Table of Contents: Philadelphia Home
Summer 2006

Features

The Contemporary category winner of our Dream Kitchens competition hosts some serious cooking equipment Robert Esposito knew exactly what he wanted...
Transforming a condo in the clouds into an idyllic modern retreat meant scouting the fair seas for inspiration If it truly were a yacht, you might...
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Designer Julie Ann Stoner received this request from her Main Line client: Design a kitchen that’s all about the garden With a garden this...
The owners of a midcentury modern house on the Main Line open up for a summer cocktail party that is part pop art, part pool party On a leafy stretch...
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Cherry Hill native Brad Ascalon has an eye for design — and an ear for it, too. The musician-turned-furniture-designer sets chairs, tables and...
Hawaiian style inspired the home of a Haddonfield family who practically lives outdoors “Something different” is what many homeowners say...
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Take a rural Chester County landscape, throw in a few curves, and a modern home blends right in Standing at the highest point of a rolling hayfield...
A North Wilmington retreat called Frog Hollow is a modern-day Eden for its owners and their amphibian friends As Eve Thyrum heads into her garden,...
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It’s a Monday night. Jack Bauer stares across an abandoned parking lot, his face caught in shadow. You curl deeper into your favorite chair,...
In the not-so-distant future, box sets across the nation will turn dark. And we mean dark — not a flicker, not a fuzzy screen, no more scratchy...
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You say pixel, I say … what? Confused by the jargon-wheeling salesman? We’ve tuned in the most necessary digital terms so you can get a...
You’re dropping major coin on an HDTV, so in addition to a great picture, you’ll want it to look perfect in your home. James Wollard,...
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Watching: Foreign films in the den Spending: $ Sony Grand WEGA SXRD 50-inch rear-projection HDTV, $3,500; $$$ Fujitsu P55XTA51UB 55-inch Plasmavision...
“I thought plasmas were the bomb before I started working here, but you definitely get more bang for your buck with this setup,” says...
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Your TV is top-of-the-line, and now it’s time to get it to run at its peak. “Each TV has the potential to be ‘tuned’ to...
You could say Havertown interior designer Michael Gruber took a gamble with this project: creating an old-time parlor, gallery and saloon to display...
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She's no JonBenet.It would be completely tasteless to make jokes about JonBenet Ramsey in reference to a movie about a 7-year-old beauty pageant...
 

Other

Place to laugh Helium Comedy Club This Center City club presents comedy as it should be, up close and personal. But the most intimate stage in the...