When the owners of this airy, 1960s modernist home wanted to bring more light to the interior, they also wanted to retain the architecture’s original character and ambience. The house is part of the Southwood House Estate in Highgate, north London, a triangle of residences built in the 1960s from a design…
New-Home Sales Are Up—But Not Enough to Ease the Housing Crunch
The good news is new-home sales were up in January. But newly constructed home purchases did not rise enough to alleviate the national housing shortage.
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Classic Bigleaf Hydrangeas Add Old-Fashioned Charm to a Garden (8 photos)
With their sturdy structure, dense form and showy flowers that last for months, hydrangeas have earned their spot as a favorite of gardeners in all but the coldest regions. They might have made their mark in old-fashioned cottage-style gardens, but ma…
Ignite Your Kids’ Spirit of Adventure With an Outdoorsy Bedroom (13 photos)
We can’t control the way our kids turn out, but we can influence the hobbies and interests they develop and the values they take on as their own. If you have a love of nature and would like your children to share in the same joys you experience from spending time in the great outdoors, why not start…
Ignite Your Kids’ Spirit of Adventure With an Outdoorsy Bedroom (13 photos)
We can’t control the way our kids turn out, but we can influence the hobbies and interests they develop and the values they take on as their own. If you have a love of nature and would like your children to share in the same joys you experience from spending time in the great outdoors, why not start…
A London Home Gets a Neighbor-Friendly Addition (13 photos)
The typical Victorian row house is a two-rooms-upstairs, two-rooms-downstairs construction that, at some point, had a kitchen added on the back. This house in east London was no exception. “The kitchen was small and very cut off from the rear dining room. Everything felt very closed in on itself,” says…















