From the Ground Up
In a new blog, Lou Ureneck will write about building his cabin and offer advice, ideas and links for those who would like to build their own (or at least dream of doing it).
Utopia by the Sea
Eros Hoagland for The New York Times
Set on a coastal bluff, Sea Ranch assimilates with the elements rather than confronting them.
A cluster of homes on the California coast called Sea Ranch lifts the souls of design aficionados with its style forged by A-list architects and its deference to nature.
Home Work
Time to Buy a New Stove. Again.
Planned obsolescence strikes in the family kitchen, and an appliance shopping adventure begins.
Trickledown Downsizing
For professionals, cutting costs can mean letting a beloved nanny or housekeeper go — and for workers who live hand-to-mouth, layoffs can be devastating.
Domestic Lives
Building a Home for Another Life
Building a cabin, I’m finding, can be a lever into a middle-aged man’s rural fantasies.
At Home With Michelle Paige Paterson
From a Harlem 2BR to a 40-rm Mansion
A view inside New York’s Executive Mansion, where Michelle Paige Paterson, the state’s first lady, now has a staff of 12, a security detail and a crazy schedule.
Shopping With Valerie Courtney
Pretty as a Package
An associate product designer at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia shops for creative gift wrap.
In the Garden
Nature in Full Glory, in Words and Art
The best garden books of 2008 range from art volumes to works about design, building with stone and the meaning of the garden itself.
The Fix
Big Threats to Little Fingers
For many children the home is like a strange new world this time of year — a world in special need of childproofing.
Garden Q&A;
Rugged Ivy Turns More Finicky Indoors
Q. I’ve had an ivy topiary for about a year, and it is looking terrible. Isn’t ivy a good houseplant?
Currents
More Multimedia
SLIDE SHOW: At Home in New York's Executive Mansion
Recent governors and their families have not spent much time in this rambling Victorian, but David Paterson and his wife, Michelle Paige Paterson, have made the mansion their second home.
SLIDE SHOW: A House Very Much of Its Setting
Perched atop Point Dume in Malibu, Calif., a home in which you can hear and, when the glass walls are open, feel the ocean wind.
INTERACTIVE FEATURE: Pulse | Holiday Gift Guide
Gifts that make you look recession-proof, even if you aren't.
- More Holiday Gifts: From gadgets, books and DVDs to home décor and food catalogs.
SLIDE SHOW: Making Home Into Art
Todd Selby, a photographer, documents the private lives of coastal creatives.
In Morocco, a 19th-Century Palace Transformed
The Palais Layadi, a 4,000-square-meter complex that includes eight structures, was recently redesigned and renovated in a mix of tradition and Western aesthetic.
Property Values
What You Get for...$350,000
A two-bedroom two-bath converted shop in Alpine, Wyo., an apartment in a century-old canning factory in Liberty, Me., and a three-bedroom two-bath house on a tidal creek on St. Helena Island, S.C.
Multimedia
Shopping With Valerie Courtney
When it comes to gifts, it really is all about the wrapper — and the box and ribbon.
25 Holiday Gifts for $25 and Under
Affordable presents for everyone else. By Marianne Rohrlich
Holiday Shopping | Gifts for Hard Cases
They’re impossible to shop for, but it’s not as if you have a choice. Five design experts offer guidance.
Times Topics
Year in Ideas Past
The E. coli wipe, lightning farms, underwear for animated people, landmine detecting plants and other innovative ideas from past issues.
Times Topics: Home and Garden Resources
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