Although we blogged Wednesday's H&G feature article yesterday, here are a couple of other highlights:
More than merely 'regional' - Author seeks to give the Bay Area's modern architects their rightful place in the movement's pantheon: Although modernist architecture is often associated with Southern California, Pierluigi Serraino's book, NorCalMod, features 101 midcentury modernist projects in our part of the state. Joanne Furio also lists some that you can see in the East Bay.
Design Dilemmas: Clever visual tricks won't solve this problem: A Danville homeowner asks Charles Smith for help with a fireplace that intrudes into its adjacent sliding glass door
Instead of trying to "fix" the obvious mistake (which is the right thing to do but frankly a bit boring and no fun) play it up like you meant to do that. IE extend the door molding above the tile all the way across the wall over the tile. Maybe vary the patterns of vertical grooves as it extends toward the corner.