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Living Large, Off the Land
By MICHAEL TORTORELLO
Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen gave up a long commute to promote a do-it-yourself revolution from their home in Los Angeles.
The Thriving (Online) Shelter Magazine Industry
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Clockwise from top left: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times; Megan Thompson Lovoi for The New York Times; Drew Kelly for The New York Times
The founders of the online shelter publications, clockwise from top left: Lonny, High Gloss, Rue and Matchbook.
Digital start-ups like Lonny and Rue try to fill the void left by their vanished print predecessors.
On Location
A Toehold in Paris
By JOYCE WADLER
A New York interior designer redecorates a six-and-a-half-foot deep courtyard house.
Home Tech
Using Gadgets to Zap Germs
By FARHAD MANJOO
We know a lot about sanitizing, but as to claims of a specific product’s effectiveness, firm answers are hard to get without your own lab.
Shopping With Christopher Myers
Patio Umbrellas
By TIM McKEOUGH
The designer Christopher Myers shops for patio umbrellas that turn a city terrace into a summer escape.
A Sliver of a Courtyard House in Paris
A designer’s 18th-century rental is only six-and-a-half-feet deep front to back.
A Los Angeles Bungalow That Doubles as a Sustainability Lab
Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen keep bees, grow vegetables and make their own cleaning products at their 1,000-square-foot house in Silver Lake.
Shopping for Patio Umbrellas With Christopher Myers
A designer of urban outdoor environments went shopping for both affordable and out-of-the-park patio umbrellas.
Multimedia
Currents
Q&A;
A Fire Lookout on Solitude (and Lots of Time to Read)
By STEVEN KURUTZ
Philip Connors, the author of “Fire Season,” spends his summers living in a remote cabin in the Gila National Forest of New Mexico, where he is on the lookout for fires.
Open
A Larger Home for Bright Chair
By RIMA SUQI
The company’s new showroom will carry its own upholstery, as well as other pieces not available elsewhere in the city.
Goods
Reviving a Classic Swedish Textile Design
By RIMA SUQI
The Picknick pattern, created by Marianne Westman in the 1950s, is appearing on cutting boards, tea towels, trays and coasters.
Rooms
Pull Up a Cupcake, and Then Eat One
By ELAINE LOUIE
The design of the newest Sprinkles Cupcakes shop, which opened recently on the Upper East Side, is an ode to the product.
Walls
Wallpaper With a Life of Its Own
By RIMA SUQI
Flat Vernacular in Brooklyn makes hand-drawn and hand-screened wallcoverings.
Deals
Sales at John Derian, Broadway Panhandler and Others
By RIMA SUQI
Discounts on decoupage, cookware and furniture.
From the Great Homes Section
On Location
A Gleaming Sculpture Facing the Caribbean
By BETH GREENFIELD
A geometrically shaped three-story house on Isla Mujeres is made from pumice and tile and inspired by the modern, clean lines of a nearby boutique hotel.
What You Get for .... $345,000
By MIKE POWELL
A row house in Philadelphia, a log house in Tennessee and a 1923 house in Omaha.
House Hunting in ... Venice
By ALISON GREGOR
Prices remain flat, and some multimillion-dollar apartments on the higher end of the market can take years to sell.
As Buds Open, So Do Doors: Home and Garden Tours, 2011
By SHELLY FREIERMAN
Throughout the Northeast and beyond, there are mansions, studio apartments, bungalows and row houses to suit every taste.
The Scoop iPhone App
An insider’s guide to what to eat, drink and do in New York, including a category on our favorite home furnishing stores, compiled by the editors and reporters in the Home section and T Magazine.
Designs From the 2011 International Contemporary Furniture Fair
The fair showed that objects as banal as fruit crates can have flair.
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