PATINA STYLE Brooke Giannetti is a Calfornia-based interior decorator, shop owner, and blogger. Brooke’s projects often incorporate Belgian, French and Swedish antiques, tightly slipcovered linen furniture combined with industrial and outdoor elements. She frequently collaborates with her husband, architect Steve Giannetti, on projects as well as...
By Mona Cohen. Have you seen the Home Depot commercial where the couple is landscaping their front yard on their own? Didn’t that look too easy? We live in an era where blogs, Youtube videos, commercials and articles are used as guides to help us...
Jamara Ghalayini makes it her business to help children. Literally. She founded the childrens clothes shop Pumpkinheads, as a means to fund the many causes she supports. Why a children's clothes store? I became painfully aware that even in perceived affluent areas there are third world conditions....
By Tom Callaway IN THESE ROLLER COASTER YEARS OF UNCERTAINTY, with global unrest all around us, and with an economy that teeters on a precipice (not clearly moving forward or falling back), it is no wonder that making a solid investment in something...
[caption id="attachment_1039" align="alignleft" width="192"] Amy Cohen Epstein, President & Executive Director of the Lynne Cohen Foundation[/caption] A jubilant atmosphere cheered through Brentwood on Sunday, September 29th: tents with countless balloons, yoga instructors, energetic music, and the stamps of vibrant running shoes colored the blocked off San...
The term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements. Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and architecture. In addition, the work of De Stijl artists is...