A kitchen cabinet need not stay a kitchen cabinet because of its name. Just a cabinet left over from a kitchen makeover, or A scratch-and-dent bit from a home improvement store or salvage yard, has lots of functionality built in, not or whether it stays in a kitchen. Convert a kitchen cabinet into a filing [...]

Have you ever been in a room that just feels right? Nine times out of 10, it’s because it’s a simple design that works well. But creating a simple design is harder than it seems — particularly in bedrooms. Why? Because each bedroom absolutely has to get a mattress in it. And beds are large [...]

Any musician knows how easy it is to accumulate stacks and stacks of sheet music. I played the piano for many years as a child, and by high school I could barely shut my piano bench because of an accumulation of every song under the stars. If you’re running into this issue and are just [...]

Headboards are a part of bedroom layout. They are often the first thing that you see when you enter the room, and also the most dominant. Just as the front door creates an important public announcement about who you are, the headboard creates an important personal statement about who you are. It’s a place for [...]

Grown for its intriguing trunk form and branching habit, in addition to because of its showy pink to crimson flowers, desert rose (Adenium obesum) is native to Africa. It rises at U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10a through 12. Desert rose is damaged by temperatures below 35 degrees Fahrenheit but above 32 F, [...]

Everything about wine is an art. From the making of it into the packaging of it and even the showing of it. If you collect bottles over time, you are left with a delightful problem: What do you do with your growing collection? Before you begin saving bottles in the coat cupboard, learn more about [...]

For city folk, condo owners and apartment dwellers, space is often at a premium. And when you are living in a smaller space, it becomes much more essential the things you have a purpose — or greater than one. Each one of those designs works hard to earn its keep at a house. Whether it’s [...]

In many regions of the Earth, autumn is signaled by leaves changing color before they fall to the floor. Greens give way to reds, oranges and yellows, which makes the passage of time noticeable and beautiful. These autumnal colors may also be inspiration for a house’s outside, as the illustrations reveal. Within their embrace of [...]

This Manhattan mat welcomes you with bright yellow walls and a good deal of natural light streaming from windows that are adjoining. But the compact area did not necessarily have such a joyous disposition. In the house’s previous life, guests walked into a studio filled with a hodgepodge of walnut furniture and first saw… a [...]

My studio has to be full of music when I’m sitting at my drawing table. Nothing beats drawing and designing into the sounds of music. Even though some may listen to rockothers to blues and others to country, I discover that classical music is exactly what I work best to. The music of Mozart, Bach, [...]