When someone works in a classic shop whose enthusiast following contains set artists such as Mad Men, you would expect the individual’s house to be some thing of a knockout. Self-professed thrift queen and societal media freelancer for Casa Victoria Nicole Paulus along with her boyfriend, Timothy Johnson, provide on that premise using a Los…
Neighborhood appeal and opinions of Puget Sound offered this household in their Washington home, despite their knowing they would soon require extra living and play area for their 6-year-old brothers, a boy and a woman. The cellar was in a way-too-scary requirement for children, but it had potential. They tapped interior designer Kari Hill of…
Drawn into the wraparound terrace and stunning view of Paris’ Left Bank, the home’s owner decided the panorama was worth the 485-square-foot apartment’s odd layout and funky decor. Husband and wife design duo Alon and Betsy Kasha gutted the distance, starting over with a blank slate. Matte oak floors, white walls and clean lines today…
I read an article in a few years ago that changed my entire life. In an interview a professional organizer basically said, “There are filers and there are pilers. Too often pilers attempt to turn themselves into filers, and they should not.” I was astonished. Cue the heavenly chorus; it was as if I’d been…
What do you get when design is literally married by fashion? Not surprisingly, a lot of fashionable style. That is what Lygia Navarro, a journalist, an interior designer and the owner of Lust Found Vintage, and her husband, Henry, an artist and a professor of fashion at Ryerson University, were planning with their Toronto rental…
“It’s only a very simple cottage!” Was the rallying cry the clients and their architect, Nils Finne, had to keep replicating lest they get too carried away. Finne had made a renovation on the clients’ chief house in Seattle about 12 decades back, and they knew he was the man to design their new holiday…
For colour fans, there’s not any pain like the pain of discovering your stay-at-home spouse is beholden to beige. You long for lavender; she insists on ecru. You beg for orange; khaki is as far as he will go. What’s a couple to do? Fear not — there’s room for compromise. These strategies can help…
The thing to remember is that you truly don’t require much space in a living room. A living room is for interacting, for gazing at the flame or for viewing TV. Mostly, it’s for conversation. You do not require space to do yoga at the living room. In fact, provided that you can walk around…
A lot of us love the worn-in, comfy look of rustic houses. The background and that perfect wear and tear unite for apparently effortless fashion. Getting that effortless appearance is not always, well, effortless, however you can make it easier by adopting not-so-authentic pieces. Would you love rustic design? Consider these things — real or…