A bottle of wine and twine
We were attracted to the raw and primitive look of the "string bottle covers" in Erika Knight's great book "simple crochet" (Clarkson Potter Publishers, 128 pages, $19.95) and made our...
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How the extras add up
Committing to a community-service trip to an underdeveloped part of the world is a lot like investing in a good suitcase. You do some research, some comparison shopping and you...
Martha’s coming to town! Do you want to meet her?
We're way over Facebook's "25 Random Things About Me" buzz. We're on to "5 Things That Prove I'm a Craftaholic." Our five? 1. We own not one but two glue...
Gotta-have goods from the Housewares Show
If sometimes it's hard to see the forest for the trees, at the International Home + Housewares Show at McCormick Place last week it was sometimes hard to see the...
Justin Nozuka still finds sanctuary in his family home
Walk into this Colonial in Toronto's Bloor West Village neighborhood, go past the brown upright piano, up the stairs and somewhere in between Bedroom No. 1 and Bedroom No. 8,...
How to make these little piggies
Our decoupaged piggy bank was inspired by a jewel-toned, fabric-covered version we saw in a catalog last fall. Making it, though it took us a good three hours or so,...
Actress Monica Potter (and her home) are full of surprises
Monica Potter's humor is dry and fast. Her ability to surprise and shift gears even faster. While being driven around the streets of Chicago on a recent visit and talking...
Designer Kenneth Brown’s riding high in the shadow of ‘Hollywood’
Life is good for designer/TV design show host Kenneth Brown. New baby. New bedding line for QVC. New baby line of crib bedding and decorative accessories that just made its...
Mackenzie Roberts’ Denver roost’s got character—and a coal chute too
If you're lucky, you know a house is meant for you the minute you walk into it. Count Mackenzie Roberts, the classically trained violist for The Flobots, one lucky rocker....
Lake house is the life of Filicia’s party
If it's Tuesday, it must be SoHo. But come Friday, Saturday or Sunday, it's the Hudson Valley in Upstate New York for Thom Filicia, interior designer for the reality TV-set....