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STEPHEN HENDERSON: Sea Island, Georgia, has a distinctive residential style, doesn't it? SUZANNE KASLER: Yes, this is a beach community with enormous historical longevity that has moss-draped oaks, wide marshes, […]

An antique zinc-framed mirror hangs above vintage Knoll furniture on a shady terrace. OPPOSITE: Foxtail palms surround the pool; floating stainless steel gazing balls are from www.lawnornamentsandfountains.com; a pair of […]

STEPHEN HENDERSON: This is quite a surprise for a house in Greenwich, Connecticut. SALLY MARKHAM: Everyone thinks decorating in Greenwich, Connecticut, is all swag and jabots, but ladies in their […]

THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE is a rarity in Manhattan, and when one enters the real estate market, it doesn't stay there for long. Townhouses are at such a premium that even […]

THEY DON'T BUILD THEM like this any more. Or so the putative owners marveled when shown a center hall stone house built in the 1920s and set amidst a copse […]

The trend today is that folks are eager to be part of the decorating process," says Kenneth Brown, a California decorator and host of reDesign, a series on HGTV. "Shows […]

SEAFARERS CRAVE TO LEAVE the land, not find new places to sink roots. So it was with Bob and Nancy Bean, who for many years sailed their beloved boat, a […]

DURING THE 1930s, '40s, AND '50s, William Wurster built what he liked to call "large small houses," primarily in northern California's Bay Area. His pioneering designs created flexible interior rooms […]

"THIS PLACE has been through hell," says Michael Wiener, of the weekend house that he and his wife, Zee, own in Roxbury, Connecticut. With its warm and inviting interiors, its […]

RANDALL RIDLESS AND ELIZABETH MARTELL "I never do an interior where everything is of one style or period," proclaims designer Randall Ridless. Indeed, for a drawing room at the Kips […]

FOR YEARS AGO, WHEN Peter Hallock and Craig Mowry first spotted a summer cottage in the town of Southampton, New York, they thought its setting was magnificent. The house itself […]

WHILE THERE ARE many ways to build a dream house, undoubtedly one of the most stressful involves a teardown. This is real estate parlance for love-the-lot, hate-the-hovel, and it's not […]

SITTING ON ONE of the most beautiful residential streets in Washington, D.C., its curb appeal was superb. The Tudor-style house--built in 1928--preened with a fieldstone, stucco, and wood trim facade, […]

MOST PEOPLE DON'T BEGIN decorating until they see a finished room--or at least a blueprint. Susan Weiss, on the contrary, prefers to work from the inside out. She furnishes first, […]

IN THIS ERA OF SUPER-SIZED architecture, the beauty of restraint has nearly been forgotten. A refreshing reminder of past glories is this simple, recently renovated Shingle-style cottage on Fire Island, […]

I wanted a small dining able for a cozy nook in my house, something casual and inexpensive, so I went to Ikea. I loved the simplicity of the round Docksta, […]

"WHEN I FIRST CAME TO NEW YORK, I couldn't really afford furniture," says Hughes N'Cho-Allepot, design director of New Antique Design, a Brooklyn-based manufacturer of sleekly minimalist home decor. "After […]

The article features young furniture designers Jonah Zuckerman, Robert Martin and Scott Braun from Brooklyn, New York City. Zuckerman graduated with a master's degree in architecture from Harvard University. Martin makes pared-down tables, benches, desks and bookstands from uncommon woods such as mesquite or tiger maple. Braun perceives his designs as functional art that can be handed down to children and grandchildren.

Details the interior decoration of a loft apartment in Los Angeles, California owned and designed by Kenneth Brown, decorator and host of the television program "reDesign." Description the apartment prior to the renovation project; Advantage and disadvantage of the rolling garage door in the living room; Effect of adding dark curtains in the windows framing west coast sunsets.

Presents information on the renovation of a house owned by couple Bob and Nancy Bean in Anguilla. Interest of the couple on open-to-nature architecture; Number of structures that were built; Use of roof tiles from Thailand.

Focuses on the remodeling of a classic-inspired house designed by the late architect William Wurster in Piedmont, California. Professional achievements of Wurster; Description of the house's interior design prior to its renovation; Color scheme of the walls in the entryway.

Presents information on the renovation of a summer cottage in Southampton, New York. Evolution of design ideas; History of the cottage; Retention of some architectural designs.

Describes the renovation of a house by architect Robert Keller and interior decorator Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz in New York City. Condition of the house prior to the renovation; Colors used in the decoration; Preferences on furnishings.

Describes the interior design of a Tudor-style house in Washington, D.C.

Features the interior decoration and architectural design of a renovated 1895 house by designer Thomas Jayne and architect Peter Pennoyer. Design specifications; Details on retained facilities and furniture; Description of the 1895 Shingle-style cottage prior to renovation; Information on design principles applied in the renovation such as conservation and furniture recycling.

The author relates how he created a tabletop made of wine-corks. According to him, he started arranging the wine-corks from the table's outermost edge and worked steadily inward, squeezing a line of wood glue on each cork and quickly pressing it into place. He says that eBay and www.corkstore.com sell recycled wine corks for ten cents each.

Features Hughes N'Cho-Allepot, design director of New Antique Design, a Brooklyn, New York City-based manufacturer of sleekly minimalist home decor.