Dec 26th 2011 5:10PM
Up until October 2011, thermostats were probably the least thrilling, unsexiest things in the universe. Those little electronic boxes fixed on the walls of a quarter-billion U.S. homes and offices, controlling heat and cooling, ranked pretty low on the average person's "desired gadgets" list, in spite of their... Continue Reading »
Jul 6th 2010 3:14PM
Dear Apartment Guru, It seems like you usually answer inter-personal questions -- but my question is just about being a renter. Especially since this oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, I am really concerned about ways I can make my apartment more environmentally polite. But most of what I am finding that might actually... Continue Reading »
Jun 8th 2010 3:00PM
Like Dorothy's place in "The Wizard of Oz," another house has landed in an unlikely spot. The country abode this time has come to the big city, drawing crowds eager to see what Country Living magazine calls "The House of the Year." Betty Lyn Walters-Eller, a consultant on the project, said visitors to downtown Manhattan... Continue Reading »
May 18th 2010 3:45PM
We missed Milan this year (the city and the annual design world jamboree that convenes there) so as compensation we stopped by the more accessible Javits center in New York for the other big event of the year: the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), a kind of Milan after-party with bad food and a... Continue Reading »
Apr 30th 2010 1:00PM
Building blocks aren't just math and science toys anymore. Thanks to Way Basics, an Irvine, Calif.-based producer of eco-modular storage and home furnishings, they've become furniture for adults, too. The team at Way Basics uses 99-percent post-consumer recycled paper and turns it into durable zBoard cubes, which then... Continue Reading »
