“Honestly, the house wasn’t that great, but it had generous rooms with 14-foot ceilings and a few details that were worth preserving. Mary didn’t want to lose the original character entirely, so we tried to imagine what the house might have been if it had really exceptional period architecture,” Hefner […]
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In landscaping, thinking about the design in three dimensions can always help you to come up with options that work with nature and with the terrain. Having some areas of the garden lower than others is one option that can help achieve the results you are looking for. A “sunken […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Limiting the size of new swimming pools in and around Las Vegas might save a drop in the proverbial bucket amid historic drought and climate change in the West. Officials are taking the plunge anyway, capping the size of new swimming pools at single-family residential homes […]
The bathroom is often the smallest room in the house and, until recently, they have been a bit of an afterthought when it comes to design. The result was a multitude of bathroom design mistakes that can leave the room feeling drab or lifeless. Bathroom ideas should be quite the […]
Photo: istockphoto.com In the past few decades, manufacturers have developed products to help people with impairments live active, varied lives. And the benefits from these innovations aren’t limited to daily household activities! By equipping a home workshop or craft room with tools and equipment that simplify home improvement and maintenance […]
The real estate investment platform backed by Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos has continued ramping up its acquisitions of single-family rental homes in several U.S. markets. Arrived Homes acquires single-family homes to use as rental properties, then sells shares of these properties to investors through its online platform. […]
It’s easier to make living room decorating mistakes than you might think. While there’s a largely formulaic set of furniture to include – seating, coffee table and television – the most successful schemes have a few more subtle principles at play that help them to go from average and ordinary […]
Riegelwood, N.C. | $420,000 A four-bedroom, two-bathroom farmhouse built in 1917, on a three-acre lot The owners of this house spent years returning it to its original state and chronicled the project on Instagram, where an account dedicated to the house has more than 65,000 followers. The work included restoring […]
This will be the eighth BSH Experience & Design Center to open in North America TWICE Staff ⋅ Published: July 26, 2022 Rendering of new Experience & Design Center in Houston. Photo: BSH BSH Home Appliances Corporation will soon be opening an all-new Experience & Design Center in Houston. Scheduled […]
The access ramp of a federal brick house in Washington DC uses brick to blend into the historic … [+] character Bell Design “There is no way to recreate the past,” says Robert Bell, whose eponymous landscape architecture firm is based in Washington, DC, Southampton, New York and Palm Beach, […]
The Township of West Milford recently introduced an ordinance to clarify fence requirements for those who have above or below ground swimming pools on their properties. Mayor Michele Dale and the Township Council saw this as necessary action after they determined that local rules for fencing requirements for swimming pools […]
People tend to pick sides when it comes to the architecture of their home. There are traditionalists, who lean toward features like sloped roofs, dormers, moldings and symmetrically placed, framed windows. They use words like cozy, timeless and comfortable to describe what they like. Others prefer a more modernist approach: […]