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How to Watch Architecture: A Beginner’s Guide to Seeing Buildings Differently
Most people look at buildings without seeing them. Here’s how to start seeing them. There is a particular experience that…
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The Psychology of Color in Home Design: How What You Paint Changes How You Feel
The colors in your home are not decorative choices. They are decisions about how you want to feel in every…
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What Makes America ByDesign Different From Every Other Architecture Show on Television
Season 4 premieres Friday on SHG Living. Here’s why it’s worth watching from the beginning. There are a lot of…
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The Last Summer Project: Five Home Improvements Worth Doing Before September
August is the best month to start something. Here’s what’s worth starting. There is a particular quality to the last…
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Water at Home: The Resource Most of Us Waste Without Knowing It
The average American household uses 300 gallons of water a day. Most of it disappears without a second thought. Water…
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What Your Energy Bill Is Actually Telling You
Most homeowners look at the total. The useful information is in the details. The energy bill arrives. You look at…
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Why the Best Homes Right Now Bring the Outside In
The most compelling residential design of the last decade shares a single conviction: that the boundary between inside and outside…
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How American Cities Are Being Redesigned From the Ground Up
The most interesting design work happening in America right now isn’t inside buildings. It’s between them. For most of the…
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The Food You Travel For and the Food You Grow: Two Shows Worth Watching This Summer
One chef goes as far as possible to find extraordinary food. Another transforms backyards into the source of it. There…
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The Great American Outdoor Space: What July 4th Weekends Teach Us About How We Really Live Outside
One weekend a year, the backyard becomes the most important room in the house. There is no more honest test…
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