It's almost Valentine's Day...and that means chocolate. Lots and lots of red heart-boxed chocolate. Chocolate is delicious in the box, and it's amazing in the home, too. It's a rich color, with depth and sophistication, and works in a lot of ways. As an aside, several of these rooms were designed...

The other day, I watched an episode of Renovation Realities or $10 Grand in Your Hand or Sweat Equity (or one of those DIY shows) in which the happy renovating couple blew their budget on restored random-width wood floors. Normally, when people on those shows make an outrageously expensive design...

When we renovated our kitchen, one of our bigger decisions was how to handle the vent over our stove. We ended up going with a super cool stainless steel chimney hood. Aesthetically, it was an easy decision - it just looks right in our modern space. Financially, though, it hurt a little - even with...

In an hour or so, the skies are set to open over my house in Baltimore, delivering some kind of record snowfall for the reason. I guess that's why I've got white on my mind. Call me J.Lo, but I think white rooms are incredibly gorgeous, totally elegant, and wildly impractical. When I was a little...

The Barcelona Chair. It's a favorite of modernist designers and just about anybody who gets Dwell magazine. Simple, comfortable, neutral - it's a fantastic piece of furniture that deserves its iconic status. Now known as one of the leading architects of the modern movement, Ludwig Mies Van de Rohe...