Consumer Retorts | Dwell
“I’ve told customers, ‘Maybe you don’t need another chair,’” Chris Houston says. “Even though I sell things, I do like to remind people that you don’t need to own it to appreciate it.”
Project Projects | Dwell
Manhattan-based Project Projects may be a graphic design studio, but it works in all dimensions, on the page and off.
Misewell | Dwell
“We’re not trying to follow any trends or do anything ostentatious,” says Paul Georgeson, founder of furniture company Misewell. “We want our pieces to look great in 30 years rather than turning into hideous eyesores. We want our customers to pass this stuff on to their grandkids.”
My House: Startin’ Spartan | Dwell
When Jay Atherton and Cy Keener met in grad school at the University of California, Berkeley, they discovered in each other a rare constellation of common interests: minimalist architecture, rock climbing, and “not talking.”
Splendor in the Grass | T: The New York Times Style Magazine
The San Francisco Patient and Resource Center, or Sparc, is not your average pot club.
Off The Grid: The New Pioneers | Dwell
In the land of large mountain lodge wannabes, two California natives tuck Utah’s first LEED for Homes–rated house onto the side of Emigration Canyon.
Point of Departure | Town & Country
With a lifetime of great houses behind them, a couple chooses to simplify—on a hallowed stretch of California coastline.
Elle Decor Goes to Tokyo | Elle Decor
Japan’s capital is a compelling study in contrasts—sprawling yet full of intimate neighborhoods; ancient yet up-to-the-minute. Here’s how to navigate its riches.
El Cosmico: Trailer Made | ReadyMade
The brainchild of Austin-based hotelier Liz Lambert, El Cosmico is a new kind of lodging: part trailer park, part creative commune, “a Trans-Pecos kibbutz
for the 21st century.”
Reviving a Victorian Home | Elle Decor
A San Francisco home known for its appearances on the sitcom “Full House” becomes a child-friendly haven of high art and chic antiques.