Take one hedge-fund-managing mom, two busy kids, a CNN anchor and a stately but disjointed Main Line house. Add one indomitable interior designer. What do you get? The casual castle for a modern family

A turn-of-the-century stone colonial on the edge of Chestnut Hill mixes traditional bones and modern decor, pristine family heirlooms and abstract children’s art, to achieve cozy, colorful, lived-in elegance

Ryan Walker and Alissa Parker-Walker, shoppers for Horne, share their charming office space

A South Jersey rug-world maverick makes old-world textiles that happen to be completely new