Category: Coastal Style

Dan and Serena Morin moved from New York to New Orleans five years ago with the hope of enjoying the warm climate and continuing their urban way of life. Dan, a cardiologist, and Serena, an elementary school teacher, are both fans of modern design; they bought an upgraded 1940s home initially designed by Curtis and […]

Working to your daddy can have its drawbacks, but it could come with some perks that are fairly sweet. For Keristien Rackham, who graduated with an interior design degree and moved to New Orleans to help her daddy handle his antiques store, it meant she got first pickings of the shop’s inventory to furnish her […]

After residing in Germany, Italy and Spain, architects Gail and Robert Karn transferred their family back to the United States, bringing a European design edge with them. The few scooped an outdated 1950s bungalow on two acres of oak forest and set out to integrate some of the super-energy-efficient layouts they’d undergone abroad: highly insulated, […]

We lived in our home for 12 years until we remodeled our kitchen. For 12 years we’d first 1941 closets, stained Formica counters plus a set of the cheapest white appliances available. Basically, a variant of what many renters and homeowners live with. So, what to do when all you can really afford are a […]

Opening the front door of costume designer Julie Vogel’s home is like opening up a jewelry box. Set back in the road in South Pasadena, California, her cozy 1944 “honeymoon” cottage is the creative result of years of collecting suzani fabrics and bizarre objects. With a discerning eye, Vogel has turned her 1,500-square-foot home into […]

Furniture designed by people that have an architectural background is practically always intriguing. One of my favorite painters is Patricia Urquiola. Her influences include structure, ergonomics, Spanish customs, organic shapes, engineering and also her former thesis advisor, Achille Castiglioni. The type of objects she designs runs the gamut and includes bathtubs, light fixtures, couches, benches, […]

“Home renovations are like childbirth — quite debilitating but fast forgotten, overshadowed by the happiness of the finished product,” says architect Lenore Davies of Pripstein + Davies. After looking at nearly 50 homes, Lenore and Marc Davies eventually found what they were searching for: a 1901 gem in their dream place in Pennsylvania, surrounded by […]

Interior designer Darci Goodman had some wooing to do if it came to the Long Beach, California, remodel. Her customers, a couple with three children, were confident in her work, but the husband had convincing. “I think he saw dollar signs in the beginning,” Goodman says. “But following the first pair of tiles in the […]

What it is: Rustic design reveals the old adage that everything comes full circle. Our pioneer ancestors could get a fantastic laugh out of how fashionable the look is now — they dreamed of walls instead of rough logs and rugs instead of bare plank floors. However thanks to rustic style’s unpretentious roots, organic textures […]

My 3-year-old daughter needs me to decorate her bedroom. Right? The downside is that she’s a princess bedroom — think giant decals and a huge, twinkling pumpkin carriage bed. That’s not going to happen. I’m hoping, but that by creating some smart purchases, I will give her the fairytale glamour she craves without selling out […]