The Furniture Issue

Love it or hate it, the distinctive silhouette of Ligne Roset’s most enduring sofa model celebrates 40 years of booming business.

Cover bare walls with any of these six rose-colored options from Sherwin-Williams, Devine Colors, and Glidden.

The contemporary design scene is rife with reclaimed-timber furniture and reawakened cottage industries. Now weaving is about to have its moment in the spotlight.

When “couch surfing” better describes online shopping in the den than overnight guests, it may be time to pick a side table with laptops in mind.

The Ferris Residence by Bruce Walker was tailor-made for its inhabitants and environs.

An enterprising duo mines their respective creative and business backgrounds to create a furniture collection with French roots and universal appeal.

A distinctive wooden pattern lines the walls, floors, and ceilings of this compact home in Japan.

Perched in the Dolomite mountains, an angular copper-clad apartment building echoes the topography of its site.

2012 marked what would have been the 125th birthday of the great French architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known to the world as Le Corbusier.

In a comic strip that appeared March 1, 1953, a Knoll Hardoy butterfly chair and an Eames LCW occupy a living room—the first appearance of mid-century modern furniture in Peanuts.

Seeking a modern shell for their mid-century pieces, a pair of collectors found a relatively untouched Eichler in San Rafael, California—and a built-in excuse to acquire more...

The acclaimed Italian designers Ludovica+Roberto Palomba carve a serene retreat out of a 17th-century oil mill in Salento, filling it with custom creations and their greatest hits.

Green Orchard, the home Paul Archer designed for his parents outside Bristol, England, sows the seeds of an active retirement.

Armed with a keen eye for design and a yen for vintage furniture shopping, Glee star Jayma Mays and actor Adam Campbell revitalize a formerly jumbled Los Angeles house.

Jean-Christophe Aumas’ multihued Paris apartment houses both the highly sought artistic director and the stunning assemblage of furniture he’s brought back from his travels.

In this Brussels mansion, nothing has a price tag, but almost everything is for sale. Here, two design experts curate their fantasy house.

An exhibition showcasing the ins and outs of Jean Prouvé’s industrial design aesthetic is the final word on the French master’s legacy.