•Her decision: Sink or swim?: Real estate agent Lynda Taylor goes for broke and buys a fixer-upper. Scary bit of reality!

•Inspired by nothing: Less is better for the young hipsters behind Lift collective.

•Personal touch on every page: A love-letter to Thos. Moser (AT:LA showed the love months ago!)

•Taking creativity up to the edge: Ah, the troubles with that little patch between the sidewalk and the street (contrary to popular belief, officials say, the city does not own the "parking strip")

•Lofts: divide and contour: Pretty straight forward advice on how to soften the hard edge of a loft.

•The Scout:

•"Algues", designed by the Parisian brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and newly available in the U.S. through Vitra.

•Uwharrie Chair Co:That East Coast classic the Adirondack chair is staking out new territory.

•MAK Center:Re-dedication of the 1939 Pearl M. Mackey Apartments in L.A.