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Exhausted by a House That Saves Energy
By SANDY KEENAN
A labor-intensive effort to build an energy-efficient home in Vermont leads to misgivings.
A Thousand Dollars and a Dream
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Courtesy Sotheby's
The Basket House at Bunny Mellon’s home in Oak Spring Farms.
Estate auctions of the wealthy and famous give the rest of us a chance to buy a piece of a unique taste-maker. But at what price?
On Location
D.I.Y. Is in Their DNA
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Following parental examples, a Miami couple tackle the ultimate hands-on project: building their own home.
Shopping With Kevin Hertzog
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Unexpected materials make festive wreaths, and a dash of glitter never hurts.
Market Ready
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When it comes to selecting the right white, it’s hard to go wrong.
Currents
Moris Moreno for The New York Times
Heidi Chisholm and Sharon Lombard, expatriate South Africans, discuss their design company, Mr. Somebody and Mr. Nobody, which makes an appearance during Art Basel Miami Beach.
Furniture
A Nautical Seat for Landlubbers
JULIE LASKY
Rope, woven into a thick, comfortable seat, upholsters Benjamin Klebba’s Harbor chair.
Open
Too Many Hobbies? No Such Thing
RIMA SUQI
A general store in Oregon gives the design entrepreneur Tyler Hays a chance to flex his many creative muscles.
Goods
Starting Over With Fins of Clay
RIMA SUQI
For his second career, Bill Hudnut turns out elegant ceramics.
Events
A Stand as Pretty as the Tree
By RIMA SUQI
Vintage German Christmas tree stands will be sold at Philip Colleck Ltd.
Deals
Discounts From Two’s Company, Daniel Levy, David Weeks and Gary Cruz Studio
RIMA SUQI
Sales on rugs, porcelain and lighting.
From the Great Homes Section
On the Market in the New York Region
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
This week’s properties include four-bedroom homes in Katohah, N.Y., and Clifton, N.J.
International Real Estate
House Hunting in ... Los Cabos, Mexico
By MARCELLE SUSSMAN FISCHLER
The housing market in Los Cabos, Mexico, had been improving but was dealt a setback by the recent hurricane.
What You Get for ... $2,000,000
By MIKE POWELL
This week’s properties include modern houses in California and Missouri and a Lowcountry design in South Carolina.
On Location
Just Don’t Call It a Lab
By SANDY KEENAN
In Three Oaks, Michigan, a passive house that happens to be a laboratory.
On Location
Home (Mostly) From Rome
By JULIE LASKY
Kevin Walz’s East Harlem apartment has textures, colors and artifacts influenced by a long Italian sojourn.
On Location
In Los Angeles, a Public Display of Affection
By STEVEN KURUTZ
A house veiled in corrugated aluminum panels with countless cutouts of the Hebrew word for “love.”
On Location
Same Tree, New Nest
By SANDY KEENAN
A bigger apartment required a radically new attitude about what went into it.
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.
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.
2014 Holiday Gifts for the Home
This year’s gift guide invites you to consider a bicycle bell that makes 25 sounds, a 16-foot lamp made of rope and a vase named after the disgraced wife of Emperor Claudius.
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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