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From the Ground Up
The walls to Lou Ureneck’s cabin are finally filling in.
Carbon Neutral on a Shoestring
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Petz Scholtus has been largely successful in retrofitting an 18th-century apartment in Barcelona as a green machine.
An eco-conscious restoration in Barcelona, Spain, a city that has long prized the new and glossy, amounts to a countercultural effort.
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Tenants of a Vanishing World
An apartment at the Apthorp is a lone outpost of the kind of bohemian family life that renters could once have there.
A Hilltop Village of Their Own
A house in California was conceived as a mini-village that appears to have grown incrementally.
The Green Home
Recycling Gadgets When They Go Pffft...
Jason Linnell, the executive director of the National Center for Electronics Recycling, discusses how to dispose of old electronics.
Shopping With Susan Brown
Feeling Felt
Susan Brown, an assistant curator at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, shopped for felt products and home accessories.
The Fix
A New Life for the Old Tub
What do you do when the 800-pound gorilla in your bathroom — the tub — has lost its youthful glow?
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D.I.Y. Recycling, a Style Guide
In “Recycled Home” Mark and Sally Bailey demonstrate what they call their find-something-old, strip-it-down, give-it-new-life decorating style.
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Textiles to Create Sculpture With
Clouds, a new sculptural fabric, is made up of multiple pieces that can be linked together in infinite ways.
Currents | Glassware
A Handmade Rainbow of Jars
Elizabeth Lyons’s spring collection of handmade glass jars comes in a rainbow of colors.
Currents | Lighting
A Jeweler’s Rocks for the Side Table
Katy Briscoe’s new lighting collection was inspired by the large mineral specimens she found on a trip to Arizona to buy stones for her jewelry line.
Currents | Shows
Household Appliances Inspire an Artist’s Vision of Home
Two of David Trautrimas’s digital “Habitat Machines” are included in “Visual Morphology,” a show opening at the Klompching Gallery in Brooklyn.
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SLIDE SHOW: New Tradition
The new orchid show at the New York Botanical Garden has been designed as a tribute to modernist forms.
SLIDE SHOW: A Modernist Temple
An East Village condo reflects its owner's Indian background and modernist tastes.
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Collecting Houses in Northern Italy
Some people collect stamps, ornaments or miniatures, but Toni Hilton collects houses in the Monferrato region of northern Italy.
Property Values
For Sale in ... Belgium
Although the market has slowed in the last two quarters of 2008, conservative lending practices in Belgium have helped to keep real estate there stable.
Town Green
From Tons of Manure, a Growth Industry
Biodegradable seed-starting containers made of cow manure are sold to commercial and backyard growers who prefer their advantages over plastic pots.
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Angels in the Architecture
An insider's look at life in one of the Upper West Side's most famous apartment buildings.
Reduce, Reuse, Renovate
A challenge to be environmentally responsible every step of the way.
California Retreat
At a California compound, agrarian elements reflect the rustic surroundings.
Shopping With Susan Brown
Felt's moment has arrived, says one curator.
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