I've lived in San Francisco for 8 years, and whenever I talk with friends and family from other parts of the country they often remark, "So, I guess you're there to stay?" To which I reply by laughing ruefully and saying something like, "No, we all know we can't stay..." The trailing-off is meant to avoid an awkward discussion about money; replace the ellipsis with "$$$", and you've just about got it... More

Last night I read a book by my living room window. No air conditioning. No fans. No ice-filled drink. Just damp, campfire scented autumn air, my favorite blanket, a book, and a cat. It was, quite simply, blissful. If you're in the market for a new favorite throw to cozy up with on the cool nights ahead, check out this blanket round up. I'm quite confident all of these blankets will pair wonderfully with fuzzy slippers, trashy novels, salty potato chips, and a cat. More

Let's forget the $11,000 price tag for a moment, and just focus on how fun this Swing Table by Duffy London looks. Where could you see such a contraption? In your dining room? Your design studio? Your company's boring conference room? More

Name: Doug
Location: Union Square, New York, New York
Size: 6,200 square foot 4-bedroom triplex with roof deck
Years Lived In: 8

"When I walk down the street, I like to find the ugliest building on the block and think about how I'd change it, improve it," explains Doug Levine, founder and former owner of New York's Crunch gyms. Needless to say, making something out of nothing is fun for Doug.

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Name: Carrie Livingston, Interior Designer and Founder of Generous, a non-profit organization to improve the lives of autistic individuals and their families
Location: Los Angeles, California
Size: 1,250 square feet
Years lived in: 10 Years, complete redesign in 2010

Carrie's home makes you feel like you are in the lobby in one of the trendiest boutique hotels. Her style reflects modern art and culture from around the world — she collects furnishings when she travels to cities such as London, Paris, and Moscow. The pure white walls and floors allow her incredible art and statement furniture to take center stage.

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When we went on vacation as kids, my parents used to joke that our destination didn't matter… all we cared about was gift shops and swimming in the hotel pool. I'm older now, and gift shops have lost some of their appeal, but I still love a good pool. More

Why didn't they have this when I was a kid?! Thankfully, the Wibit Sports Park 60 is just as much for big kids as it is for little kids. If you own a lake house, you could turn your front yard into your very own adventure water park, complete with slides, swings, trampolines, and obstacles of all kinds. More

A decidedly cool and shimmery, unmistakably glam palette defines House Beautiful's 2012 Kitchen of the Year. With a shiny mix of polished chrome, pearlized subway tile and an ultra-high gloss countertop in the butlers pantry, this is the antithesis of the warm and cuddly country kitchen, but is absolutely inviting in it's own fashionable way. More

It's that time of year again, when I get to go far away on vacation and check out a new part of the world and the homes there. This year Ursula and I flew to Rome and then drove up to a beautifully restored group of farm buildings which my mother had rented for the family and friends for two weeks. More

I'm not sure that there's any idea that captures the romance of travel more completely for me than that of the Orient Express. Just the words "Orient Express" bring to mind a golden age - a time when people dressed to travel and crossing a continent by train was the epitome of luxury. There was a sense of mystery to such journeys, the feeling that anything could, and would happen along the way... More