This clip from a 1975 documentary of Henry Miller takes place mostly in the writer’s remarkable bathroom and transports you WAY beyond the little room…
Read MoreEphemeral Curtains and Room Dividers Strung on Wires Are Easy to Do
In these images of gauzy curtains hung on simple wires via Clothier Aurelie Lecuyer, the lack of an imposing curtain rod achieves a pleasingly minimalist and ephemeral quality that’s easy and inexpensive…
Read MoreCool, Graphical Masking Tape Decorations for Walls, Cards, Wrapping
“I haven’t done a thing to get ready for the holidays” is an echo I’ve heared from many people I know. No matter. There’s always ways to festive things up at the last minute, with whatever is on hand.
Read MoreHow to Print Poems on Your Wall Like the Odes to Calder and Kelly at Lévy Gorvy Gallery
Specially commissioned poems on some walls at the Calder / Kelly show at the Levy Gorvy gallery made me wish for poems on my own walls. So I found out how…
Read MoreEndlessly Useful, Morphable, Stylish Photographer’s Apple Boxes
When I worked as a food stylist in photo studios, I came to appreciate the endless ways apple boxes could be used. They are just as useful at home. Witness Le Courbusier.
Read MoreA Clever Solution to Low Bookshelves That Minimizes Visual Clutter
In a house-tour of a mid-century apartment in São Paulo we spotted a clever iteration of low bookshelves that too often look cluttered and domineering.
Read MoreLife Lesson on The Ordinary State of Affairs
During my recent week off to recover from moving house and getting repairs underway to my leak-damaged home, I continued the work of embracing a big life lesson…
Read MoreOutdoor Rooms in the Natural World, Inspired by Russel Wright
The Moss Room mid-century designer Russel Wright created near Manitoga, his home in upstate New York got us thinking about outdoor space in a new way…
Read MoreOtto Zitko Makes Me Want to Paint on the Walls
Even though I will never have the mastery of Otto Zitko’s wondrous scribble-scrabble, I wanted some of the experience of it, so I figured out how and when…
Read MoreThe How and Why of Donald Judd’s Brilliant Plywood Tables
Artist Donald Judd’s iconic plywood tables are made with materials you can get anywhere, with methods just about anybody can do: his response to the lack of useful, well-designed furniture he was unable to find.
Read MoreTsundoku, The Wonder of Books Stacked High Around You
After years of enjoying the stacks of books piled by my sofa for the random discoveries they afford, I’ve discovered there is a word for them…
Read MoreSolar Lanterns Make Lunar Magic, Sensual Bubbles and, in the end, Stars
One of the best ways we know to create outdoor lighting magic in warm months are with Shoji Solar Lanterns…
Read More2 Ideas To Evoke Charming Wabi-Sabi in Your Space
Tiny Japanese restaurant Davelle employs inspired tricks to create a “bright and thoughtful little world” and a lovely feeling of wabi-sabi.
Read MoreMaira Kalman’s NYC Home Laboratory and Her Dream Place
Taking a virtual house tour of designer Maira Kalman’s apartment “laboratory” gave us some great ideas, including a way to discover our dream house.
Read MoreSimple Ways to Create Private Space with Fabric Room Dividers and ‘Slung Cloths’
The quest for a calming, private space can feel like an impossible dream, particularly for those who share tight living quarters. Here are some ideas…
Read MoreHunting Art in Apartment Galleries and Salons We Found Amezkua’s Women with Power Tools
Living room galleries provide community meeting places for artists and alternative ways to exhibit their work, and continue the salon tradition.
Read MoreHidden Bricks and Paving Stones Inscribed with Poems (Alison Hawthorne Deming)
Walking along the overgrown path near the Snow Leopard’s lair in the Central Park Zoo, I found two bricks inscribed with a poem, nestled into the dirt …
Read MoreAnnals of Found Art: Anonymous Side-by-Side Toilets Rival Duchamp and Cattelan
In a coffee shop restroom, we stumbled on a mind-blowing installation that rivaled Marcel Duchamp’s ground-breaking Fountain.
Read MoreBathrooms Designed for Our Intellectual and Creative Selves
In their visionary bathroom, friends purposefully accommodate what most bathrooms do in an ad hoc way: reading material, a laptop, and art for their ever-creative selves.
Read MoreNew Washi Tapes Transform Space with Morphable (or Removable) Designs
This 2-minute video shows just how liberating and morphable a room or design created with washi tape can be. Nitto’s new Haru tape is pushing the possibilities of washi tape.
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