Category: Coastal Style

An Opposite-Tastes Couple Finds a Happy Medium

An Opposite-Tastes Couple Finds a Happy Medium

For couples, picking and decorating a home is all about compromise. But let us face it, which can be tough, especially if your tastes and your spouse’s are polar opposites. Take first time homeowners Mike and Kathryn Zabik. He favors a big urban loft. She favors a farmhouse. He loves contemporary fittings and an open …

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Luminous and Reduced Care in New Orleans

Luminous and Reduced Care in New Orleans

Though Ohio native Chuck Lody and his celebrity wife Betsy lived in New Orleans for 25 years, they still thought of heading back to the Midwest when it came time to retire. But after seeing an perfect midcity lot with a home heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina, they decided to stay put and build their …

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Meet with a New Resource-Saving Prefab Style

Meet with a New Resource-Saving Prefab Style

A 772-square-foot home may not seem impressive until you hear its list of features. Renewable and recycled materials, rainwater collection, two outside greenhouses, solar panels and a graywater reuse system are part of the Paradigm prefab design, which made its debut on November 14, 2012, in the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in San Francisco. …

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Eclectic Global Style at Sydney

Eclectic Global Style at Sydney

From French to Greek into South African, interior designer Marylou Sobel’s international fashion has changed her Sydney home into a unique hideaway for her family. Though it once was a red brick cabin, two decades of remodeling have enabled the little structure to evolve into a spacious home that bridges the indoors and outdoors with …

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Quirky, Colorful Vancouver Heritage Home

Quirky, Colorful Vancouver Heritage Home

Located paintings inspire designer Jennifer Scott. “Classic pieces provide so much character, and I love repurposing and reloving an older uncover,” she says. The creator of interior design style consulting studio A Good Chick To Know, Scott approaches interior and wardrobe styling projects in the same manner — blending classic using fresh. Naturally her family …

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Artful and Open Dallas Townhome

Artful and Open Dallas Townhome

Art comes first for Ken Maxwell. When some homeowners pick their artwork to match their inside, Maxwell followed his instincts and made his home about his love for art. “I seriously considered going crude,” says Maxwell. “That’s a frequent design tendency for a great deal of people in contemporary structures, but it does not need …

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Southern Charm and Heritage in a Dallas Cottage

Southern Charm and Heritage in a Dallas Cottage

“Rotating pieces inside the household is a great way to edit,” says first-time Dallas homeowner Ann Jane Cox. “I have discovered it to be a cost-effective, guilt-free method to declutter and keep things fresh.” Cox, a public relations specialist, actively swaps finds with her 96-year-old grandma and her mother, Frances, aka “Fancy.” She features her …

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1 Lake House, 10 Top-Notch Architectural Details

1 Lake House, 10 Top-Notch Architectural Details

This year I have had the chance of compiling the ideal renovation particulars on into renovation-related ideabooks. During 2012 I have slipped into the intricacies of Craftsman architecture, dissected outside architectural detailing and even gotten spicy with 50 Shades of Gray. Smith & Vansant Architects’ Lake Fairlee, Vermont, house neatly incorporates the components of 10 …

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Decorating Around the Planet: Creative Amsterdam Style

Decorating Around the Planet: Creative Amsterdam Style

With a rich history which includes Delft tiles and Vermeer, Amsterdam now is home to many inspirational independent designers and artists that always appear to be ahead of the curve. I was lucky enough to devote a little portion of my honeymoon on a houseboat in Amsterdam, also I shall always remember the wonderful creative …

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Broad Cottage on the Jersey Shore

Broad Cottage on the Jersey Shore

Most seasonal beach towns are built upon the exact same principle: build to sleep because many people as you possibly can, since the summer season is brief, and land is at a premium. Tucked off in Ocean City, N.J., in which duplexes considerably simplifies single-family homes, sits a cottage just like you’ve never seen. In …

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