Figuring out how to decorate a bare wall can be a challenge, especially if you want to mix it up and try something a little different than the standard gallery wall. Decorating with baskets can be a great way to add a bit of eclectic charm to your house and provide …
Read More »How to Choose Curtains for Your Home
Natural light streaming into your home is a beautiful thing—except, that is, when you want to sleep or get some privacy. Yes, curtains are pretty much a necessity regardless of where you live, and you’ll want to do some research before buying them to ensure that you get the right …
Read More »6 Wall Decor Ideas to Refresh Your Space
Looking for wall decor ideas to refresh your space? Those empty walls are filled with possibilities—and a few additions can make a house feel like a home. If you’re ready to turn those stark, bare walls into stylish centerpieces, keep reading. No matter your style, we’ve got the tricks that …
Read More »The Best Ways to Hang Posters
How to hang framed and unframed posters without damaging your walls Framed or unframed, posters can make a great, easy, and affordable addition to your walls. But in order for them to look their best, you need to make sure that you hang them right—and no, a couple pieces of …
Read More »TOP DESIGNERS REVEAL HOW TO CREATE THE MOST SERENE HOME EVER
If how we spend our days is how we spend our lives, then if we spend our days anxious, we’ll spend our lives anxious, too. And yet, stress is a defining feature of contemporary life—this past year, 55% of Americans reported experiencing “a lot of stress” on a daily basis. Good …
Read More »MAXIMALISM IS ON FULL DISPLAY IN THIS 16TH-CENTURY TUSCAN VILLA
A few years ago, a South African couple in their 40s living in Geneva asked Hubert Zandberg, a fellow countryman with a design and architecture practice in London, for help with a sophisticated problem. The house they had recently built, which fitted in gracefully with the Swiss city’s sleek modern residences, …
Read More »HERE’S HOW TO PUT THE “WOW” INTO YOUR HOME WORKOUT SPACE
The Workout Spare The days of the grungy pain cave or the unfinished basement with a dusty weight bench are over. When the pandemic shut down public gyms across the country, it also propelled the home gym from afterthought to design priority and highlighted what fitness buffs have known all along: Where …
Read More »WESTERN DESIGN HAS LONG IGNORED THE WORK OF THE WIDER WORLD. IT’S TIME FOR THAT TO CHANGE
Western Design While I was in college studying computer science, before I decided to become an architect, I picked up a book by Patrick Nuttgens that confounds me to this day. It was called The Story of Architecture. Naturally, I expected it to be filled with awe-inspiring structures from all around …
Read More »THE TOP DESIGN TRENDS YOU’LL BE SEEING IN LIVING ROOMS NEXT YEAR
Over the course of 2020, as most of us have spent months sheltering in place, our living rooms have transformed from refuge into multifunctional spaces that now emphasize work, education, entertainment, and hospitality. So as we wrap up what has certainly been one of the most challenging years in modern history, we asked …
Read More »IN A FORMER NABISCO FACTORY, AN ARCHITECT WORKS MAGIC IN A COOKIE-CUTTER MOLD
In 1925, the French-born, Missouri-based architect E.J. Eckel designed a brick-and-steel building in downtown Los Angeles as the West Coast headquarters of the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco). Like many other former Nabisco factories dotting the country, including the Chelsea Market building in New York City, the Kennedy Biscuit Lofts in …
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