Visits: 25 Creative coverings for floors, walls and furniture include rugs, wallpaper and fabrics. This article is part of our Design special section about innovative surfaces in architecture, interiors and products. What’s new in wallpaper, tile and upholstery? Nothing and …
Do You Have ‘Bookshelf Wealth’?
Visits: 20 A TikTok home-décor trend has irked some bibliophiles. When it comes to aesthetic trends, social media loves a catchy name. Cottagecore. Dark academia. Eclectic grandpa. Now there’s a new entry to the canon: bookshelf wealth. On TikTok and …
Mica Ertegun, Glamorous Interior Designer and Philanthropist, Dies at 97
Visits: 34 She and her longtime husband, the music magnate Ahmet Ertegun, were once called “the virtual definition of sophistication.” Mica Ertegun, the New York doyenne of interior design who fled from Communism in postwar Romania, ran a chicken farm …
It’s Not Enough to Love Disney. They Want to Live Disney.
Visits: 39 The Mickey Mouse-shaped topiaries in front of Kelsey Hermanson’s house are the first hint at what visitors will find inside. “You know how when you’re walking through a Disney park, and you have the option to go to …
The Hotel That Started as a Gift Shop
Visits: 43 Shannon Maldonado quit her job in fashion design to open a home-goods store, Yowie. Now she’s opening a Yowie hotel where nearly all the décor is for sale. When she was growing up, Shannon Maldonado wanted to be …
What Makes a Room Unforgettable?
Visits: 28 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Ace Hotel New York. The Chicago Athletic Association. The NoMad hotel in London. Goop’s store in Los Angeles. The Reykjavik Edition hotel, in Iceland. The Boom Boom Room. These are all some …
It’s a Goth Thing: Meet the Martha Stewart for Macabre Homemakers
Visits: 21 Through his “Gothic Homemaking” YouTube series, Aurelio Voltaire has become a lifestyle guru to people who embrace spookiness in all seasons. At the Gothic Renaissance store near Union Square in Manhattan, a man clad in all black, with …
How ‘a Perfectionist on a Budget’ Decorated Her Buzzy New Restaurant
Visits: 41 At Lord’s, which just opened in Manhattan, co-owner Patricia Howard used floral wallpaper, old china and a very specific toilet paper holder to achieve a look of English country home meets Polo Bar. Four months into sourcing décor …
Would You Go Back to the Office for an Eames Chair?
Visits: 22 Ben Watson is overseeing the merger of Herman Miller and Knoll, with the belief that good design means good business. Ben Watson was in his happy place. Sitting in the showroom that also doubles as an office above …
At More Homes, Every Square Foot Is a Stage (for Rent by the Hour)
Visits: 17 Booking stylishly decorated private residences as alternatives to sets and studios is a growing niche in the short-term rental market. When Bethany Morrison, a model, contacted Braylen Dion, a photographer, early last year with an idea for a …