Monday, January 28, 2019

BACK IN THE DAYS OF DECO

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La Maîtrise Pavillon for Galeries Lafayette, among the fantastical structures that introduced the public to Art Deco at the Paris Exposi...
Monday, January 21, 2019

"ARCHITECT-DESIGNED" STUFF: Maybe We Should Stick to Buildings

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Architect Gerrit Rietveld designed his iconic chairs— this one dates from the early 1920s—as sculptural statements. He didn't co...
Monday, January 14, 2019

DOMESTIC TECHNOLOGY: Not Rocket Science, But Still A Mystery To Some

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Electricity was leaking all over the house. (With appreciation to James Thurber). Almost eighty years ago, the humorist James Thurber w...
Monday, January 7, 2019

ARE AMERICAN THE MOST D.I.Y. CULTURE ON EARTH?

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How many European homeowners will you find wielding one of these? It’s just possible that Americans are the handiest people on earth. W...
Wednesday, January 2, 2019

1980s RETRO HOME STYLES: Modernism, Take That

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Busy rooflines, "sandwich grid" divided lite windows, and lots of plywood siding: The beginning of 80s Retro Revival. Author...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018

WASTED LIVING SPACE: The Modern Kaisersaal

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Can't you just picture lolling all over the couches in this  cozy living room?  What—you can't? In upper-class German homes of ...
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Monday, December 10, 2018

HOWDY, FOLKS: The California Rancher Rides In

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Long, low, and simultaneously modest and chest-thumping: The Rancher bespoke American values of the 1950s. Author's note: This is an...