Articles filed under Decor
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Renovation transforms drab midcentury house into a 'magic box'Feb 03, 2017 5:00 am - It's a dab of color on a wooded lot — a two-story house that brings the outdoors inside yet creates privacy. Before, it was a one-story midcentury house with no distingu...
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Design show features projects meant to lift communitiesFeb 03, 2017 5:00 am - NEW YORK — “By the People: Designing a Better America” is not your typical design show. There is no posh furniture, and any glitz comes intertwined with grit. The show i...
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Create a tiny 'she shed' for refugeJan 29, 2017 5:01 am - A woman needs her privacy! Every young mother with toddlers realizes sooner or later they follow you around like puppies. Longed-for adoration and sweet dependency can ...
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Japanese Imari patterns inspired Staffordshire pottersJan 29, 2017 5:01 am - Q. I have enclosed a photo of a small ironstone bowl that belonged to my mother. She was born in Ireland in 1911 and immigrated to the United States in 1929. According ...
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World-class hotel luxury at homeJan 29, 2017 5:00 am - Author Sara Bliss is nothing if not well-traveled. A writer who covers health, beauty, celebrities, inspiring women, travel and design, she is the creator and primary au...
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Stylish shelves offer infinite ways to organizationJan 29, 2017 5:00 am - Organizing yourself toward a better future is often a necessary first step in preparing for any new interior design project. Like most projects, organization is fundamen...
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These luxury home mainstays may be gone in 20 yearsJan 29, 2017 5:00 am - Some real estate amenities are eternal — a sweeping view of a golf course, for instance, or a cozy fireplace. Others, though, might prove unexpectedly faddish: What seem...
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Designers find creative ways to make new products from recyclingJan 27, 2017 5:00 am - Recycling has become the norm in many communities. The detritus of our daily lives — plastic, glass, metal and paper — makes its weekly trek to processing plants across ...
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Brick, wood and concrete make architectural statements in urban loftsJan 22, 2017 5:01 am - Large cities like New York, Milan and Paris have no choice but to snatch up space for residential use in what used to be neighborhoods bustling with industrial activity....
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Small changes to accommodate a senior visitorJan 22, 2017 5:01 am - The new year always begins with all sorts of ambitious ideas for change. What better time to look around your home and ready one small space for a visit from a senior pa...