House Tour
Video: Scholten & Baijings’s Bright Ideas
A husband-and-wife team is brightening up the sober Dutch design world. They take T on a video tour of their colorful home, which they describe as a living still life.
Andrew Montgomery
In England, an Italian formalist learns to appreciate the subtleties of seasons.
Marie Christophe’s Delicate Balance
In rural France, the sculptor of whimsical objects finds a home for her urbane sensibilities.
The Writer's Room
Under the canopy of a tree, near a closet full of sweets, with the ghost of a famous painter, six authors on the spaces where they work.
T Magazine
Five Up-and-Coming Norwegian Design Talents to Know Now
By MONICA KHEMSUROV
The most exciting Nordic products available stateside aren’t sold at Ikea.
T Magazine
Planters as Pleasing as What’s Inside Them
By JESS CHAMBERLAIN
A new collection from the Seattle-based interiors designer Trey Jones elevates simple terra cotta, copper and steel pots.
T Magazine
Garza Marfa’s Chicago Connection
By RIMA SUQI
The midcentury Modernist furniture company, whose entire collection is available only at its Texas showroom, brings its designs to a gallery in the Windy City.
A Question of Taste
By LIESL SCHILLINGER
Perhaps lazy summer days simply conjure understatement, but suddenly fancy kitchens and the hyper-styled meals they produce feel overcooked.
T Magazine
A Fancy Planter from Louis Vuitton
By TOM DELAVAN
Designed by Damien Langlois-Meurinne, the Totem Floral was inspired by the fashion house’s classic Noé bag.
My Space
A Gloomy, Glamorous Los Angeles Apartment
By STEVEN KURUTZ
The photographer Nicholas Maggio lives in sunny California but prefers a noir look out of the 1930s.
Nintendo 64s and Vintage PlayStations as Home Décor
By ALEX WILLIAMS
Old technology, like outdated computers and video game consoles, doesn’t just fade away. For some, it is reborn as home décor and art.
Office Interior Design on a Dorm Budget
By STEVEN KURUTZ
The designer Brad Sherman’s specialty is creating cozy, functional offices for start-ups, using a little budget and a lot of resourcefulness.
Domains
Exclamation-Point Architecture
By LUISE STAUSS
The graphic designers Justus Oehler and Uta Tjaden live in a 1928 Bauhaus-style villa in Berlin.
T Magazine
A Graceful Midcentury Armchair by Gio Ponti
By GEMMA SIEFF
The D.154.2 chair is a manifestation of the Italian master’s twin ideals of harmony and joy.
Gardener, to Thine Own Self Be True
By UMBERTO PASTI
The writer and horticulturist Umberto Pasti believes that to make a garden, you must abandon yourself not only to your surroundings, but to your deepest desires.
T Magazine
In London, Creative Types Celebrate an Old Architect’s Restored Apartment
By AIMEE FARRELL
A section of Sir John Soane’s Museum will open to the public for the first time in 160 years along with an exhibition of new postcard artworks provided by the likes of Manolo Blahnik and Paul Smith.
They Built It. No One Came.
By PENELOPE GREEN
In Pennsylvania, two men with 63 acres and a communal vision of utopia learn the hard way that not everyone follows the leader.
A Look Inside the Kips Bay Show House
By PENELOPE GREEN
The annual designer showcase opens at the Arthur Sachs Mansion, with proceeds benefiting the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club, which turned 100 this year.
T Magazine
Jamie Drake Picks His Favorite Rooms From Four Decades of the Kips Bay Show House
By ALEXANDRIA SYMONDS
The annual event, which tasks prominent decorators with creating dream spaces for a Manhattan home, turns 43 this year.
From ‘Broken Angel’ to Condos
By RONDA KAYSEN
A whimsical mascot in the Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, neighborhood, known as Broken Angel, with eclectic, stacked rooftop additions is being converted to luxury condominiums.
Marie Christophe’s Delicate Balance
By ALEXANDRA MARSHALL
In rural France, the sculptor of whimsical objects finds a home for her urbane sensibilities.
What I Love
At Home With Michael A. Clinton of Hearst Magazines
By DAN SHAW
Michael A. Clinton, the president for marketing and publishing director of Hearst Magazines, lives in a Manhattan apartment filled with mementos of his travels.
On Location: London
A London Loft Designed With a Nod to New York
By ROCKY CASALE
A newly renovated apartment in South London was designed using the best attributes of places where the owner had lived, including SoHo and Woodstock in New York.
What I Love | James Klein and David Reid
In Queens, Ceramics, History, and a Bit of Mystery
By DAN SHAW
The ceramists James Klein and David Reid live in Jackson Heights with their own and others’ works, vintage furniture and a few beloved unidentified objects.
What You Get
$1.2 Million Homes in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Kansas City
By MIKE POWELL
A condo in Missouri, a contemporary in Los Angeles and a townhouse in Philadelphia
International Real Estate
House Hunting in ... St. Martin
By MARCELLE SUSSMAN FISCHLER
The real estate market in St. Martin continues to rebound after stagnating during the worldwide economic downtown in 2008; oceanfront property is the hardest to come by.
Design Notebook
When Profits Can Become Sawdust
By MICHAEL TORTORELLO
Scott McGlasson uses organic materials to build heirloom furniture pieces. But is his method sustainable?
The Wassaic Project: A Festival, a ‘Beautiful’ Flood and Now Art
By PENELOPE GREEN
An artists’ community evolves in upstate New York.
Shopping With Antonino Buzzetta
Stylish Bedside Clocks
By RIMA SUQI
Now that smartphones have replaced the utilitarian alarm clock, the timepiece next to your pillow can simply be attractive.
Market Ready
Should I Remove Sports Memorabilia Before Showing My Home?
By TIM McKEOUGH
It may seem disloyal to your team, but most buyers would prefer seeing a clean, uncluttered, neutral space.
Currents
From the Great Homes Section
On the Market
Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
This week’s properties are in the Sutton area; Cobble Hill, Brooklyn; and on the Upper East Side.
On the Market
Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey
This week’s properties, in West Orange, N.J., and Mamaroneck, N.Y., each have five bedrooms.
International Real Estate
House Hunting in ... South Africa
By LISA PREVOST
A favorable exchange rate, a shortage of available properties and a pleasant climate has driven up prices along Cape Town’s Atlantic coast.
About Home
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Outdoor Wine Glasses, and a Bottle for the Picnic
By ERIC ASIMOV
Put aside the formality for the park and the beach, but use these tips to make an outdoor glass as enjoyable as possible.
The Pain-Free Furniture Checklist
By KATE MURPHY
If you follow a few simple guidelines, you can find furniture that gives you the right amount of support.
The Ergonomic Sofa
By KATE MURPHY
Unless you shop wisely, home décor can be surprisingly bad for your musculoskeletal health.
Building Blocks
A Hudson Yards Garden Will Grow With Concrete, Coolant and High-Power Fans
By DAVID W. DUNLAP
Much of the Hudson Yards project in Manhattan, including the Public Square garden, is being built over a 26-acre rail yard where temperatures are 150 degrees.
On Location
Where Howard Hughes Was Underfoot
By STEVEN KURUTZ
The 9,000-square-foot house was an impulse buy with a pool room and a past.
On Location
How NOLA Can You Go?
By PENELOPE GREEN
A pair of exiles from New Orleans have put down roots in Brooklyn — among their own.
On Location
A Victorian Loft With Creature Comforts
By ELAINE LOUIE
Remodeling a 19th-century TriBeCa apartment with new windows, modern kitchen appliances and “wacky” animals.
It’s Empty at the Top
By JULIE LASKY
The interim president of RISD found herself with a 21-room house that needed furnishing. Luckily, she knew a few suppliers.
On Location
Charmed, Even by the Snakes
By ROCKY CASALE
The farmhouse in Columbia County was a new kind of habitat for a pair that had spent a quarter-century on beaches of Fire Island.
On Location
Coming Full Circle
By DAVID HAY
A Texan moves back into his family home, but not before making room for his boyhood hobby.
On Location
At Home in the Out-Back
By SANDY KEENAN
In Vancouver, a gift of land brings three generations closer.
On Location
With Wide-Open Acres
By STEVEN KURUTZ
It was easy to embrace a dilapidated farmhouse when the buyers saw the chunk of property it sat on.
2014 Holiday Gifts for the Home
This year’s gift guide invites you to consider a bicycle bell that makes 25 sounds, a 16-foot lamp made of rope and a vase named after the disgraced wife of Emperor Claudius.
Four Square Blocks
Four Square Blocks: Portland
By JULIE LASKY
As small creative shops fill a street called Mississippi, a neighborhood comes to terms with rapid change.
Four Square Blocks: Toronto
By JULIE LASKY
The Queen West Art and Design District of Toronto occupies the sweet spot between scared off and priced out.
Four Square Blocks: Miami
An ambitious developer sees a future for the Miami Design District that includes high-fashion stores and high-end restaurants.
Four Square Blocks: Philadelphia
Design shops and galleries enliven Philadelphia’s Old City, whose Colonial roots are just one part of the story.
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