For a while, chickens were all the rage. You could get a coop, install it in your backyard, buy a couple of quality chicks, and presto: fresh eggs for life. (Or for as long as you could stand the clucking and pecking that comes with any kind of chicken ownership.) But because nothing is stable and everything shifts, we're ... Continue Reading »

The dark and dreary days of winter are almost over. Almost. Then comes the lovely, yet often foggy and overcast, days of spring. So even if your home has the advantage of large windows that regularly provide light-filled rooms, a little extra luminescence couldn't hurt. In honor of the little-known Joseph Wilson Swan, ... Continue Reading »

For those for whom vintage posters and/or tricked-out and often hilarious wall decals aren't enough of a distraction from the endless expanse of bare walls, there's yet a third option. Extending far beyond the solely visual reach of the two-dimensional decoration and into three-dimensional usefulness -- but without the ... Continue Reading »

Last week, we took a look at a few poster options for those of us with bare walls, zero mural skills, and the desire to improve the State of the Home. With some helpful constructive criticism - thank you, dear commenters - came the reminder that there's another option out there: one that is just as fun (if not more so), ... Continue Reading »

Eleven years ago, a mid-market retailer named Target paired with a postmodern architect named Michael Graves for a line that would end up changing the world. Graves' designs, which included teakettles and paper towel holders, a triple laundry sorter and a drying rack, were promoted as "Design for All." And now the ... Continue Reading »