My Months-Long Journey to Get Rid of the Secondhand Smoke Smell in My Apartment
When the putrid stench of cigarettes suddenly invaded my home, I set about to banish it once and for all.
How They Pulled It Off: A Micro Library in a Midcentury’s Awkward Kitchen Nook
A ladder to access a collection of cookbooks is the finishing touch for crisp, built-in millwork in the San Francisco Bay Area...
Music Has an Architecture Obsession
Musicians have long used buildings as devices for visual storytelling.
The Transformation of Cheyenne, Wyoming
My hometown has always been mostly white and defined by conservative, cowboy values.
My Exasperating Odyssey to Find the Perfect (Not Gray) Couch(es)
A colorful sofa at a reasonable price point is hard to find—but I did. Now on to the next one…
For Her First Renovation, a Mérida Designer Went “Mistake By Mistake”
Designer and architect Aranza García's 19th-century home in Mexico has good bones and even better color.
In Beyoncé’s “Renaissance,” Heaven Is a Place in the Club
On her seventh solo album, the singer explores every corner of late-20th-century nightclubs, which offered joyous spaces for...