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• 5 Idyllic Island Getaways

  

  On Block Island, just off the coast of Rhode Island, designer Jens Risom created a prefab retreat in 1967 to prove that a vacation house could be built for... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 8 Green Beach Getaways

  

  With a permanent population
 of approximately 1,000 people, Great Barrier Island has no municipal water or electricity supplies and no sewage treatment... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Flip Through This New Book on a Leading London Graphic Design Studio

  

  This month sees the release of a new comprehensive monograph on Spin, the British graphic design studio founded in 1992 by husband-and-wife duo Tony... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• A Smart Tech Tool That Will Help Novice Gardeners Kill Fewer Plants

  

  The garden sensor communicates with users' Wi-Fi routers and delivers information on fertilizer quality and sunshine levels to the smartphone app. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Brewing Coffee From Bed, and Other Reasons Americans Want Smart Homes

  

  In the United States, the search term "home automation" is used most frequently in the South, in states such as Tennessee, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama,... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Brewing Coffee From Bed, and 8 Other Reasons Americans Want Smart Homes

  

  In the United States, the search term "home automation" is used most frequently in the South, in states such as Tennessee, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama,... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 8 Inspiring Green Spaces from Our Outdoor Issue

  

  Lyle Bradley spent years of weekends and evenings resurrecting an East Boston structure using his carpentry skills, repurposed materials, and clever space-savin... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 6 Idyllic European Getaways

  

  This A-frame home 45 minutes outside Paris features multiple types of wood: untreated larch wood for the cladding 
and window framing, ash for the ground... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 5 Beachfront Homes in Los Angeles

  

  Up-sizing from a small bungalow, Kristopher Dukes and Matt Jacobson took a minimalist approach to renovating and furnishing a soaring ’80s-era Ray Kappe–designe... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 6 Coastal Homes with Cedar Decks

  

  On New Zealand’s Great Barrier Island, a petite holiday home takes care of its own water, electricity, and sewage needs. The cedar-clad home designed by Herbst... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 7 Backyard Escapes and Retreats We Love

  

  To create this inexpensive garden shed in Belgium, architect Indra Janda handcut sheets of polycarbonate into 15¾-inch square shingles and clad the entire timbe... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Exclusive Photo Tour: See How a Respected Audio Company Manufactures Its...

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  Posted on 10 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Would You Buy These Bold Art Rugs for Your Living Room?

  

  The design by Assume Vivid Astro Focus, the art collective founded by Brazilian artist Eli Sudbrack, features layered shapes of different depths in a graphic... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Luminous Modern Apartment in an Industrial Montreal Building

  

  In a 1920s building on St-Dominique Street in Montreal, formerly a factory for canned soup, a sleek apartment for a family now stands.  Check out another projec... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 6 Modern Bottle Openers

  

  From Umbra Shift, the Roll Bottle Opener is a sculptural bar accessory that may trick your guests into thinking it’s a work of art. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 5 Tiny Backyard Additions

  

  In coastal Norway, a tiny, angular guesthouse that architect Todd Saunders designed for Steinar Jørgensen is defined by a patio that appears to sit in a... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 7 Bold Bathroom Design Statements

  

  In an Australian bathroom, the architects designed a clever tub that can serve as a shower, too. “Curved bath edges are not great to stand in so we wanted it... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 5 Modern Homes in Phoenix

  

  With help from architect Jonah Busick of Foundry12, designer Joel Contreras gave his 1927 bungalow in Phoenix’s Coronado Historic District a modern makeover. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 10 Transformative Warehouse Renovations

  

  In Portland, Oregon, Linda Hutchins and John Montague hired Works Partnership Architecture to turn a former warehouse and auto repair shop into a versatile... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 8 Homes with Space-Saving Digital Projectors

  

  To reshape an undistinguished shipping and receiving room turned into an apartment in Red Hook, Brooklyn, resident Wilmot Kidd hired designer and builder Eric... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN