Joanne Ooi is the creative director of Shanghai Tang, a large retailer that specializes in modern Chinese clothing (there is a New York location on Madison Avenue). The New York Times give us a peek...
When it comes to our home interiors, we all probably want to use only healthy, green furnishings. But does that have to mean shopping only for furnishings that are marketed as green, sometimes at he...
Remember the video of the slinky-like chair that took the internet by storm early last year? Well, we're excited to find out through New York Magazine that it's available for purchase in New York! The...
We've known a few people in our neighborhood that made a few thousand dollars renting out their apartments to Law & Order film crews. (The East Village is definitely a hot-spot for them.)The New Yor...
Food so local that it comes from the building next door? The New York Times examines the idea of vertical farming in urban centers and shows us that architects, designers and agriculturalists are fa...
The Madrid home of Rosalind Williams and Tino Calabuig is only 11.5' wide! (which is evident from the tight angles of all the photographs). The couple bought the four-story building in 2001 and reno...
Are you an obsessive folder? Do you refold laundry that others have folded "incorrectly?" Perhaps you're one of thousands of adults who were trained to fold clothing at a retail store? We admit to b...
Last year, we had great discussions about reducing our consumption of bottled water. Perfect for Green Month at AT, New York Magazine's regular shopping feature, Best Bets, shows us some options for t...
Last month, The Washington Post featured a series of murals in private homes in and around DC. Our favorite surprise was the Marc Chagall garden mural in a Georgetown home. This mosaic work is the on...
With the help of solar panels, super-efficient windows and insulation, and low-flush toilets Mig Halpine, Calico Harington, and their children are living an almost energy-independent home life in Be...
In January, the Museum of Modern Art announced their intentions to fill the vacant lot surrounding the museum with an exhibition of prefab housing in addition to displays in the interior galleries. ...
New Yorkers, do you ever dream of moving to a less-expensive city? The New York Times special real estate section, Great Homes & Destinations, features a one-bedroom, furnished apartment for sale in...
The eye-popping blue addition is the work of architect Winy Maas of MVRDV. By adding house-shaped bedrooms to the roof of the existing apartment, Maas was able to make existing urban space "work har...
It's a question and concern for many apartment dwellers - How do you hide the monstrously ugly air conditioner? New York Magazine does a quick round-up of five approaches to the common problem. The ...
A 138-year-old, three-bedroom, 5 bath, 6500 SF home in Marblehead just got a LEED-certified makeover in Marblehead......
The New York Times tells us how the Nettelbeck family transformed a run-down 16th-century farmhouse in the Aquitaine region of France. The small and dark rooms of the house, known as La Pradelle, we...
Check out this post on Lifehacker. Brian Dehamer needed a work space, but with the arrival of a new baby extra space was something they just couldn’t find inside their house…...
Developed in the 1920's as an alternative to overcrowded slums, Sunnyside Gardens in Queens is surrounded by lush vegetation. The New York Times shares the home of Dan Hendrick and Jimmy Van Bramer ...
The editors of This Old House have selected Flatbush, Brooklyn as one of the twelve Best Places to Buy an Old House. We check in over there every once in a while to see if they've selected a house i...
This week's Great Homes & Destinations section of The New York Times shows off two apartments in Amman, Jordan. Jordan is a popular place for international organizations and corporations to make a h...
Reading through this week's collection of publications, we spotted an amazing roof top space in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Time Out New York shows us a glimpse of the communal roof of Shawn Connell's loft ...
The New York Times shows us the three-story 2,100-square-foot house that Jane Prophet and David Richardson renovated in London. The new space is clean-lined and simply furnished with a few unique to...
The new New York Magazine has a roundup of some of the New York City building codes that will start to change on July 1st. The list includes new criteria for stairways, "green" construction rebates,...
So they didn't build their own house. Were we really surprised? No. Although we thought that when Clive showed up he was bringing an army of help like on Extreme Home Makeover. Instead he brought a ...
This angular home, perched on a hilltop in Southern California, was designed by architect Tom Kundig to take advantage of its unique position and embrace the indoor-outdoor life. Pilar Viladas of Th...
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