On Location
Heaven Is Down the Hall
By ELAINE LOUIE
A whitewashed brownstone in Harlem, where the rooms have names and the chai is brewed to perfection.
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Seven years ago, Brandy Burre abandoned New York City and a promising career for a life of artisanal parenthood. She is now performing the hardscrabble role of a single mother.
Design Notebook
A Kinder, Gentler Taxidermy
By KATE MURPHY
Hobbyists are flocking to workshops that teach the art of stuffing animals. Some do it for the fun of sculpting and sewing, others for ethical reasons.
Shopping With Chip Brian
Knife, Fork, Pliers, Hammer
By TIM McKEOUGH
Chip Brian, a banker-turned-general-contractor, chooses simple, efficient tools that anyone will find handy.
Currents
Robert Wright for The New York Times
Robert Mies, of the Organization for Bat Conservation, wants you to love bats as much as he does. (They’re good for your garden.)
Open
Showing Off for a While
By DAN RUBINSTEIN
The Turkish design studio Autoban has a pop-up showroom in New York, with pieces never before seen in the United States.
Furniture
The Chairs Are All Bright
By ARLENE HIRST
With Allstar, Konstantin Grcic livens up a stalwart species of furniture.
Shows
Nothing Goes to Waste
By NATALIE SHUTLER
An exhibition dedicated to contemporary Latin American design, craft and art opens in New York.
Deals
Discounts at John Robshaw, Blu Dot and Broadway Panhandler
By RIMA SUQI
Deals on bedding, knives and home furniture.
Houses
A Way With Nature
By JULIE LASKY
Designed by UNStudio, the house near the sea has a skin that looks like wind rippling through dunes.
From the Great Homes Section
Property Values
What You Get for ... $1,500,000
By MIKE POWELL
This week’s properties include a Georgian farmhouse in New Hampshire, a home with an orchard in Arizona and a midcentury modern in Pasadena.
Property Values
What You Get for ... $2,950,000
By MIKE POWELL
This week’s properties include a true Colonial in Pennsylvania, a place atop a hill in Texas and a house on a Washington island.
On the Market in Telluride, Colo.
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
Rocky Mountain homes listed at $825,000 to $4,995,000.
On Location: Gallatin, N.Y.
Country-Industrial Complex
By ELAINE LOUIE
Described as a “ranch burger,” the house in Columbia County was remade to order.
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.
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.
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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