KIM COOKAssociated Press Designers of hotel spaces have traditionally tended to favor either theatrical flair (baroque finishes and opulent flourishes) or the opposite: a low-key insouciance consisting of neutral, contemporary […]
KIM COOKAssociated Press Author Lucy Maud Montgomery, of “Anne of Green Gables″ fame, loved a good blanket. “I like to hear a storm at night,” she wrote. “It is so […]
By Kim CookAssociated Press Had enough of all that serene winter wonderland decor, the birch trees and reindeer and sleighs? Ready to change it up this year and boogie down? […]
KIM COOKAssociated Press Dinner menus are now crowded with mixed greens bowls, savory stews and casseroles, which can create a quandary when it’s time to set the table. Should you […]
KIM COOKAssociated Press People have been surfacing floors and walls in tile for hundreds of years; it’s one of our oldest materials. But the industry keeps reinventing the product. Digital […]
KIM COOKAssociated Press The term “biophilia,” an affinity for the living world, was coined back in the 1980s by American biologist and author E.O. Wilson. We have an instinctive drive […]
KIM COOKAssociated Press For some people, backyards aren’t just backyards anymore. “We’re seeing everything from Zen retreats for al fresco yoga to whimsical children’s spaces that go way beyond the […]