The National Design Awards Win the Prize for Nonconformity
By JULIE LASKY
There was plenty of high-tech eye candy, but the main activity before dinner was still checking out everyone else’s clothes.
Koivu table runner, on sale at finnstyle.com.
Deals on Fine Linens, Textiles And Lamps
Currents: Open
Lapicida’s First American Showroom Opens in New York
By STEPHEN MILIOTI
The British company that sells natural stone has opened it’s showroom at the Decoration and Design Building on East 59th Street.
On Location: New Orleans
Between Apocalypses
By PENELOPE GREEN
An artist prepares her house in New Orleans for its next adventure: the end of the world.
Scheherazade Slept Here
By ELAINE SCIOLINO
Actually, Doris Duke did. But her Mughal Suite, now on view, has about 1,001 delights.
The Pragmatist
Ghosts of Plumbers Past
By BOB TEDESCHI
To save money, stick with the bathroom’s original layout.
Shopping With Min Lew
Study in Elegance: Desk Accessories
By TIM McKEOUGH
Organization tools for a world that is still far from paperless.
Market Ready
Would a Home Theatre Increase the Value of My Home?
By TIM McKEOUGH
A professionally installed home theatre is a high-end amenity that can win over buyers.
Currents
Ken Woisard for The New York Times
Bill Henderson, founder of Pushcart press, on building a small stone “cathedral” on his property near Bar Harbor, Me.
Furniture
For That Battlefield Known as the Living Room
By TIM McKEOUGH
From Workstead, a Brooklyn studio, campaign furniture that is easily taken apart and carried.
Open
Back to the Cutting Board
By STEVEN KURUTZ
Williams-Sonoma returns to the town that inspired its namesake and offers cooking classes and an edible garden.
Events
Secret Lives and Personas, Now Up for Auction
By PENELOPE GREEN
A flea-market find of 340 photographs of the cross-dressing men of Casa Susanna is to be auctioned this month.
Tech
The Big Sheet on the Wall Enters the 21st Century
By STEVEN KURUTZ
From Sony, the 4K Ultra Short Throw Projector transforms a blank wall into a high-definition theatrical experience.
Open
Waterworks Expands Its Reach Into the Kitchen
By TIM McKEOUGH
Waterworks, known for its luxury in bathroom fixtures, is opening its first kitchen showroom on Thursday, offering more than 200 new products.
Deals
Discounts on Lamps, Stools, Pillows and Rugs
By RIMA SUQI
Deals from Gracious Home, Kartell, Missoni Home and Nanimarquina.
From the Great Homes Section
Property Values
What You Get for ... $935,000
By MIKE POWELL
This week’s properties include a home with cedar shakes in Minneapolis, an adobe in Santa Fe and a brick house in Virginia.
On the Market in the New York Region
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
This week’s properties include houses in Hastings-On-Hudson and Lloyd Neck.
International Real Estate
House Hunting on ... St. John
By MARCELLE SUSSMAN FISCHLER
Inventory remains high on the island of St. John, more than half of which is covered by a national park, even though prices have dropped.
On Location
In Red Hook, Brooklyn, a House for a Rainy Day
By PENELOPE GREEN
The blueprint for rebuilding the house followed the post-Sandy building codes in clever and thrifty ways.
On Location: Laguna Beach, Calif.
Where Shall We Park the Art?
By ELAINE LOUIE
A couple mixes conceptual pieces with a water-saving garden and a 75-year-old pine.
On Location: Provincetown, Mass.
Spirits They Can Live With
By ROCKY CASALE
Forget the ghosts: The 1750 house had plenty to exorcise just in the messy kitchen grease and the plumbing.
On Location: Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn
Sunrise, Sunset and a Space for Each
By RIMA SUQI
The pair of apartments could have been combined, but they worked even better as their own separate worlds.
On Location: Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
The Elastic Interior
By ELAINE LOUIE
A forgotten space in a former schoolhouse leads to an urban dweller’s dream come true.
On Location: Amagansett, N.Y.
A House Built to Baffle
By STEVEN KURUTZ
In the Hamptons, a home set in an “acoustical shadow” is spared nearby traffic noise.
Four Square Blocks
Four Square Blocks: Toronto
By JULIE LASKY
The Queen West Art and Design District of Toronto occupies the sweet spot between scared off and priced out.
Four Square Blocks: Miami
An ambitious developer sees a future for the Miami Design District that includes high-fashion stores and high-end restaurants.
Four Square Blocks: Philadelphia
Design shops and galleries enliven Philadelphia’s Old City, whose Colonial roots are just one part of the story.
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