Laura Mauk writes about architecture and design for Dwell, Wallpaper*, the San Francisco Chronicle, Interiors and Luxe. She worked as an editor for Architectural Digest, Artforum's Bookforum, Allure and Western Interiors & Design after starting her career in New York in the late nineties, when she was first published in Paper magazine.

Budget Breakdown: You’d Never Guess This Serene Family Home Was a Marijuana Grow House
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