August 2015
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Julie’s World
Those who know artist Julie Dawson well understand that she’s a woman of courage. She’s traveled to dozens of countries, chatted with and photographed strangers aplenty, has participated in numerous speaking engagements, has given inordinate amounts of personal time to nonprofits and charities, and is an author with five books under her belt. And on […]
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Bulletin Board— August/September 2015
A Sage Idea Mackinac Island resort plants an herb ‘cocktail garden’ Mackinac Island’s east end landmark hotel, Mission Point, is harvesting lemon verbena, basil, and pineapple sage from its new Cocktail Garden to craft special beverages for resort guests. The new superintendent of gardens, John Van Etten, who worked at New York State’s Mohonk Mountain […]
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Hanging on to Summer
August slips into position with a sense of what was and what’s to come.
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Rockin’ Moroccan
Riad wool rug, $170-$1,100, West Elm, Birmingham, westelm.com. Ann Sacks tile adds energy and eloquence to a space, price available upon request, Michigan Design Center, Troy, michigandesign.com. Moroccan wedding blanket cushion, $150, Maryam Montague, mmontague.com. Metal orb light, $160, West Elm, Birmingham, westelm.com. Hand-dyed tribal fabric, $125, Maryam Montague, mmontague.com. Moroccan glass pendants, $215-$240, West Elm, Birmingham, westelm.com. Chez […]
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Work Space
Tutto Interiors Who: Based in Northville, award-winning interior designer Cheryl Nestro, left, is recognized locally and internationally for her work. She studied interior design in Detroit at the College for Creative Studies, but attributes her greatest education to her 15 years of experience. While she has a keen eye for detail and proportion, she also […]
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Farmhouse Flair
When Gretchen and Britt Diver’s three young sons first saw the Clarkston colonial-style home they would eventually move into, they were, well, a tad worried.
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The Lightness of Being
Sheila and Sharath Konanur loved their house. And who wouldn’t? It was big and beautiful, large enough to accommodate family visitors from all over the world.
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If These Walls Could Talk (Or Sing)
After much searching, newlyweds Marty and Belinda Tibbitts purchased their Grosse Pointe Park dream home five years ago.
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Builders’ Update
The National Association of Home Builders reports that the pace of residential construction spending improved on both a monthly and year-over-year basis for this past April (the most recent month with available findings). For that month, the seasonally adjusted annual rate of single-family construction spending was up 1.6 percent from March. On a year-over-year basis, the pace of […]
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Tile Files
Tile. It can totally transform the look and feel of a space. Whether muted and matte or shiny and colorful, tile adds punch, texture, style, and more. Considered a manufactured piece of hardwearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, or glass, tile generally is used for covering floors, walls, showers, tabletops — you name it. […]
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Idea Man
Brian DuBois has lots of ideas — and they often come so fast and with such punch that he has to carry around a sketchbook so he can record them before they skedaddle out of his head to make way for the next one. The furniture designer and maker has one big idea, though, […]
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House of Blues
Blue’s Clues: “Soft blues remind us of water and sky. They can sweep us away.” — Kelly Slank, trend & color consultant, Bloomfield Hills From left to right: Blue Beyond, Sherwin-Williams, sherwin-williams.com; Little Boy Blue, Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com; Aqua-Sphere, Sherwin-Williams. Denim, Sherwin-Williams. From left to right: Hypnotic, Behr, behr.com; Swimming, Sherwin-Williams; Admiral Blue, Sherwin-Williams; Poetry Reading, Behr. “Easy, breezy, and beautiful, blue hues from […]
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Detroit Home August/September 2015 Digital Edition
Detroit Home – August/September 2015
