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Wendy Silverstein

Wendy Silverstein is a former editor at Architectural Digest, Home, Kitchen & Bath Customer Planner, and Home/Style magazines. A consultant to the design industry, she works closely with interior designers, architects and other professionals in the field.


Hardwood Media Centers

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 stunning high-definition image as good as any movie theater’s but, switched off, becomes a black hole on...

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Tailored in Wood: The Ultimate Bachelor Pad

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 work includes corporate, retail, restaurant, hotel, and residential projects up and down East Coast. I...

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Can the American Chestnut Be Resurrected?

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 U.S., accounting for a quarter of the trees in some areas. Thanks to its soaring 100-plus-foot...

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Red Oak Reimagined: A Design School Competition

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 reddish brown, though not always. (The name refers to the color of its leaves in fall.) Being hard,...

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A Lake House in Michigan

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 Chia. A lakeside vacation retreat in Leelanau County, Michigan, designed in collaboration with...

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Hardwood Takes the Stairs

Whether grand and sweeping, fleet and elegant, or strong and straightforward, a hardwood staircase offers homeowners a chance at truly elevated design. With its graphic shape and functional importance, a striking staircase of oak, walnut, maple, or some other...

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Hardwood at KBIS

The annual Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) is North America’s largest trade fair dedicated to all aspects of kitchen and bath design. This year’s extravaganza, which boasted more than 600 exhibitors, was held in January at the Las Vegas Convention Center. It...

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American Cherry Goes British

London’s Royal Academy of Music, the oldest conservatoire in the U.K., occupies a handsome Edwardian building next to Regent’s Park. Made of red brick and stone, it’s about as traditionally British an edifice as you could wish for. Behind the academy’s very proper...

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Knock on Wood

The front door of a house signals what sort of home lies behind it: quiet and traditional; sleek and modern; warm and welcoming; large and imposing—and a wide range of other possibilities. Here are three hardwood front doors, each with its own distinctive look, that...

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Hardwood Gifts for the Holidays

From cute playthings for the nursery to elegant furniture for the living room, there’s a universe of attractive hardwood products out there that will check all the boxes on your holiday gift list. Here are six items I’ve already got my eye on.Knotwood LA—a...

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In our most recent blog post, we share some #RealAmericanHardwood holiday gift ideas, such as the Marin Candle Holders collection from design duo Robert Ogden and Natalie Page in their Philadelphia workshop.

Check out the link here for the full holiday gift guide: https://www.hardwoodinfo.com/expert-insights/hardwood-home-decor-for-holiday-giving/

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