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Monday Obsession: Groundwork’s Root Base Table

Before you know it, Shoppists, we’ll be in the throes of fall and winter (or, the more aptly titled “human hibernation season”). And those hermit-like habits that come […]

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5 Hilariously Snarky Design Blogs That Will Make You Feel Better About Your Plain, Normal House

There’s a very specific sort of hate-reading that has nothing to do with checking out your sworn enemy’s Facebook statuses or scrolling through the site of a blogger […]

Property

Parc Rittenhouse Condo: Can We Keep the Blue Sofa?

We love this condo, of course. Parc is lovely. The amenities (24-hour doorman; pool; gym; etc.) are terrific. The views are great. The location couldn’t […]

Property

On the Market: Danny Seo’s Bucks County Stunner

Photo via Kurfiss Sotheby’s International Reading, Pa. native Danny Seo is a male, environmentally conscious Martha Stewart — if Martha Stewart were busier than she […]

City Life

PHOTOS: Paper Dresses Work the Runway at Tabu

Last night Tabu played host to the Paper Dress Competition, a contest (that was not presented by Josh Schonewolf, oddly enough) that benefitted locally based cancer- and […]

Property

A Swoon-Worthy Garden and Patio in New Hope

At first, Sally Weisman did not want to move. She’d been living in Princeton, New Jersey for 13 years in a beautiful home. She was […]

Property

Terrific Villanova Home With Oddly Purple Screening Room

Talk about a study in contrasts: Outside, this lovely home on winding Greenbrier Drive passes for a traditional Main Line residence, one you can easily […]

City Life

Local Designers Named Finalists in Martha Stewart Design Competition

You’ve probably seen Eric Fausnacht and Christopher Kline around town at a street fair or weekend arts market. The duo have made a business—called Eric & Christopher—out of […]

Property

Habitat: Colonial-Era Farmhouse in Chester Heights

Erin Cochran said it was her husband who first fell in love with their three-bedroom Delco farmhouse. “I can’t say that I did at first,” […]

Property

Happy Birthday, Charles Eames

You probably know the Eames chair. But there was more to Charles and Ray Eames than that. This TED talk, given by Charles and Ray’s […]

Shoppist

Celebrate Harry Bertoia’s Design Legacy at Scout & Annie

Tonight from 7 to 9, celebrate the life of Italian-born American artist and modern furniture designer Harry Bertoia with vintage home boutique Scout & Annie.

Property

Habitat: Fishtown Church Conversion

Photographer Dominic Episcopo and his wife, Dawn, a makeup artist, have lived in their Fishtown home for 10 years — though calling it a “home” […]

Property

Get a Home Makeover From IKEA

IKEA calls itself the Life Improvement Store, and it’s now expanding its services to make good on that moniker. Taking a page from the book […]

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Flintstones Furniture to Match Dick Clark’s Unbelievable Flintstones House

This week Web Urbanist published “Flintstones Furniture: 15 Designs Made of Stone and Lava,” and while I can’t be sure they were thinking of the […]

City Life

Six Design Ideas SEPTA Should Steal Now

A recent article on The Atlantic Cities website made a point that is at once obvious and rarely made: Good design and strong imagery can attract […]