And oh how I wish we could have done this at the farm, but we would have had to sacrifice the best natural light in the house and given it to the mudroom – something we simply weren’t willing to do (we wanted it for the kitchen and our bedroom). For Ken and Katie’s house, ...
Our new good friend named James came through unexpectedly on Monday night and asked to pick up the LoveSac for $75. We were eager to be able to donate to thesurvivors of the hurricanes in Puerto Rico, where virtually the entire island is without power, so we took James up on his offer...
Our cunning plan came together, as those who would have been otherwise inclined to stay in their room and gloom through the holiday were seized by the spirit of competition in decorating their doors with wrapping paper, and lights, to buy small plastic fir trees downtown and put them in ...
Add custom doors and side panels to basic IKEA cabinet boxes, suggests Amy Shakespeare, owner of the New York City-based firm Redtop Architects. Or you can add flair with Panyl panels, an affordable way to give your cabinets a one-of-a-kind look. The kitchen island is often the first ...
Years ago I went to teach in an urban school in order to join black people in their quest for equality. I was naïve, unaware of my ignorance, and totally conscious of race. What I learned was to question: why always in black and white? Please look for
I want you to know that I occasionally run into doorways and walls and cabinet doors with frightening force. If you see me with a black eye, it was an inanimate object, not my husband, promise. Sometimes I drop things and then crawl around for a dog’s age trying to find them. Somet...
If I had to choose one such appliance, I would pick the fridge. It’s human height, its doors open like arms and even though you stock it yourself, there always seems to be something unexpected going on in there. Whether it’s restaurant leftovers you forgot about, a surprise treat adde...
At the end of the kitchen unit, where it meets Tom’s side of the bed, we slide a large cutting board that we use to chop, either inside or outside on our camp table. The cabinet over Tom’s side of the bed holds his clothes, a couple of pairs of jeans, a couple of pairs ...
the usage of the word in the sense of political and legal equality has been disappeared, so someone reading that phrase would only be able to think of equality in physical and mental attributes. A Newspeaker trying to read the American declaration of independence would be unable to understand ...
“I also had an easel that sat to the left of my chair, but this was staged without the easel.” Steinberg is building a new house, which will include a studio with lots of shelving, French doors to a balcony and room to spread out. “I’m a full-time still life artist who ...