If you have a living room with a fireplace in the middle, well then lucky you. In most instances a fireplace is the perfect centerpiece or focal point for this room. The trick comes in how you decorate around it. After all, that’s the biggest challenge when decorating a living […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — “We the People” is Jill Biden’s holiday theme with White House decorations designed for “the people” to see themselves in the tree ornaments, mantel displays, mirrors and do-it-yourself creations that have turned the mansion’s public spaces into a winter wonderland. Watch Biden’s remarks in the player above. […]
Kitchens are gathering spaces where you begin and end your day, whether you’re a dedicated home cook or not. In this heart of the house, design flaws—or finishes and fixtures that are just not to your taste—make a huge impact on how you experience your home. This may be why […]
IN 1953, THE parents of Benoît Rauzy, 53, a co-founder of the design studio Atelier Vime, moved into a timeworn two-floor flat in Paris’s Saint-Germain-des-Prés. The neighborhood — a tangle of streets radiating from the 11th-century Saint-Germain-des-Prés abbey — was in those days a sanctuary for artists, poets and freethinkers, […]
Construction waste has long been a bane of ecologically minded architects. So a trio of designers zeroed in on what they felt was a particularly egregious example: the “architectural mock-up.” Created before construction starts on a large real estate development, a mock-up is a one- to three-story model of a […]
NYC Parks and the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) have unveiled renderings for the first design-build project: a Staten Island recreation center by local firm ikon.5 architects. The new Mary Cali Dalton Recreation Center in Tompkinsville will bring a fitness center, basketball courts, and a multipurpose area to […]
Annie Schlechter While the kitchen finally got its shining moment back in the early days of the pandemic, that same renewed interest in more thoughtful, efficient design has more recently translated to the bathroom as we were forced to seek more at-home spaces and remedies for quelling the anxieties of […]
Once again, even though I know better, those four little words, often uttered in the throes of a home remodel, got me: As long as we’re, remodeling the kitchen, let’s update the guest bathroom! Yeep! That innocuous little phrase, as long as we’re, and its falsely implied convenience, also masquerades […]
Mike DiNapoli, 33 DiNapoli. Mike DiNapoli DiNapoli thought he was going to be a certified public accountant, but the sedentary desk job didn’t agree with him. A property-management career was calling, even though that wasn’t something he’d considered initially. Through a family connection at the New York-based developer and property-management […]
Add color, pattern, and texture to your home’s living spaces. Hector Sanchez Wallpaper in bedrooms, powder rooms, and even mudrooms has become a popular choice for adding interest and visual appeal. But what about swathing your main living space in wallpaper? If it feels like a commitment, that’s because it […]
Comment on this story Comment Everyone is familiar with those shiny glass mirror ball ornaments you can find at any big-box store, but this year, first lady Jill Biden hung actual mirrors on the trees of the White House’s Grand Foyer. Circular mirrors. Square mirrors. Lean in, and your face […]
Photos by SMHerrick Photography A red, white, and blue tree takes center stage in the living room. With its glittering lights and sparkling sprigs, it’s the kind of showstopper that Studio M owner and designer, Melissa Musgjerd, calls a “statement tree.” Christmas is always a beautiful time of year, filled […]