Taking Shape

Taking Shape

He has human children at home, but to hear the gentlemanly Arthur Joura talk about his beloved bonsai charges at the North Carolina Arboretum…

A Town of Her Own

A Town of Her Own

She has a perfectly serviceable home office, anchored by a desk and filled with papers, books and files — all the usual writerly supplies….

Best Not in Show

Best Not in Show

Lean and avid, arrayed in snug scenester threads, Franzi Charen and Kip Veno don’t look like regulars on the classic-car circuit. And they’re not….

Rambling Man

Rambling Man

Trellises are growing up. Garden apartment, grand estate — whatever the structure, it’s no longer quite enough to have a homely two-dimensional lattice clinging…

Terra Firma

Terra Firma

Naturally, custom-designed house plans can never be set in stone. Whims ebb and flow, hipped roofs go gambrel, patio space sprouts walls and morphs…

A Fine Balance

A Fine Balance

Thanks to a plenitude of kid-friendly amenities, Tom and Toni Oreck’s home-to-be in The Ramble will likely be hangout number one for the couple’s…

Through a Glass, Dazzingly

Through a Glass, Dazzingly

Brits can make anything sound like a breeze. When glass artist Marc Tickle, brought up near London and based locally for nine years, demonstrates…

Not Carved in Stone

Not Carved in Stone

Perched on a ledge before a picture window in her airy Kenilworth workspace, tilemaker Diana Gillispie swings her feet and shrugs one shoulder in…

The Cantilever Tales

The Cantilever Tales

If a house can simultaneously blend in and stand out, Sandra and Barry Bearden’s pied-à-terre in progress has nailed that feat. The couple, whose…