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- Louis Kahn's Modern Residential Masterpieces Get Coverage at Last (11 photos)
- Grow Your Own Privacy: How to Screen With Plants and Trees (11 photos)
- 5 Steps to Improve Your Heating System Now (5 photos)
- Orange for Fun — and Yes, Versatility — Around the House (14 photos)
- Guest Picks: It's Marble-ous! (20 photos)
- Houzz Tour: Color and Personality in 500 Square Feet (16 photos)
- Common Household Cleansers for Leather Upholstery (9 photos)
- 14 Tips for Decorating an Attic — Awkward Spots and All (14 photos)
- Take the Chill Off With Cozy Winter Textures (13 photos)
- How to Make a Room Easier on the Eyes (14 photos)
- 8 Over-the-Top Bedrooms for Kids (8 photos)
- It's Not Too Late to Decorate: Minimalist Fall Decor (16 photos)
- Who Invented the Coat Hanger, and Other Household Mysteries Solved (5 photos)
| Louis Kahn's Modern Residential Masterpieces Get Coverage at Last (11 photos) Posted: 22 Oct 2013 11:00 AM PDT History has a way of mythologizing people by embracing certain accomplishments over others. The great American architect Louis I. Kahn (19011974) is celebrated today for modern masterpieces that tap into a deep history: the Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven,...    |
| Grow Your Own Privacy: How to Screen With Plants and Trees (11 photos) Posted: 22 Oct 2013 11:00 AM PDT We like to think of our home as our castle, a secure and private place where we can escape from the world. And although we can't all build moats around our homes, we can employ plants to enclose and screen our private worlds. Unlike architectural structures, plants also contribute color, texture, fragrance...    |
| 5 Steps to Improve Your Heating System Now (5 photos) Posted: 22 Oct 2013 11:00 AM PDT If you are one of those people who don't think about the heater until it's freezing and you need to adjust the thermostat, I'm here to tell you: Your heating system needs your attention now. A few simple steps in the fall will mean you're not waiting for an HVAC tech to come out for an expensive...    |
| Orange for Fun — and Yes, Versatility — Around the House (14 photos) Posted: 22 Oct 2013 11:00 AM PDT Quick: What's the first thing you think of when you hear the word "orange"? The fruit? Halloween? Traffic cones? Unfortunately, many of the associations we have for this color relate to danger. (Think prison uniforms.) It's no wonder that so many of us avoid using it in our homes. But...    |
| Guest Picks: It's Marble-ous! (20 photos) Posted: 22 Oct 2013 10:55 AM PDT I know a lot of people who love marble; they think it has a certain delicate glamour that only a fine natural material can have. But I also know some other people who despise marble. They think of it as an old-fashioned, cold and boring material. Despite the contrasting opintions, marble is trending....    |
| Houzz Tour: Color and Personality in 500 Square Feet (16 photos) Posted: 22 Oct 2013 07:00 AM PDT Interior designer Frances Merrill believes houses can exhibit their own personality. If that's true, then her home's original personality could only be described as Frankenstein's monster. When she and her husband, Chris, found it, the structure was dilapidated and saggy, with dirty cream-colored...    |
| Common Household Cleansers for Leather Upholstery (9 photos) Posted: 22 Oct 2013 07:00 AM PDT You don't have to buy fancy, expensive and smelly leather cleansers and conditioners to keep your leather upholstery looking top-notch just try one of these recipes that can be mixed up at home using common household ingredients. Most leather upholstery is made with a finished leather that has been...    |
| 14 Tips for Decorating an Attic — Awkward Spots and All (14 photos) Posted: 22 Oct 2013 07:00 AM PDT Carving out extra living space in the attic can be a wonderful way to make the most of your home's square footage. But to get the most out of your newfound space, you will need to address a few challenges particular to attics from steeply sloped ceilings and awkward layouts to low light and hard-to-dress...    |
| Take the Chill Off With Cozy Winter Textures (13 photos) Posted: 21 Oct 2013 07:00 PM PDT I am looking to the upcoming "fall back" time change with a mix of excitement and dread. I love the extra hour of sleep that morning, but I become a slug in the evenings when it gets dark so early. One way to embrace the cold and dark is to just go with it like a hibernating animal and nestle indoors...    |
| How to Make a Room Easier on the Eyes (14 photos) Posted: 21 Oct 2013 07:00 PM PDT Our eyes work hard. They continually scan the world around us, looking for changes and registering what's stayed the same since their last sweep. When there's lots to see, they have lots to do, and all that "eye work" distracts us from whatever we're up to hanging out with friends, cooking dinner...    |
| 8 Over-the-Top Bedrooms for Kids (8 photos) Posted: 21 Oct 2013 03:00 PM PDT You get to be a kid only once so let your children embrace it! Children's rooms are a great place for getting creative and going overboard with wildly imaginative designs. Take a look at these inspiring rooms and get motivated turn your children's ordinary bedrooms into magical environments they'll...    |
| It's Not Too Late to Decorate: Minimalist Fall Decor (16 photos) Posted: 21 Oct 2013 03:00 PM PDT Fall is one of my favorite seasons. I love to take in all the beauty of this time of year, whether it's natural or cultivated. But it always goes so fast. Between the rush of back to school, a plethora of family birthdays in September and an annual conference for me and a trip overseas for my husband...    |
| Who Invented the Coat Hanger, and Other Household Mysteries Solved (5 photos) Posted: 21 Oct 2013 03:00 PM PDT Look around you. Notice any objects whose designs changed the world? No, not your phone. Or your computer. Look closer. You probably use these objects every day but never really stop to think about what life would be like without them, or where they originated....    |
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