1 look inside Evan and Osnat Feldman’s Montreal house and it’s apparent that their loved ones and legacy mean every thing to them. After an unsuccessful effort to expand their prior home because of town limitations, the Feldmans transferred two blocks to a greater area where Hasidic figurines, a traditional shofar (ram’s horn) and a […]
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Box Joinery
Box joinery (also known as box joint) primarily joins sides to create boxes, both large and small, such as trunks, chests and drawers. Notches are cut to fit in an interlocking manner, increasing surface area to permit for more glue strength and requiring minimal (if any) fasteners. Box also helps to keep the parts square. […]
9 Holiday Farmsteads Offer a Taste of Country Life
Forget posh resorts in the hearts of bustling shopping districts and downtown cores. Fast-paced urban living is hardly what flying is all about. That is why overworked travelers are reveling in agritourism, heading for remote hills and valleys in search of rustic farmhouses where they could delight in rolling greenery and landscapes and maybe milk, […]
Island Life and Love in the Bahamas
Dave and Phoebe Gale traveled to the Bahamas as newlyweds in 1954 Rather than left. After nearly 60 years of marriage, the couple has never owned a vehicle, connecting to the external world from their 5-acre island, Parrot Cay, entirely by ship. In 2011 Dave published a book chronicling their island life, titled Below Another […]
Woodsy Ranch Presents Complex Comfort
“It’s a family affair” is the underlying theme behind the story of this charming home. The house had a shingled house, but it was commandeered from the owners’ children and grandchildren. So the couple decided to make a household compound. They hired Brooks Walker of Walker Warner Architects to construct them a huge ranch house […]
New Classics: The Big Bang Chandelier by Foscarini
When you are choosing a light fixture, then you have a fantastic chance to give your room a sculptural element. The scenic Big Bang Chandelier by Foscarini is much more of a cellphone, composed of intersecting planes. At once it remembers ancient origami as well as something swiped from a futuristic Sleeper set. Enrico Franzolini, […]
Eclectic Row House in London
Tracey English fell in love with her family’s Victorian when she stepped onto the house. The home, a typical London row house within an eclectic suburban district of southwest London, has lots of windows — a blessing in light-hungry London. English claims that although all the homes on her street appear like the outside, behind […]
Community Thrives Along With a Garage-Top Garden
A set of Seattle designers, neighbors and city officials have upped the community gardening ante with the town’s first large-scale community garden on top of a 50-year-old garage. Somewhere on the market, Joni Mitchell is grinning. Eating neighborhood and preserving green spaces are healthful trends, but linking with neighbors is what really makes community gardening […]
New Garden Styles Reveal Roots in Crafts and Arts Design
One of the intriguing style developments at the 2012 Chelsea Flower Show was that the “new English” style of planting that we saw in series gardens such as the M&G Investments Garden by Andy Sturgeon. This new style has origins at the Arts and Crafts gardens which were so well known in the early part […]
Kitchen of the Week: Artfully Etched at Denver
Custom engravings on reclaimed barn wood and a very functional design add to the exceptional vibe of the artistic and practical Denver kitchen. The owners were ready for an update to their 1950s setup. One, a professional chef, wanted a space that would function well and allow dinner guests to see him cook without their […]