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Greening the Real Estate Transaction
From Re-nest: Our site that covers abundant design for green homes

Three simple steps to buying and selling greener homes...  ... check out these simple plantable pots, and let us know if you think Costco can be green....

Dark Molding in a Modern Interior
NYT House & Home Roundup 3.27.08

This week's Room to Improve question from The New York Times asks Is dark molding appropriate in a modern interior? We've covered this very question many times (and in many different situations) in o...

NYT: MoMA Commissions PreFab Housing

The Museum of Modern Art has announced plans for an exhibition on the architecture of Pre-Fabrication. Today's recent New York Times discusses the plans for the exhibit in Is Prefab Fab? MoMA Plans ...

NYT: Dutch Barn Rural Getaway

The Sanders Family weekend home in Roxbury, New York looks like the perfect setting for a J.Crew photo shoot. The 8,000 square foot Dutch-Style barn from 1897 was reconfigured as a living space by D...

NYT Sketch Pad: Marshland View

The latest Sketch Pad feature from the New York Times re-imagines a home in Clinton, Connecticut that fronts 1000 feet of marshland. William Grover and Charles Mueller of Centerbrook Architects take...

NYT: Eric Carle's Modern Beach House
House & Home Roundup: 12.13.07

We've always loved the work of children's illustrator and writer Eric Carle. His collages and paintings are inspirational in their colors and organic shapes. In At Home With Eric Carle: Hungry Cate...

NYT: Victorian Country Estate
House & Home Roundup: 12.13.07

Most of us are used to dealing with small spaces but what would you do if you unexpectedly inherited a massive estate? When Caroline Magnus and her brother inherited Stokesay Court's 90 rooms and 1...

NYT Sketch Pad: Studio Bachelor Pad

The latest Sketchpad feature asked architect Henry Stolzman, a partner at PKSB Architects to combine adjoining studio apartments in the Financial District. The combination of studios offers the uniqu...

NYT: Asian Antiquities in a Chelsea Loft
House & Home Roundup 12.06.07

The extravagant Chelsea loft of Thomas Hays and Marlene Wallace highlights the travels and bank account of investment-banker-turned-designer Mr. Hays. The furnishings are a melting pot of exotic loc...

Cyril Brule's Minimalist Cabin
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Architect Cyril Brule built himself a tiny cabin on his family's land in Burgandy, France. Simplicity abounds in material consideration and scale. We're especially fond of the linseed-oiled fir si...

NYT: Matsuyama's Townhouse

Homeowner Tomoko Matsuyama integrated a simple Japanese aesthetic into the 100-year-old townhouse she purchased in uptown Manhattan. Navigating a Life From East to West examines Ms. Matsuyama's coll...