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You don’t need your home to be on a farm to bring some of the farm into your home. Cultivate a Scandinavian farmhouse vibe in your kitchen with pieces in black and white, or make over your downtown apartment’s cooking space with brilliant copper pendant lights and Mason jars. Each of these…

You don’t need your home to be on a farm to bring some of the farm into your home. Cultivate a Scandinavian farmhouse vibe in your kitchen with pieces in black and white, or make over your downtown apartment’s cooking space with brilliant copper pendant lights and Mason jars. Each of these…

The area at the bottom of the entryway staircase can be tricky to decorate — or even to put to any practical use. If you have plenty of square footage and money on hand, building a powder room, closet or office might make sense, as long as an adjoining basement staircase doesn’t block your plan. But…

The area at the bottom of the entryway staircase can be tricky to decorate — or even to put to any practical use. If you have plenty of square footage and money on hand, building a powder room, closet or office might make sense, as long as an adjoining basement staircase doesn’t block your plan. But…

When interior designer Mary-Lynn Ring purchased a condo in midtown Manhattan with her husband, what she really bought was a full-throttle gut remodel project. From the start, Ring’s vision was to transform a dingy bachelor pad into a little jewel box in the Manhattan skyline, bringing in as much…

When interior designer Mary-Lynn Ring purchased a condo in midtown Manhattan with her husband, what she really bought was a full-throttle gut remodel project. From the start, Ring’s vision was to transform a dingy bachelor pad into a little jewel box in the Manhattan skyline, bringing in as much…

Every architect’s design process is extremely personal and nuanced. For example, I have certain tools that I reach for ritually when I start a new project. One is a favorite lead pencil with a lightweight, medium-size barrel and a thinly ridged grip, loaded with a medium-weight HB lead that’s not too…

Every architect’s design process is extremely personal and nuanced. For example, I have certain tools that I reach for ritually when I start a new project. One is a favorite lead pencil with a lightweight, medium-size barrel and a thinly ridged grip, loaded with a medium-weight HB lead that’s not too…

In an ideal world or, rather, an ideal bathroom, many of us would like enough space to have a tub as well as a standalone shower. While having just one or the other is one route to take, lots of us will opt instead for a combination. A shower-tub combo doesn’t have to be a style compromise, though. Here…

In an ideal world or, rather, an ideal bathroom, many of us would like enough space to have a tub as well as a standalone shower. While having just one or the other is one route to take, lots of us will opt instead for a combination. A shower-tub combo doesn’t have to be a style compromise, though. Here…