by Linda Janovich | Jul 10, 2015 | Wendy Silverstein
Ever since I first discovered them as a young girl, I’ve been fascinated by Shaker furniture and buildings. A Christian sect founded in 18th century...
by Linda Janovich | Jun 4, 2015 | Wendy Silverstein
Reclaimed hardwood is a beautiful, sustainable material that can be used in many modern residential applications to create a sense of warmth, age, and texture. I...
by Linda Janovich | May 4, 2015 | Wendy Silverstein
A few months ago, a friend in Southern California replaced all the interior doors in her 1970 suburban ranch house, switching out aging white-painted hollow-core doors...
by Linda Janovich | Mar 31, 2015 | Wendy Silverstein
Mel Smilow (1922–2002) was a Bronx-born furniture designer, manufacturer, and retailer. Smilow’s elegant midcentury-modern sofas and chairs, tables and case...
by Linda Janovich | Mar 4, 2015 | Wendy Silverstein
I’m a big fan of 17th-century Dutch genre paintings, simple domestic scenes from everyday life set in meticulously rendered middle-class interiors. One of my favorites...
by Linda Janovich | Feb 3, 2015 | Wendy Silverstein
Leafing through a book of historic Tuscan villas, I was struck again and again by their masterful use of coffering. The coffered ceiling—a grid of beams and crossbeams...
