Today everyone wants to live at a curated area. Curated homes are the greatest reflection of their owner’s preference and personal experience. They’re filled with paintings, carefully gathered and artfully displayed. Luckily, curating your own collection doesn’t require years of travel or antiquing. It’s likely to pull with an eclectic range of unique bits from […]

Laminate flooring resembles hardwood, but it is very distinct. The surface, which can be stamped or laminated with a veneer to resemble hardwood, is completed with a durable plastic coating that resists scratches better than most hardwood finishes; however, the core is vulnerable to water damage. You want to think about both of these characteristics […]

Nestled into a craggy embankment from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, this combination art studio and guesthouse looks like something directly out of The Hobbit. Engineered rock walls appear to emerge out of the landscape, framing deep-set windows and also a fairy tale door fitted with a functioning porthole window. Stout pine trusses and […]

There are few alternatives to this fiberglass and foam products used to insulate roofs and walls until relatively recently. Most of us leave the somewhat dull topic of insulation to builders or contractors anyway — after all, you barely buy insulation for appearances. But the topic of insulation is warming up, both for environmentalists and […]

This beautiful 1923 cabin was Karin Blom’s childhood home. When her parents passed away, Karin moved out of her San Francisco apartment and back to the Bay Area suburbs, determined to make her parents’ house her own. She was only when she moved into eight decades ago, but Karin shortly got married, and her husband […]

Rhode Island’s state has always had an independent streak. It was the very first of the original 13 colonies to declare independence from British rule as well as the final of the colonies to ratify the United States Constitution. So it somehow seems fitting that Andrew Suvalsky’s design for the home in one of the […]

I am all about maximizing distance, but in regards to your bookshelves, leaving a little breathing space can go quite a distance. Not merely is open space pleasant to check at, but your built-ins will feel more relaxed and give you the chance to show off not just your books but your bookshelves themselves. I […]

Flat tongue and groove wall paneling is all of the rage. While the technique has existed for what seems like eons, the resulting compact look has made a recent comeback. Tongue and groove joints let horizontal pieces of wood to be combined together to make one level surface. Famous for their rich texture, striped pattern […]