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Fall 2012

  • Detroit Home Fall 2012 Digital Edition

    Detroit Home – Fall 2012

  • Style and Sustenance

    We love kitchens. They’re our adult sand boxes, where we have permission to make a mess.

  • Newport Harvest Wreath featured in Detroit Design

    Mirror Image

    Mirrors may give us an honest, unadorned look at ourselves, but in décor, they can sometimes be used to deceive. They make a small room look larger, a narrow one deeper, or a dark one brighter.

  • Dream Weavers

    In 1972, during the early stages of a lifelong effort to find the world’s finest carpets, Bloomfield Hills resident Geoffrey Orley found what he was looking for in the bazaars of Isfahan, Iran. There, he says, “Somebody with a big Afro showed me a great carpet. He took me back to his home, and that […]

  • Trend Report: Kitchen & Bath

    1 – “Long ago, kitchen designers followed the rules of the triangle pattern. We’ve seen a shift in how consumers use their kitchens…

  • In Residence: Stanley and Judy Frankel

    A city house and a country place — it’s the classic real-estate dream and a living arrangement that lets us indulge in a décor style that’s a refreshing departure from our primary residence.

  • In Stitches

    One-of-a-kind, handcrafted Paulina pendant lampshade, $700; straydogdesigns.com. Florentine gold bead pillow (left), $79, at Arhaus, Ann Arbor and Troy; arhaus.com. James chair upholstered in Tree of Life fabric, $1,089 (frame), $90/yard (fabric); calicocorners.com.

  • Natural Collection

    When Phillip Morici and Joe Nieradka design landscapes for clients, they strive to create what they call a “single voice.” At their own 1926 home, the naturalized setting speaks with a full choir of sounds. Acorns plop. Raindrops slap a pond where koi circle languidly.

  • Modern Mantra

    A good renovation — like a good marriage — should be fun and easy-going.

  • Residential Tuneup

      Solidly built old homes are often said to have “good bones.” David Montgomery’s Albert Kahn-built Tudor in Grosse Pointe Farms goes one better: Its good bones are reinforced by muscles and sinew. “This house is built like a factory,” says Montgomery, who bought the 1927-28 home two years ago. “There are steel I-beams and […]

  • Autumn Calendar

    Sew up the date for a presentation on buttons at the Crocker House Museum, Sept. 18.   sept. 22-23 // The 44th Michigan Antique and Collectible Festivals hosts a competition between students from Central Michigan University and Michigan State University. Students will create beautifully decorated rooms using antiques found throughout the festival, and festival visitors […]

  • Recipes for Style

    TRADITIONAL: (REAR COUNTER FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Copper molds, $175 each, Judy Frankel Antiques Centre of Troy; 248-649-4399, judyfrankelantiques.com. Stone cake stand, $120, Detroit Garden Works, Sylvan Lake; 248-335-8089, detroitgardenworks.com. Wire baskets, $34 each, Detroit Garden Works, Sylvan Lake; 248-335-8089, detroitgardenworks.com. Marble salt-and-pepper shaker/mill, $20, Eastern Market Antiques, Detroit; 313-259-0600. Juliska measuring cup, $38, Neiman […]

  • Detroit Design Center Sculpture Preview

  • Deck the Aisles Chair-ity Luncheon

  • Kitchen & Bath

    A Pale & Pretty Palette BY: MEGAN SWOYER A mix of rich and layered textures and soothing grays, whites, and creams makes for an unassuming and relaxing heart of the home. Rochester Hills  Backstory: When Armina Kasprowicz, her husband, Vic, and their son, Matthew, moved into their Rochester Hills home about 10 years ago, the […]

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