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The Slow Life Picks Up Speed : A movement that started in the kitchen takes over the rest of the house.

NYT - "I HAVE a little spiel I like to give about thread," Natalie Chanin said the other day. "The ladies laugh at me and call it my Oprah moment, but here's how it goes: It's called loving your thread, and it's all about talking to the thread, coaxing it to take the path of least resistance. At the crux of it, that's what Slow Design is all about."

Ms. Chanin runs a company, Alabama Chanin, that sells exquisite hand-stitched garments made from old T-shirts and home goods like flea market chairs with seats woven out of Goodwill neckties. Designed by Ms. Chanin and her collaborator, Butch Anthony, and hand-made by artisans � the ladies, as she calls them � in her hometown of Florence, Ala., her products are examples of Slow Design, which is not so much a metabolic term as it is a philosophical one. ...

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Currents | Furniture: Tables Made With Birch Branches
The three tables in the new Resting Branches Collection have glass tops, acrylic sides and white birch limbs suspended underneath.

Graphic Content | Thurston Moore's Indie Books
Ecstatic Peace Library, started by Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, is an indie publisher that's taking a chance on -- of all things -- books.

Currents | Deals: Sales at Int�rieurs, Nest Interiors and Desiron
Discounts on sofas, stools and other home furnishings and accessories.

Currents | Open: Monocle Magazine Opens West Village Shop
The small store, which opened last week, carries a fairly large, well-edited selection of merchandise.

In the Garden: As Summer Fades, Duties in the Garden Shift
The focus turns to preparing plants for cooler weather, assessing what flowers grew well and what didn?t, and then planning for spring.

Currents | Q&A: How Women Reshaped the Modern Kitchen
Talking with Juliet Kinchin, the curator of the Museum of Modern Art exhibition ?Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen.?

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Design Notebook: The Audacity of Taupe

The Home Section asked decorators, pundits and others for their reactions to the Oval Office makeover.

Home Is Where the Tax Exemption Is

As tax authorities look for cheats, they are finding that many people who are eligible for the benefit fail to apply for it.

On Location: In Switzerland, a Cast-Concrete Mountain Retreat

An art collector builds a nontraditional house in an Alpine village where life hasn’t changed that much in decades.

Shopping With Marc Murphy: Picnic Essentials

The chef Marc Murphy shopped for good things to put in the basket while the weather is still nice.

In the Garden: As Summer Fades, Duties in the Garden Shift

The focus turns to preparing plants for cooler weather, assessing what flowers grew well and what didn’t, and then planning for spring.

Property Values: What You Get for ...$275,000

A one-bedroom condo in Philadelphia, a three-bedroom bungalow in Tennessee and a two-bedroom house in Wisconsin.

Currents | Q&A: How Women Reshaped the Modern Kitchen

Talking with Juliet Kinchin, the curator of the Museum of Modern Art exhibition “Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen.”

Currents | Online: A Web Site for Midcentury Modern Buyers

The new site Townhouse.bz includes rare furniture and decorative accessories like a Knoll armchair.

Currents | Open: Monocle Magazine Opens West Village Shop

The small store, which opened last week, carries a fairly large, well-edited selection of merchandise.

Currents | Décor: A New Tableware Line at Metropolitan Museum Gift Shop

Le Chat Noir, a collection inspired by a 19th-century French poster.