Archive for the ‘Vacation Rentals’ Category

In Michigan, the House That Boats Built

Friday, May 24th, 2013

A retired boat manufacturer brings his passion home—to a nearly 9,000-square-foot boat house attached to the main living space.
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Restoration Hardware hits home

Friday, May 24th, 2013

Thud.

The sound of the postal carrier delivering the eight-pound pack of six RH Spring 2013 catalogues is enough to get your attention.

As you sit down with your tower of “source books,” as the company prefers to call them, you’ll notice a few new things. RH, which is what Restoration Hardware rebranded itself as last fall, continues to surprise (and sometimes shock) customers.

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In Michigan, The House That Boats Built

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

A retired boat manufacturer brings his passion home—to a nearly 9,000-square-foot boat house attached to the main living space.
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Washington Design Center moving to downtown D.C.

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

When the Washington Design Center showrooms got word last July that their Southwest D.C. building had been sold and was becoming a Bible museum, they began scrambling to find a new location. Now the Design Center steering committee is announcing that Franklin Court (1099 14th St. N.W.) has been selected as its new home.

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An edible corner of the concrete jungle

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

Gardeners without gardens have a rich fantasy life. They dream of rows of tomato plants and a kitchen table heaped with fragrant, just-picked melons. I, on the other hand, have plenty of space in my garden — and the work it entails.

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A Modern Carriage House in Brooklyn

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

At first glance, this home looks like another stately 19th-century Brooklyn home, but it was completed less than a decade ago as a modern mansion with a historic feel.
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Green With Ivy in Chicago

Monday, May 20th, 2013

A late-1800s home on Chicago’s Gold Coast is wrapped in greenery and flanked by tour-worthy gardens.
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Billy Reid sets up shop in Georgetown

Friday, May 17th, 2013

Don’t fall in love with the crackled leather armchair while you’re trying on that linen jacket at the new Billy Reid shop that opened last week in Georgetown.

The chair is not for sale.

Neither are the perfectly faded Oriental rugs, carved gold frames, crystal decanters or crystal chandeliers. (Selling the store’s furnishings would cause chaos on the floor, Reid says, as some pieces are hard to replace.) His arrangements of vintage furnishings and architectural artifacts are the perfect setting for his comfortably stylish men’s and women’s clothing at all of his 10 stores. If you go into a dressing room in the upper-level made-to-measure department here, you’ll feel like you’re in an elegantly appointed dressing room in an old New Orleans townhouse.

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Sweet (Waterfront) Home, Alabama

Friday, May 17th, 2013

Looking to connect with his roots, the owner sought out this French Colonial-style home overlooking a bay.
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Party Time in Phuket

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

This Thai villa is designed for entertaining, with a pool, rooftop bar, poker table and a soundproofed disco.
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