Destination Wedding Dress: Formal or Footloose?
KIM COOK Associated Press Getting married on a beach, mountaintop, remote villa or rustic rural setting is a romantic ideal for many brides. But what does that mean for the […]
New Floral Prints Bring Spring Indoors
KIM COOK Associated Press Floral motifs pop up every spring in home-furnishing collections, and after a long winter they’re always a welcome sight. But this year, there seem to be […]
Textiles Bring Midcentury-Modern Style Home
KIM COOK Associated Press Have you discovered midcentury-modern style and gone hunting for a great piece of furniture from the era? Vintage pieces are pricey, and even well-made reproductions can […]
Tricks, Tools for Organizing the Kitchen
KIM COOK Associated Press If you’ve lived with your kitchen for awhile, chances are you’ve got drawers full of stuff you rarely use and cupboards you just hate. Wouldn’t it […]
Age-Old Art Finds Contemporary Edge
KIM COOK Associated Press Call it subversive stitchery. Alternative embroidery. Today’s home samplers include everything from Kanye West tweets to tattoo designs. Jamie Chalmers, a burly, bearded fellow who lives […]
Maine Furniture Maker Captures Curve Appeal At Design Show
KIM COOK Associated Press Curves have been all over the fashion and celebrity magazines, and are finding their way into design and décor too. “They’re sensuous and inviting,” New York […]
Concrete Gains Ground as Decorative Material
KIM COOK Associated Press The Pantheon. The Panama Canal. The Hoover Dam. When you think of concrete, you might imagine great feats of engineering, or at least highway overpasses and […]