Lakeshore Bliss for a Cantilevered Vermont Home
On the website of a former summer camp, this lakeside home in Vermont sits on a steep incline. After the dilapidated camp was torn down, new structure was allowed inside its exact footprint. A few nearing retirement wanted to build…..
Traditional and Modern Converge on Coveted Chicago Blocks
The blocks of Orchard and Howe streets just south of Armitage Avenue at Chicago’s Old Town area are just two of the most desirable residential stretches in the city. Yet because this ideabook will reveal, the historic fabric of this…..
Surprises Await in Small Glass Boxes
“Glass box” is a saying — occasionally endearing, more times not — describing buildings made up primarily of glass walls. Believe Mies van der Rohe’s designs of homes and office buildings. However, a glass box may also be just a…..
A Modern Sydney Home That Grows on You
Mark Paul and Sarah Kenny’s new home is all about compromise. Paul consented to move from his beloved northern beaches to Sydney’s Lower North Shore, as long as his design fundamentals came through strongly in the new house. Both worked…..
Casual Elegance in a California Beach Home
When interior designer Gail Madison-Goodhue of Madison Interiors and her husband, Richard Goodhue, first walked the steps of the dated standard home, it was”possible at first sight.” It was not ideal, but it was nestled in their perfect location: surrounded…..
Eclectic Global Style in a Swedish Village
Patterned walls, exotic furniture and classic touches gave this midcentury Swedish home a fresh life for a family of six. Cat and James Brewis moved from London to Sweden over 10 years ago and immediately started searching for a home…..
Cheerful Modern Beach House
Eight decades back, Erin Lee-Hawk happened upon a open house whilst jogging in a Leucadia, California, neighborhood and thought, ” Oh, wow, I could spend my life.” She constantly fantasized about having a home her kids could say that they…..
Comfortably Modern at San Francisco
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) librarian Jason Galloway moved to San Francisco for part of a town that he already knew a lot about. “I loved San Francisco so much and understood so much about it before moving…..
Guest Picks: 20 Vintage-Inspired Finds On Your Table
What is it about Thanksgiving which makes you need to set your best table? It’s a unique holiday where customs are passed on and new customs are created. I have never hosted Thanksgiving dinner, but I certainly plan to serve…..
Contemporary Colonial in New Jersey
Homeowners Christine and Stephan and their daughters fell in love with the area around Chester, New Jersey after they Jumped from Germany for Stephan’s work. They made a decision to buy this 1980s center-hall blossom as it was a fixer-upper…..