to develop some…
There is always one busy weekend in spring when observant families throughout the country are in the midst of getting ready for a Passover seder, a Great Friday meal or an Easter Sunday brunch. By this moment, menus are set…
Architect, furniture designer and Brazilian tastemaker Guilherme Torres was instantly attracted to his box home’s creative pedigree. Located in the fashionable Jardins area of São Paulo, Brazil, the area used to house the Group of Brazilian sculptor Victor Brecheret, the…
This week I braved the record pollen count to enjoy the spring flowers at one of my favourite areas, The Atlanta Botanical Garden. Daffodils and tulips popped up early this year, as did dogwoods, azaleas, hyacinths, hellebores, redbuds and some…
Erik Thompson of Quatro Lighting Designs is an expert in how to show your home in the right light. Planning lighting for your entire house or even one room may be an overwhelming undertaking, and hiring a lighting designer is…
If the idea of shifting an LC3 armchair outside gives you the cold sweats, take center; Design Within Reach’s new outdoor pieces might seem as though they should be in a temperature-controlled environment free of children and liquids, but they’re…
“Up to Spanish colonials proceed, sometimes you walk and it has been perfectly preserved. You walk and it has been goofed up. This one was a little of both,” says interior designer Charmean Neithart of the Pasadena, California, home. She…
A deck is basically an outdoor area, usually in a space you didn’t previously use. The excess space adds value to your house, but adding value to your life is not the same story. A deck must match the way…
For 15 years, homeowner Carey Nielsen lovingly renovated her 1950s Cape Cod home and stuffed it with vibrant inspiration. “My children were young at the time we moved,” she states,”so I felt a powerful demand for bright, daring and fun…
Question: What do you get when you place the chairman of the Federal Reserve plus a few thousand home builders in precisely the exact same area? Response: A solid sense that there are a great deal of gray clouds, but…