Breaking Bread is an Artful Experience at This New Dallas Bakery

To savor a fresh baguette from a bakery in Paris is truly a feast for the senses, and often a highlight for foodies on holiday abroad. Few offerings stateside compare, though, with grab-and-go bakeries that all too often imitate the look of a standard French café, with little variation. The Bread Cl

This Alarm Clock Coheres Past and Present in a Pithy Package

Time is one of the hardest intangibles to fathom. It can feel both fleeting and unending; perceptively tied to specific places and conditions, yet also entirely untethered by context. With the advent of industrialization nearly four centuries ago—electric light “allowing” us to operate beyond the li

Houses with Wonderful Curb Appeal: Ideas and Inspiration

My daughter is back on the hunt for a new home and it’s been slim pickings in today’s real estate market. Luckily for me, she often asks me to tour the houses with her. I have to confess, the more curb appeal the home has, the more likely we want to see it. Sure, there... The post Houses with Wonder

A Shou Sugi Ban farmhouse in Vermont with breathtaking Green Mountain views

Tucked into a fern-carpeted hillside in Fayston, Vermont, this extraordinary modern farmhouse, known as the Elemental House, is a bold reimagining of the vanishing Vermont vernacular for the modern world. Designed by the award-winning Elizabeth Herrmann Architecture + Design and built by Red House B