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A Writer's Garden: Eudora Welty in Mississippi
Eudora Welty's parents built a house in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1925, when she was a girl, and until her death in 2001 she wrote there, sitting at a bedroom window with a view of life on Pinehurst...
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5 Tips for Taking Care of Your Books
If you are a book lover and owner (like my husband, who collects fly-fishing tomes), you are, by default, a conservator. Here are five tools we use at home to protect our library. For more ideas, see...
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The Reading Rooms in Margate, England
Enjoy Georgian grandeur, if only for a weekend, at The Reading Rooms, a classic Georgian townhouse turned into luxury bed-and-breakfast, located in the seaside town of Margate, England. In its heyday,...
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10 Unexpected Places to Store Books
We might be able to download a digital book with the click of a mouse, but at the end of the day there is something very reassuring about a home filled with books; they serve as a roadmap of sorts...
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DIY: Bookshelf Systems, One Easy, One Difficult
Two DIY wooden book shelves: one for the hardcore DIY-er, the other for the lightweight (count us in for the latter). Above: British based designer Nina Tolstrup created the Studiomama Bookshelf using...
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10 Favorites: Bookshelf-Printed Wallpaper
Did UK designer Deborah Bowness start the bookshelf-printed wallpaper craze with her Genuine Fake Bookshelf paper? Lately we've been spotting (and admiring) installations of bookshelf wallpaper...
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In a Modern London Addition, Books Come First
The homeowners of a remodeled London townhouse gave their books pride of place, but still managed an appealing (book-free) kitchen addition and a built-in den for their cat. Spotted on Dezeen;...
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A Modern Atelier in France, Books Included
Based just north of Paris, interior designer Marianne Evennou believes that houses have souls and are the "carriers of mysteries and stories"; her aim is to "create interior spaces that transcend...
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5 Favorites: Design-Worthy Book Covers
Would you cover your book collection in white paper and hand letter the titles on the spines? If we had the time, we probably would (yes, we are that fanatical). Here are five ideas for turning your...
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London's Most Beautiful Bookstore
In 2009, literary agents Sarah Lutyens and Felicity Rubinstein opened their Notting Hill bookshop (named after their eponymous literary agency, Lutyens & Rubinstein) on a simple premise: to...
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5 Favorites: Bookshelves for Small Space Living
Some days I reminisce about the simple and small living spaces I was surrounded by after my college years. My roommate and I lived in a Bauhaus-styled apartment building which had been completely...
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DIY: Accordion Book Keepsake with Angela Liguori
When photographing Angela Liguori's studio last week, I admired a small accordion book among her treasures, propped open to reveal a charming story by her son, Hani. "They're easy to make," she...
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Ask the Expert: Erik Heywood Talks Books
We've been following self-confessed bookworm Erik Heywood since 2007, when he started Books at Home, a blog devoted to bookshelves. He's since opened Book/Shop, an online shop where he sells vintage...
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Required Reading: Things We Made, by Roman & Williams
Have you lounged in the lobby at the Ace Hotel in New York, or dined at the Standard in the Meatpacking District, or thrilled to the decor at the Breslin? Then you should get your hands on a copy of...
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Required Reading: The Art of Fixing Things
Here is finally a book we all could find helpful—a reference book of how to fix things in the home or simply learn the basics of how to use a specific tool. We're definitely adding a copy to our...
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Required Reading: The Surprising Life of Constance Spry
British florist Constance Spry's image is at odds with who she was: a revolutionary flower decorator and an intensely creative teacher, gardener, cook, and friend. The glove-wearing gentility which...
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Required Reading: Nest by Truck
If you're like us, a slavish fan of Truck Furniture (and the owner's entire approach to design), you might be interested in their latest book, "Truck Nest." Osaka-based Truck, a collaborative venture...
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A Japanese Expat's Adventures in Cooking
What if you are a Japanese graduate student in Sweden who wants to cook your favorite Japanese dishes, but can't find the ingredients? If you are Moé Takemura, you turn this conundrum into your...
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Required Reading: Vegetable Literacy
This is a cookbook that assumes two things about you, that you like vegetables for the sake of their being vegetables and that you already know how to cook. If you fit into one (or more) of these...
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Required Reading: Belgian Designers and Their Interiors
For fans of all things Belgian (ourselves included), could there be anything more enticing than a voyeuristic view through almost 20 Belgian designer’s homes? Spotted on Blosem Blogs, lifestyle...
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