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2 months ago | 
wsj.com | Catherine Romano
The steady drift away from lab-like kitchens continues, and the pendulum has swung toward decidedly organic colors. So concur many of the hundreds of pros who helped us identify today’s most in-demand kitchen-design trends. Beiges, soft browns and even dark wood, long considered dated, have crept back into vogue. “Mixed with more contemporary furniture and lighting, these finishes feel fresh and create spaces that are very intimate,” said New York designer Jennifer Weisberg.
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Dec 27, 2024 | 
wsj.com | Catherine Romano
Our pros dismissed neutrals, sage green and timid pinks, corals, peaches and lavenders as too predictable: “The light, bright and white is feeling a little void of personality right now,” said San Francisco designer Kristen Peña. “We’re returning to the natural dyes found in old tapestries, the hues born from gemstones,” said Robin Standefer, of New York’s Roman and Williams. Think terracotta, oxidized reds, warm ochres, velvety browns.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
wsj.com | Catherine Romano
Lauren Biggs had just had her family’s Houston home renovated when she launched into rehabbing their weekend house 160 miles away, on Lake Austin. “We’d paid the general contractor so much—20% of our budget,” she said of the Houston project, “and I just wanted to put all that money into the design of this [other] house.” Accordingly, the mother of three daughters and a full-timer at Wells Fargo Advisors set out to be her own general contractor.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
msn.com | Catherine Romano
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
wsj.com | Catherine Romano
“Our idea was this is our final home, right? We’d like to stay here as long as possible, until the end, if we can,” said Jay van Bavel, 71, of the new house he and his equally pragmatic wife, Kathy McIntyre, 68, had built in Austin, Texas. With the help of architect Ryan Yaden, of San Antonio firm Lake Flato, the pair of retired physicians designed a home largely compliant with the guidelines forged by the ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act).
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Catherine Romano
Costco Is Selling a “Gorgeous” $40 Dinnerware Set That Shoppers Are Buying 2 of at a TimeWhether you’ve just moved into a new home or feel the need to refresh the space you have, you may be on the hunt for new dinnerware. But building a …
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
wsj.com | Catherine Romano
WHEN INTERIOR DESIGNER Benjamin Vandiver encountered Mary Anne Huntsman, a client who insisted that each bedroom in her young family’s apartment reflect its inhabitant, he started with hers. How would he resolve the classical pianist’s desire for a traditional sanctuary of calm with her exuberant style? And given the context, a 2016 Manhattan building, how would he fabricate a classic decor as redolent of Old Europe as his client’s musical repertoire without veering into Disneyesque fantasy?
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Dec 31, 2023 | 
wsj.com | Catherine Romano
BYE, Gloomy Exteriors - “In 2018 we painted a house in Hudson Valley a blackish-green color. Since then, the whole neighborhood has gone to the dark side,” said Maryline Damour, co-founder and principal designer at Damour Drake, in Kingston, N.Y.
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
msn.com | Catherine Romano
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