House of the Day: Modernist Masterpiece in Connecticut
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Lifestyle, Selling Warren Platner aficionados will likely line up for this Connecticut estate that he designed and furnished. Considered his signature home, the...
View ArticleHabitats: 'Earthships' Take Off in New Mexico Desert
Filed under: Design, News, Home Improvement, Lifestyle Natural disasters like Hurricane Irene, which left millions without electricity and caused billions of dollars in damage, always remind us of two...
View ArticleTag This Scottish Castle as a Battle Zone in Graffiti Debate
Filed under: Design, News, Lifestyle Art indeed lives in the eye of the beholder, and as far as the Earl of Glasgow is concerned, the psychedelic mural that Brazilian street artists painted on the side...
View ArticleAnother High-Priced Listing: $45 Million Beverly Hills Estate
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Selling Here's a real estate riddle for you: If you list your house in 2009 at $49 million and it doesn't sell, what makes you think it will sell for $45 million two...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: An Apprentice's Handiwork
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Lifestyle, Selling Long before The Donald co-opted the term "apprentice," people like Frank Lloyd Wright were training young architects to follow in his footsteps....
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Breezy and Breathtaking in Malibu
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Lifestyle, Selling Not every house in Malibu is beachfront; in fact, some of the nicer ones are off the sand and in the land-side hills overlooking the Pacific. They...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Almost a Sure Bet in Las Vegas
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Lifestyle, Selling If there was a shred of doubt left in your mind that Las Vegas' real estate market has not only hit bottom but may be burrowing itself deep in the...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Waterfront Estate Includes Jet Skis
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Lifestyle, Selling Talk about move-in ready! This 9,600-square-foot estate in Naples, Fla., is being sold fully furnished, right down to the cigarette power boat and...
View ArticleReal Estate Videos Go Hollywood
Filed under: Design, News, Advice, Buying, How To, Lifestyle, Selling The Academy Awards may have to add a category: Best Short Film Starring a Real Estate Listing. Listing videos--which for years have...
View ArticleBeverly Hills 'Housewife' Lisa Vanderpump Sells Home
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Celebrity Homes, Lifestyle, Selling Guess we won't be seeing much more of Beverly Hills "housewife" Lisa Vanderpump's mansion in Beverly Park on her show. Sources...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Museum-Quality Mansion
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Lifestyle OK, we admit that to coastal snobs like ourselves, the mere mention of Cleveland brings to mind rivers so polluted that they catch fire. But since the good...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Thoroughly Modern Midcentury
Filed under: Design, News We admit having a soft spot for midcentury modern homes and this one is likely to get a big thumbs-up from midcentury aficionados. It's located just up the street from the...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Floating Glass Home Goes All Out
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Lifestyle Talk about elevated living! This oceanfront house in Laguna Beach, Calif., floats high above a white sandy beach and cove. Listed at $9,995,000, the...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: An Outpost of Cool in Malibu Colony
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Lifestyle, Selling There is just a certain cache to Malibu Colony. In the world's mind, it's where the A-List celebrities frolic in the surf and play. Let's throw a...
View ArticleEthan Suplee's House Has Jane Fonda Pedigree
Filed under: Design, News, Celebrity Homes, Lifestyle, Selling Let's play celebrity "Six Degrees of Housing Separation." It's a game where in a tight housing market, agents throw in every celebrity...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Big and Bold in Miami Beach
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Selling I'm all for use of color in a house, but years of watching "Miami Vice" trained my eye to expect pastels in that city, not strokes of bold color. Heck, even...
View ArticleStaying, Not Selling? Consider 'Aging in Place' Upgrades
Filed under: Design, NewsBy Paul Bianchina It's something we'd all just as soon avoid, but there's no getting around it: We're all getting older. And that's something worth keeping in mind as you plan...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Floors Too Pretty to Walk On
Filed under: Design, News, Buying, Lifestyle, Selling Ask any designer and they'll tell you: A home's soul is where the soles go -- its floors. And as a sucker for beautiful floors, these distressed,...
View ArticleFaked You Out! Prop Furniture Finds a Place on Home Stage
Filed under: Design, News, Lifestyle, Selling What mannequins are to store windows, furniture is to the staging industry. It helps the less visionary among us to envision how things should look. But...
View Article'Earth-Scraper' Will Get Down in Mexico City -- 65 Stories Deep
Filed under: Design, News A new building is proposed for the heart of Mexico City: a 65-story edifice, packed with retail, offices, apartments and a museum. But unlike its skyscraping peers, this giant...
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