Umbrella House Creates Shower of Inspiration
From the early 1950s, Paul Rudolph made the iconic Umbrella House. The dominant feature of the house is the big...
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Set of the Landscape: Natural Garden Style
A natural garden reflects the natural landscape which surrounds it, while it’s that the prairies of the Midwest, the woods...
City Gardener: Fun With Winter Window Boxes
In town, people gardeners are contested distance. That means window boxes, fire escapes and the openings in our sidewalks act...
Designer's Touch: 10 Powerful Powder Rooms
Never underestimate the ability of a powder room. Whether you go subtle or on the top, the small dimensions of...
Faux Bois Gives Homes Real Style
Faux bois (literally”false wood”) climbed onto the tendency scene a couple of decades ago, and it isn’t falling out of...
Curb Appeal Begs Your Care
What face does your house present to the entire world? Can it be tempting or standoffish? Elegant and stately or...
Past Squares in Spanish Tile with Present
One of my favourite trends in the 2012 Cevasima tile expo in Valencia, Spain, was the renaissance and updating of...
Personal Castle in Austin
It is safe to say when designer Mark Cravotta first started working on this Austin home, he had no clue...
These Split-Level Homes Get the Style Right
They are seen in suburbia across the nation: 2 stories connected by means of a stairwell, with a front door...
Bringing the Outdoors Inside on Bowen Island, B.C.
When Brad Carter and Linda Cuthbert bought their 2.5 acres in the Cowan Point place on Bowen Island, B.C.,”We can...