Currents | Open: Fancy a Bench, Ma’am?
A new branch of the Venice, Calif., antiques shop Obsolete shares space with the Blackman Cruz Workshop in a San Francisco Victorian.
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Shopping With Thomas Schlesser: Guillotine Optional
Finding interesting French tableware for a Bastille Day party doesn’t require leaving the country, as Thomas Schlesser, an architect, proved during a recent shopping trip in Manhattan.
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Property Values: What You Get for ... $400,000
A bungalow in Spokane, Wash., a four-bedroom Georgian in Lexington, Ky., and a house in a St. Louis suburb.
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International Real Estate: For Sale in ... Iceland
Iceland’s real estate market boomed for much of the last decade, but now many people are being forced to sell.
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Habitats: For a Family, Elaborate Elbow Room
The Brown family is the fifth set of owners in a grand 24-room Victorian mansion steeped in history in Staten Island.
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Currents | Utensils: Stash the Plastic, Compost Disposables
Ecoware — disposable cutlery made of birchwood — is compostable and economical.
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Times Topics: Those 3 Radishes Are Priceless
When I started planting seeds in March, I promised to “unleash my inner bean counter” and keep track of what I invest in home food production. So is gardening worth the cost?
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Made in Brooklyn
Just as Brooklyn has become a center for locally produced, handcrafted food, it has also developed a broad population of independent, often artisanal designers.
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The Lettered Set
For custom stationery fiends, “social papers” are thriving, in spite of, or perhaps because of, the prevailing digital culture.
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A House in the Woods, After the Woods Are Gone
When my wife and I bought land in Montana, the stands of timber were so dense you couldn’t walk through parts of the property. Then the beetles came, killing the stately old trees.
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On Location: A Second Home, a Starter Budget
A Brooklyn couple made their first home purchase a weekend house in the Catskills, decorating it with pieces acquired through Craigslist, thrift shops and yard sales — even items found on the street.
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Living in the Heart of the Village
When Linda and Lee Bigelow decided they wanted to be part of the village life in Southern France.
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Homes and Gardens, Open for Gawking
A list of house tours, garden tours and show houses across the United States.
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Currents | Décor: A Classic Seat, With Strings Attached
Avenue Road, a Toronto furniture company, is reissuing a classic piece of Canadian midcentury modern design, the Cord chair.
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Currents | Deals: If You’re Looking for Vintage
Sales on Adams Unlimited’s vintage furniture and Lauren Stanley’s vintage silver.
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Soil in the City
New York City’s dirt level — a mix of soot and everything from ground-up car tires to sea salt — is high, and so homeowners who love white rugs and sofas pay a higher price. Call it the dirt tax.
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In the Garden: Grow Yourself a Six-Pack
Ben Granger, an owner of a Brooklyn shop that specializes in beers, planted hop vines so he could make his own home brew. But you don’t have to make beer to enjoy the beauty of those dramatic leaves.
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Currents | Online: Protecting New Canaan’s Modernism
“Modern Homes Survey: New Canaan Connecticut,” one of the most definitive local studies of Modernist houses in the United States, goes online this week.
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Homes and Gardens, Open for Gawking
A list of house tours, garden tours and show houses across the United States.
www.nytimes.com
The Lettered Set
For custom stationery fiends, “social papers” are thriving, in spite of, or perhaps because of, the prevailing digital culture.
www.nytimes.com
Currents | Utensils: Stash the Plastic, Compost Disposables
Ecoware — disposable cutlery made of birchwood — is compostable and economical.
www.nytimes.com
Property Values: What You Get for ... $400,000
A bungalow in Spokane, Wash., a four-bedroom Georgian in Lexington, Ky., and a house in a St. Louis suburb.
www.nytimes.com
Currents | Deals: If You’re Looking for Vintage
Sales on Adams Unlimited’s vintage furniture and Lauren Stanley’s vintage silver.
www.nytimes.com
Shopping With Thomas Schlesser: Guillotine Optional
Finding interesting French tableware for a Bastille Day party doesn’t require leaving the country, as Thomas Schlesser, an architect, proved during a recent shopping trip in Manhattan.
www.nytimes.com
Habitats: For a Family, Elaborate Elbow Room
The Brown family is the fifth set of owners in a grand 24-room Victorian mansion steeped in history in Staten Island.
www.nytimes.com
On Location: A Second Home, a Starter Budget
A Brooklyn couple made their first home purchase a weekend house in the Catskills, decorating it with pieces acquired through Craigslist, thrift shops and yard sales — even items found on the street.
www.nytimes.com
International Real Estate: For Sale in ... Iceland
Iceland’s real estate market boomed for much of the last decade, but now many people are being forced to sell.
www.nytimes.com
In the Garden: Grow Yourself a Six-Pack
Ben Granger, an owner of a Brooklyn shop that specializes in beers, planted hop vines so he could make his own home brew. But you don’t have to make beer to enjoy the beauty of those dramatic leaves.
www.nytimes.com
Currents | Online: Protecting New Canaan’s Modernism
“Modern Homes Survey: New Canaan Connecticut,” one of the most definitive local studies of Modernist houses in the United States, goes online this week.
www.nytimes.com
Currents | Open: Fancy a Bench, Ma’am?
A new branch of the Venice, Calif., antiques shop Obsolete shares space with the Blackman Cruz Workshop in a San Francisco Victorian.
www.nytimes.com
Times Topics: Those 3 Radishes Are Priceless
When I started planting seeds in March, I promised to “unleash my inner bean counter” and keep track of what I invest in home food production. So is gardening worth the cost?
www.nytimes.com
Currents | Décor: A Classic Seat, With Strings Attached
Avenue Road, a Toronto furniture company, is reissuing a classic piece of Canadian midcentury modern design, the Cord chair.
www.nytimes.com
A House in the Woods, After the Woods Are Gone
When my wife and I bought land in Montana, the stands of timber were so dense you couldn’t walk through parts of the property. Then the beetles came, killing the stately old trees.
www.nytimes.com
Living in the Heart of the Village
When Linda and Lee Bigelow decided they wanted to be part of the village life in Southern France.
www.nytimes.com
Made in Brooklyn
Just as Brooklyn has become a center for locally produced, handcrafted food, it has also developed a broad population of independent, often artisanal designers.
www.nytimes.com
Soil in the City
New York City’s dirt level — a mix of soot and everything from ground-up car tires to sea salt — is high, and so homeowners who love white rugs and sofas pay a higher price. Call it the dirt tax.
www.nytimes.com