Last week  I was in mourning for the magnificent spruce tree  that has been the focal point of the property since the lots were d...

Pretty, no?

Normally by this time in the season the house is hidden behind foliage, this season it's been so cold we are way behind. That, and I thi...

I would. Would you? Ghislaine Viñas , Benjamin Moore's Hue 2010 Residential Award Winner designed a townhouse in Tribeca that's full...

Sunshine and dark clouds. Sand and trees. Beach chalet and new construction. Huntington Bay 2010.

June 29 2009 The official date we bought The Cool House passed a little while ago but today marks the sixth moving-in anniversary. I ca...

Less than four years after we replaced the almost new gutters with bigger, newer gutters we found the leaders had failed again. This time w...

Palm Springs: Racquet club Estates Tour, part of Modernism Week 2010. Seven mid-century modern homes, five Palmer & Krisel designed Ale...

Apparently an upholstered bed will work in a modern, mostly wood room. Check out this gorgeous house for sale in Vancouver The bathroom is...

As all the design tips and comments, including the last, which was obviously born of a scarring design experience, seemed worthy of winning ...

Challenged by scale? Always choosing paint colors that are too dark or too wishy-washy? Wonder why the chair that looked perfect in the s...

You love your home, you've made eighteen years of memories there and now you are forced to sell it. How would you react? That's the...

Yesterday's voyeur tour was so popular I'm feeding your habit again. More Incorporated Village Housevoyeurism here:

Everyone knows I'm a modern girl, it's right there in the URL after all, but that's not to say I don't have flirtations with...

This is the last hot day of the mini heatwave and, I thought, an appropriate time to post this neat interactive  imaging map  of heat loss f...

With two dogs and four cats it's a constant battle here to keep the animal fur at lower than ankle level. But occasionally, after the su...

Today's prize for the most dumb and/or insensitive remark made in this economic climate goes to ex-"Top Chef" host and cookbo...

Saturday is for... total admiration and envy. This Frank Lloyd Wright home in Millstone, New Jersey has been rebuilt by architects Lawren...

Totally. Love. This. House. Stunning views of the ocean married with seclusion in the subterranean living area Via LA Times Home & Garde...

I thought it was a joke, what with the housing market being a mess but no, oh irony, the first home of George and Laura Bush is on the marke...