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Tired of looking in design magazines for tips and not finding anything that suits you? The spring issue of Decorating (a special-interest publication of Better Homes and Gardens) has ideas for decorating smaller homes with human-scale rooms, as opposed to the cavernous rooms seen in more high-end design magazines:
• If you are re-covering furniture, [...]
Walking up to Wetherington Signature Homes’ Le Chateau model, you may think you have been transported to your own private estate in the French countryside.
Elegant, yet not ostentatious, the 4,632-square-foot, four-bedroom Le Chateau is an homage to the classic designs of yore. In addition to five full baths, the home has two half baths.
An oval [...]
Marcia is my No. 1 fan. She has seen every episode of Divine Design and has memorized all my makeovers. Yet her own home, which she shares with husband Frankie and their four children (and dog and parrot), was a design debacle. The family moved into the house two years ago, and the place has [...]
Al Gore, the environmental activist stung by criticism over his home’s energy efficiency, says renovations are nearly complete to make it a model “green” home.
“This plan has been in the works for a long time,” the former vice president said Friday. “The only thing that has changed is that we’re more public about it because [...]
Homearama is like a fashion show for the home design world, with builders, architects, interior designers and landscapers all striving to push the boundaries and showcase their abilities.
“I love design and it’s a great opportunity to show off what we can do,” says Rick Seitz, co-owner of Artisan Estate Homes, one of the 10 homes [...]
As a professional interior designer with Birmingham-based Maddalena Design, Sally Matak spends her days in a swirl of color, pattern and textures. So, when she heads home, it’s to a purposely serene and simple space where she can relax and refuel.
The 30-something Matak, who grew up in a “teeny, tiny town in Ontario two hours [...]
Cannon Moss Brygger & Associates’ design for the Sioux City Community School District’s Irving Elementary School was awarded the 2007 American School & University Magazine’s Educational Interiors Showcase’s Silver Citation . . . a premier competition honoring education interior design excellence.
This elementary school building, designed around a community concept, focuses on educational pods that are [...]
The subtle style and open layout of Plan LS-21007-B, by Homeplans, part of Move, gives the design a warm, comfortable feel. The floor plan covers 2,701 square feet of living space.
A wide front porch adds balance to the facade, while providing a place to read or chat with visitors. To the back of the home, [...]
The annual Student Design Exhibition and Fashion Show will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5, at Oregon State University’s CH2M-Hill Alumni Center. Doors open at 6 p.m.
The event, called “Glamour Confidential,†is organized by students in the Department of Design and Human Environment in the College of Health and Human Sciences. This [...]
The lot that contains the home of Hugh McDougall and Jeri Fritz has an unusual slope, and finding the right plants and design to complement the historic structure in the Swan Lake neighborhood has been challenging.
The couple tried and failed to find the right mix. Each attempt hasn’t been exactly what they’ve envisioned for [...]
Debuting only last year, HI DESIGN, the 2nd annual business meetings forum for the hospitality interior design community which took place at the Intercontinental Berlin on 26- 28 April 2007, saw a 40% increase in the number of attending delegates.
“This leap in numbers has come as no surprise to us. HI DESIGN was borne out [...]
Thick, intersecting beams form a dramatic front view for a unique Tenafly contemporary amid weeping evergreens and serene rock gardens.
Giant cedar horizontal and vertical columns converge under a stucco overhang into a striking, two-story portico for the six-bedroom East Hill home.
When the home was built in the 1970s, architect James McConnell of Hackensack said he [...]