December 2016
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The Open Door
In the first weeks of November, Michiganders enjoyed unusually warm weather.
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Bulletin Board: Winter Tidings
Homefront // Bulletin Board Now serving — appetizers! Holiday Icon canape plates, $10/ea. from Anthropologie, are crowd-pleasers. Scroll for more entertaining ideas. She Rocks with Blocks Printmaker carves out intriguing house portraits and more When artist Natalia Wohletz, right, isn’t studying math, environmental studies, and art at Kalamazoo College, she’s typically wielding a cool little […]
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Home is Where Your Story is Told
Product: Marble cheese plate with gold wheat arms and a matching cheese knife by Michael Aram, Price: $175, Macy’s, Somerset Collection – Troy. Product: Natural tree stump wood candle holders, Price: $52-$68, My House of Style, Birmingham.
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Designer’s Haven
From the street, at first glance, very little distinguishes Barry Harrison’s East Coast-style frame home from several of the other “row” houses lining the same block in Birmingham.
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Industrial Refined
Many designers, artists, and craftspeople find success and fulfillment by traveling a side road; it’s a journey that’s sometimes bumpy, often lonely, unpredictably wending, and mostly uncharted. Anton Maka, a 29-year-old furniture maker and owner of Shelby Township’s Anton Maka Designs, pedaled to success on the black leather seat of a red-fendered, two-wheeled Super Deluxe […]
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Here We Come A-Wassailing
The backstory: When Janet Cameron and Janice Mies, both members of the The Herb Society of America Southern Michigan Unit, began to envision their special dining table for the 2015 Cranbrook Holiday Splendor: Tinsel & Trees event, they took a veritable stroll down a historic, musical path. The two friends, who worked in tandem with […]
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Antiques in the Mix
FURNISHINGS | inspired designers CLOTH & KIND WHO: Tami Ramsay, far left, and Krista Nye Nicholas, design@clothandkind.com, clothandkind.com CLOTH & KIND is a nationally recognized residential and commercial interior design firm led by principals Nicholas and Ramsay. It has offices in Ann Arbor, Mich., and Athens, Ga. The Detroit Home Design Award-winners are celebrated for […]
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Ageless Sage
LOOK BOOK | color corner “Sparkling sage is calming and nurturing, with a hint of gray undertone, representing balance while also bringing the energy of the outdoors inside.” — Sue Kim, Valspar color strategist Leaf wire basket, $24.95, Crate & Barrel, Troy, crateandbarrel.com Scandinavian-inspired wire stool (also comes in black), $199, BoConcept, Birmingham, boconcept.com Silver […]
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Tremendous Trees
His first holiday in his new house in Rochester was just around the corner and bachelor Mark Dunn wanted his home to look special. Enter interior designer Denise Seifferlein, of Clarkston-based D’Avignon Interiors.
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Sister Act
One’s a busy designer. The other’s a busy exec. Together, they’ve collaborated on a sensational contemporary in Franklin
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Very Merry Modern
Whole-house holiday frills in shades of lime, aubergine, hot pink, cinnamon, and bright orange are whimsical warm-ups for a contemporary home
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Figgy Pudding 101
When Janet Cameron of Troy created the faux English Christmas pudding shown here, she likely was thinking of her childhood days growing up in the Cotswolds region of England. Cameron created the pudding for the 2015 Cranbrook House Holiday Splendor event, as part of a table setting she worked on with other members of a […]
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Detroit Home December 2016/January 2017 Digital Edition
Detroit Home – December 2016/January 2017