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It was supposed to be a special house. Then the builder got emotionally involved.
As a real estate developer, Stephen Rodriguez knew the double-wide lot in the University Hospital of Philadelphia neighborhood was special the moment he saw it. When ... -
First Lady Jill Biden chose Los Angeles designer Mark Sikes to decorate her East Wing office
The White House Historical Association is a private, nonprofit educational institution that funds the majority of conservation, preservation, and acquisition of new items in the Executive ... -
What $1.8 Million Buys You in Maine, California
Stoneham, Maine | $1.795 million A 1997 home with three bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms and a guest studio with a powder room, on 2.8 ... -
Kim Armstrong designs a cozy English mansion-style home for a multi-generational family in Texas
While many couples decide to downsize once they retire, Dallas-based interior designer Kim Armstrong’s clients had a somewhat different request. His clients had retired from their ... -
Home Tour: An Interior Designer Shows Us Around Her New Build Near Freedom Park
Photo: Laura Sumrak, courtesy of Alexis Pawling Presented by The Redbud Group at Keller Williams SouthPark. Do you have real estate fever? The pros at Redbud ... -
Visit a contemporary Austin Ranch home with lots of Texas Kicks
Although the Zilker neighborhood of Austin, Texas is best known for being home to the beloved Austin City Limits music festival, its charms also extend to ... -
Devastated by Harvey’s losses, Memorial Glen family gets ‘bold, fresh and new’
As Andy and Elizabeth Cloud saw the drywall removed in what had been a bedroom closet in their Memorial Glen home, the pain from the trauma ... -
Instead of moving out, this Houston woman gave her River Oaks-area townhouse a chic upgrade
Claudia Kreisle was looking for a bigger house, but all she found were huge price tags with corresponding tax bills. Her 1,485 square foot townhouse on ... -
This 1970s home in Preston Hollow was reinvented by sisters with a modern design
For real estate investors, listing agents and sisters Nadia Fakih and Sarah Fakih, this Preston Hollow property has given them the opportunity to design their dream ... -
The best food stories of 2021
Despite ongoing challenges, many restaurants did not hesitate to start new businesses. After 2020 dealt an unprecedented blow to restaurants around the world, starting with state-ordered ... -
a courtyard housing a classic in Cork
Perhaps it would have taken a global pandemic to make us reassess the importance of community and our immediate environment. With this in mind, we see ... -
JJ Acuna, founder of JJ Acuna / Custom Studio
Hong Kong is a place full of talented and scheming people. In our 27-question weekly column, we get up close and personal with notable city figures, ... -
Texas Retirement Community to Reach Upscale Resorts
Construction has started on Touchmark in Emerald Lake, a new retirement community located in McKinney, Texas, designed by Dallas-based architecture firm Three. Photo courtesy of CC ... -
4 home offices offer a glimpse into the future of remote working
WITH AUTHORIZATION DSPACE STUDIO In Chicago, architectural firm dSPACE Studio designed a residence in Lincoln Park for a couple from New York. A simple yet eye-catching ... -
Buckhead’s ADAC marks 60 years as an interior design center for the South East
ADAC, a landmark in Buckhead’s Peachtree Hills, marks 60 years as an interior design center in the South East. Founded in 1961 as the Atlanta Decorative ... -
Home Media Room Upgrade Tips
SAN ANTONIO – Watching TV and movies at home is something almost everyone spends their time doing, and there are a few things to consider in ... -
Rhode Island Design Award 2021
Scroll through this year’s winners and see perfect homes, from a converted power station to a three-century-old farmhouse. The Design Awards feature is one of our ... -
This cool Spring Valley home was designed for family and entertainment
Space was tight at Blaire and Scott Hocking’s 2,100 square foot Spring Valley home in the 1950s, where they lived with their two young sons, John, ... -
Cece Barfield Thompson turns a cold apartment into a welcoming home with lots of layers
When a cousin of CeCe Barfield Thompson’s clients moved from the West Coast to a new apartment building in New York City, she quickly called on ... -
This ‘historic’ Comfort house looks only 200 years old; it’s actually a new build made to look old
COMFORT – With limestone walls, gingerbread detailing, and plenty of longleaf pine floors, Susan and Don Durden’s two-story Texas Hill country-style home looks like it may ... -
Houston couple’s newly remodeled Kemah home sparkles on the bay
Clusters of dried corals and glittering seashells in display cases are decorative nods to the view of the bay from the summer home of Dr Mike ... -
A Parisian house that breaks with tradition
AN EVENING IN PARIS before the pandemic, the Italian architect Andrea Tognon and his agent, Julien Desselle, who lives in the French capital, were finishing a ... -
The Design District space of Ascension Coffee gets a makeover
After a three-month hiatus to redevelop its space, Ascension Coffee’s flagship location in the Design District has reopened. It doubled in size, taking over the old ... -
American Dream unveils the avenue
Sep 17, 2021 The American Dream shopping and entertainment complex in Meadowlands has opened The Avenue. Anchored by Saks Fifth Avenue – the luxury retailer’s only ... -
Restaurants innovate amid COVID-19 and worker shortages [Amplify Friday]
Welcome to Thomas Insights – every day we post the latest news and analysis to keep our readers up to date with what’s happening in the ... -
Step into a glamorous waterfront home in Palm Beach designed to look like a super yacht
Somewhere on the Florida coast, a sophisticated Palm Beach residence has a particularly compelling staging: a 6,000-square-foot waterfront location, paired with a façade reminiscent of an ... -
16 B & Bs, resorts and everything in the US for a last-minute Labor Day trip
The applewood manor With towering resorts on the shores of exclusive beaches and upscale boutiques in metropolitan cities, classic bed and breakfasts can go down the ... -
Tour a Dallas Home By Meredith McBrearty
A clever shopping strategy protects all the investments in this home of an art-collecting couple with two young kids: âThe most valuable stuff should be hanging ... -
Arts & Crafts style permeates a New York City triplex filled with Tony Awards – SURFACE
Known for his rarefied residential projects and chic boutiques for global luxury brands such as Gucci, Bottega Veneta and Saint Laurent, William Sofield has exhibited a ... -
Live-fire steakhouse will occupy historic building on Allen Parkway
Plans for Andiron include a dining room and bar / lounge that can accommodate 110 people. (Courtesy AvroKO) The modern Andiron Wood steakhouse arrives at Allen ... -
Kevin Kelley’s Kitchen + Kocktails to open in August
Scheduled to open in August 2021, Kitchen + Kocktails by Kevin Kelley, the dynamic comfort food concept, is pleased to announce the opening of its second ... -
Florida Interior Design Tips – The Most Inspirational State
Florida is officially the state with the most influential design aesthetic, a recent study found. The research, which used data from the Pinterest board to investigate ... -
Discover award-winning architect Max Levy’s respect for trees at this Greenway Parks home he designed
Award-winning Dallas architect Max Levy designed this Greenway Parks home with nature in mind. The 2017 construction challenge, he said, was to come up with a ... -
The pandemic has given subscription furniture a boost. Will it last?
The stories of how the pandemic created a boom time for the domestic sector have not been exaggerated. The past year and a half has prompted ... -
Tupper Lake Restaurant Expands, Says “Thank You” | News, Sports, Jobs
Lilian, left, and Cory Rohrbach stand in the new courtyard of the outdoor extension of their restaurant, Amado, which they built during the pandemic. (Business photo ... -
Frank Lloyd Wright: Visit of the iconic sites of the famous architect | Chroniclers
The Wisconsin Hills, the Arizona Desert, a Pennsylvania Nature Preserve, and the Upper East Side of Manhattan are the setting for some of Frank Lloyd Wright’s ... -
Designing for double height walls – Mansion Global
Each week, Mansion Global tackles a topic with an elite group of designers from around the world who work on luxury properties. This week we take ... -
Inside the $ 4.3 million otherworldly Darth Vader House in Texas, USA – International Property of the Week
No prizes for guessing how this Houston, Texas home got its nickname Darth Vader House. But while its eye-catching exterior looks suspiciously like the helmet worn ... -
Disneyland Paris Presents Disney’s Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel Merchandise, Food, Lounges & Artwork
Disney’s Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel opens its doors on June 21 at Disneyland Paris. The hotel closed in 2018 for a renovation ... -
Decades-old Lincoln Center in Dallas is catching up
If you can exit the Dallas North toll freeway for a few minutes, take a look at Lincoln Center. I know, you saw it. The tall ... -
Behind the deal that turned Roy Pope from a dying grocer into a foodie-friendly hotspot
There is a palpable excitement that seems to resonate between the brightly lit aisles of the newly remodeled Roy Pope grocery store. Customers casually weave their ... -
Millennial art advisor Lawrence Van Hagen explains how he collects artists of his generation
Lawrence Van Hagen is putting the finishing touches on his new home, a bright and airy apartment filled with art and design in London’s Cadogan Square. ... -
Guided tour of the “House of Darth Vader” – Texas Monthly
As I walk up to the imposing octagonal house, I cannot believe that I am actually here. I look unsuccessfully through the tinted windows, waiting for ... -
6 designers on how they deal with difficult clients’ family members
Whether it’s a brooding teenager or a worried stepmom, clients often come with family members who are not easy to deal with. We asked six designers:Adnan ... -
Fay Jones School teachers’ creative design work wins interior design educator award
Melinda Harvey Le Nicolett, a restaurant in downtown Lubbock, Texas, infuses West Texas history and culture with fine French cuisine. This adaptive reuse project was designed ... -
Builder Ben Coats invites us to his beautiful family home in Bluffview
This story is part of the Dallas Top Builders 2021 feature. Click here to see the 2021 winners. A few summers ago, Jen and Ben Coats ... -
What robots can and cannot do for the elderly and isolated
It was good to love again, in this big empty house. Virginia Kellner had the cat last November, around her ninetieth birthday, and now he’s always ... -
Behind the Design Process with Laura de Pembroke, Laura Sirpilla Bosworth
Laura Sirpilla Bosworth is tired these days – and that’s a good thing because it means the business she has loved for 34 years is booming. ... -
These personal houses of interior designers are for sale
The offers were quick to arrive after interior designer Lauren Liess listed her Great Falls, Va., House for sale early March. Known for her signature earthy ... -
City and countryside | Local News | Bend | The weekly source
RUstic or super modern industrial reclaimed wood? French country or bohemian beach? With so many off-towers descending on Bend, it can be difficult to answer the ... -
Avoid These Expensive Home Decor Trends That Won’t Last
istanbulimage / iStock.com “Good design does not date,” the late architect Harry Seidler is said to have said.. Chic couture icon Coco Chanel said: “Fashion changes, ...