by Amanda Duchek | Nov 11, 2019 | Wendy Silverstein
Each season I simplify my holiday giving by focusing on gifts made of American hardwood. There’s an enormous selection out there, ranging from the sleekly...
by Amanda Duchek | Oct 7, 2019 | Wendy Silverstein
I love TV as much as the next red-blooded American. What I don’t like is how a TV looks—particularly the enormous flat-screen variety that, switched on, offers a...
by Amanda Duchek | Sep 5, 2019 | Wendy Silverstein
New York–based Gachot Studios is one of my favorite younger interior design practices. Founded in 2012 by husband and wife team Christine and John Gachot, the firm’s...
by Amanda Duchek | Aug 5, 2019 | Wendy Silverstein
Until about a century ago, American chestnut trees dominated native forests from Maine to Mississippi. More than four billion of the noble hardwoods grew in the eastern...
by Amanda Duchek | Jun 18, 2019 | Wendy Silverstein
American red oak—the dominant species in U.S. hardwood forests—is plentiful and affordable. The heartwood has a distinctive grain and ranges in color from pinkish to...
by Amanda Duchek | May 8, 2019 | Wendy Silverstein
American hardwoods often play an outsize role in projects by Desai Chia Architecture, a New York firm led by the husband-and-wife team of Arjun Desai and Katherine...
