When a couple of medical professionals (she was a nurse, he a radiologist) planned their retirement, they planned big lifestyle changes. They were living and functioning in Indianapolis but wished to be closer to their kids and grandchildren from the Washington, D.C., area, and they wanted to grow grapes for wine. They found 25 acres…
If this city condo needed character, the designers in Groundswell Design Group traveled to the country stylewise. The condo, a clean-lined contemporary penthouse in Philadelphia’s Northern Liberty neighborhood, was too bare, and the detailing was dull. To meet the needs of the proprietor, one builder, one of the 2 bedrooms has been opened up and…
When consumer Dianne Rogers came across a dusty, cobweb-covered antique birdcage at Wilmington, North Carolina, she pictured a fantastic chandelier. “It had been authentic, older, iron and big — about 32 inches high, and it caught my creativity,” she states. The new fixture is right at home in her “Carolina room,” a comfortable covered porch…
“The leak and also the lines of this house were good, but it had to be brought current, and it had a lot of structural repairs,” says architect Ken Dahlin of Genesis Architects. Noted Wisconsin architect John Randal McDonald designed the home in 1952, influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian design. Every time a modern-day…
The homes of today do come with a room for everything. If you’d love a den for relaxing but additionally need a home office, you’ll have both even in the event that you don’t have separate rooms. Thinking about how to make it work? Use these expert methods to create your own den and office…
Mirrored furniture gives a room irresistible sass, elegance and high-wattage glow. But these visual fireworks come with a tradeoff: If you don’t stay on top of maintenance and maintenance, mirrored bits will probably go from glam to filthy until you know it. Follow these recommendations to stay reflective tables, dressers, case products and other furnishings…
A great kitchen layout can dramatically increase your property value — if you would like to attract prospective buyers, your kitchen is the best place to invest money. They key is to get it to appeal to most individuals by spending your money on what most of them really want. Kitchen cabinetry may do much…
The Ace Hotel in Portland, Oregon, is on something. With resort rates on the rise and an increase in popularity of home-stay sites, the Ace staff is intent on creating rooms that resemble a buddy’s comfy guest room instead of designing an area that feels and looks like a staid resort. If you would like…
As a design supervisor, Marielle van Buuren-Broos appreciates how important it is to operate with good designers. After she and her husband, Douwe, began building their dream home, they hired the experience of Delft, Netherlands, interior designers Tessa Weerdenburg and Nathalie Fransen of Nu interieur | ontwerp. “I have my own thoughts, but for every…
In school, when I managed to stay up past midnight, I remember many late nights with friends laughing and telling stories around a pool table. At one point I got really good at the game and recall thinking how fun it is to have a pool table in my house. However, how on earth does…