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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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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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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Homes and Gardens, Open for Gawking
A list of house tours, garden tours and show houses across the United States.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Currents | Utensils: Stash the Plastic, Compost Disposables
Ecoware — disposable cutlery made of birchwood — is compostable and economical.
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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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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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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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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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