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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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Home and garden tours in the city, around the region and across the country.
Dune, the TriBeCa store known for sleek, modern furniture, will have a floor sample sale July 11 to 26.
Home and garden tours in the city, around the region and across the country.
Large tomato-red ceramic pots filled with boxwood line the gravel path to the entrance of Berns Fry Ltd., above left, an antiques shop just opened in Bridgehampton, N.Y. Inside, furnishings in beige and white play off earth-tone walls.
An exterior shower can be a beautiful thing. But building and maintaining one takes planning.
Hidden at the end of a long grassy track, beyond a maze of winding country lanes in the Aquitaine region of southwest France, stands La Pradelle, a 16th-century farmhouse.
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Style: Sky Lark
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When a family in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, needed more space, there was nowhere to go but up.
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Australia in Sonoma
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Linda Dodwell, an intrepid motorcyclist, adventurer and artist, built a compound in California that was inspired by her solo ride across the Australian outback.
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At Midlife, Called to a New Field
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A change in home life, as much as in career, seems to appeal to a new breed of back-to-the-landers: former urban professionals.
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Shopping for House Gifts With Simon Doonan
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The creative director of Barneys New York shopped for house gifts that would suit the hypothetical characters described in his new book.
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In the Garden: Foraging for Berries, the Summer Special on Nature’s Produce Aisle
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If you can’t tell the difference between a blueberry and a pokeberry, you need to carefully educate yourself, and periodically refresh the lessons.
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The Fix: Power Remedies for Dirty Grout
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Some homeowners hide their ugly grout behind shower curtains. Others throw rugs over offensive areas or take to their knees and try to scrub it clean.
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Garden Q & A: When Planning a Garden, Spin the Color Wheel
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Q. I have a small backyard garden. How can I get a handle on the out-of-control color scheme in my flowerbeds?
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Currents | Books: A Tale of Real Estate, Life and Possibly Arson
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“House & Home” is a sharply funny, nicely realized work of catharsis that will be satisfyingly familiar to anyone who has ever suffered seller’s remorse.
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CURRENTS | Deals: Off the Showroom Floor and Into Your Living Room
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Dune, the TriBeCa store known for sleek, modern furniture, will have a floor sample sale July 11 to 26.
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CURRENTS | Living: A Singular Sink With a Single Purpose
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For the seasoned chef — or anyone who thinks a regular kitchen sink isn’t enough — Kohler has introduced the Crevasse rinsing sink ($1,350).
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