As one of San Francisco's venerated historic residences, the 1913 Beaux Arts-style home of Dr. Elisa Stephens has a reputation to uphold. And while the home's public spaces were deserving of its "jewel box of Nob Hill" status, its dark, dreary pine-paneled top floor was in dire need of a transformation.
There are few summer getaways more desirable than the Hamptons. That may be partly due to the see-and-be-seen social scene, but the Hamptons' intense natural beauty is impossible to ignore.
The spell was cast in minutes. One visit to this idyllic parcel of property and actress Marcia Gay Harden and her husband, Thaddaeus Scheel, were sold.
There is something about dogs and Christmas that just goes together, whether it is the joy (and folly!) of a new puppy as a gift or the sight of your four-legged friend romping in the snow.
"Office" and "serenity" are two words not often uttered in the same sentence. Step inside the offices of Los Angeles-based designer Barbara Barry, however, and serenity prevails
At 5 a.m. on an ordinary day, you’ll find New York designer Robin Bell still enjoying a little well-deserved REM. On this chillier-than-normal morning, however, she’s wide awake--nestled next to a warm campfire and halfway through a hot cup of coffee.
Even when she begins with a neutral palette, color follows Michelle Smith everywhere. For the fashion designer and founder of the clothing line Milly, it's a hazard of the job.
At work in her Houston home office, Ruth Gay jots notes on a client's building plans. Occasionally she glances up, scanning her elegant sanctuary for inspiration.
The intense color hits you as soon as you walk in the door of the small atelier and shop nestled on a quiet street in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood.
Rarely do the terms “glamour” and “trailer” go hand in hand, except when you’ve tiptoed into actress Marcia Cross’s chocolate-and-aqua-velvet-encased trailer on the set of Desperate Housewives at Universal Studios.
