02/16/2014 23:25
I’m a bit of a contrarian, I admit, and the older I get, the more contrarian I feel. Maybe I’ve spent too much time in classrooms playing devil’s advocate with students whose minds I’m trying to...
[Interior] Rumford Fireplaces Are Hotter Than Ever
02/16/2014 23:24
If you could build a fireplace that threw more heat into the room but produced fewer pollutants and smoke than usual, you’d do it, right? Enter the Rumford fireplace. It’s old but becoming new a...
02/16/2014 23:23
At first glance this Houston studio appears to have every “cool home on a design blog” box checked: small space, midcentury furniture (the good kind) and looking like somehow everything fell int...
02/16/2014 23:22
When my husband and I bought our house, dirty, broken blinds hung in every window. We’re slowly working our way through, removing blinds and finding replacements. Our goal is to have matching bl...
[Interior] Is Radiant Heating or Cooling Right for You?
02/16/2014 10:22
With a radiant heating or cooling system, the goal is to make the temperature of a room more comfortable by changing the temperature of an entire surface. Most of the time we think of radiant he...
