What Type of Curtain Rod Can I Need for a Curved or Bowed Window?
From Victorian turrets to modern apartments, curved windows are available in all shapes and sizes. Some primary considerations for selecting the right curved curtain rod system would be the mounting brackets, the angle of the curved window, whether you want…
Get Those Carpet Stains Out: Greatest Nontoxic Procedures for Spot Cleaning
Carpets and rugs are comfortable underfoot, but they’re also magnets for stains. From holiday parties to everyday use, rugs and carpets often take a lot of abuse. But keeping your floor coverings looking their best is simpler than you might…
From Train Depot to Family Home in Texas
Julie and François Lévy converted a run-down 1904 train depot into a family home with a judicious mixture of traditional and modern elements. It is “modern in its scale and willingness but conventional in its construction, materials and detailing,” says…
Sweeten Your Hanukkah Using a Dessert Table for All Ages
Brooke Pratt desires her household’s dessert table to shout the arrival of the holidays this past year. “I like things to be bigger than life. It’s just how I work,” says Pratt, the crafter and manufacturer behind Sucre Shop. Like…
15 Strategies to Design an Easy-Clean Home
Within my never-ending search to find more time to relax, put up my feet and enjoy a glass of wine and a good book, I’m writing today about designing your home in a manner that helps to minimize your cleaning…
11 Ways to Get Out the Door Faster
We all love the feeling of a productive morning you know, the one when you are up 10 minutes before the alarm goes off. But despite our best intentions, many days begin with a mad rush to discover a pressed…
Modern Industrial Ledge House at Napa
Architect David Wilson visited this site many times, pondering the upcoming home’s layout with his client over a glass of wine matching for a house overlooking Napa Valley. This is the place where Wilson’s client talked about constructing his dream…
Your Soul to Satisfy
If you think of your dream house, what do you imagine? Is it a mansion or a cottage? Is it in the mountains or on a tropical island? As I look at photos of homes, occasionally one will catch my…
Design an Easy-Clean Kitchen
Is there a new kitchen on your future? When you develop the design, there are so many choices to create. Many of those are all about style, and in addition, you should think a great deal about the functionality of…
Online Tools Help Paperless Plunge
Full disclosure: I have not gone with all my invoices — yet. If you are like me, you see the value in paying bills electronically but just can not step away from the comfort of owning a hard copy. The…