by Linda Janovich | May 4, 2015 | Wendy Silverstein
A few months ago, a friend in Southern California replaced all the interior doors in her 1970 suburban ranch house, switching out aging white-painted hollow-core doors...
by Linda Janovich | Mar 31, 2015 | Wendy Silverstein
Mel Smilow (1922–2002) was a Bronx-born furniture designer, manufacturer, and retailer. Smilow’s elegant midcentury-modern sofas and chairs, tables and case...
by Linda Janovich | Mar 4, 2015 | Wendy Silverstein
I’m a big fan of 17th-century Dutch genre paintings, simple domestic scenes from everyday life set in meticulously rendered middle-class interiors. One of my favorites...
by Linda Janovich | Feb 3, 2015 | Wendy Silverstein
Leafing through a book of historic Tuscan villas, I was struck again and again by their masterful use of coffering. The coffered ceiling—a grid of beams and crossbeams...
by Linda Janovich | Jan 5, 2015 | Wendy Silverstein
Here’s a hardwood project with enough wow factor to launch 2015—and the rest of the decade—into orbit. It’s a spectacular three-story floating circular staircase, a...
by Linda Janovich | Dec 2, 2014 | Wendy Silverstein
Dining banquettes are among my favorite pieces of built-in furniture. They can range in style from simple, cozy nooks that duplicate the everyday practicality of the...
