Spring 2008
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2008 Detroit Home Design Awards Video Recap
On February 28, 2008, Hour Media presented the Fourth-Annual Detroit Home Design Awards 2008 at the Max M. Fisher Music Center.
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And the Winner Is …
Receiving an award is generally a positive experience. Mainly because — unlike winning $5 from a scratch-off lottery ticket you bought at the gas station — it requires something more than the edge of a quarter to be awarded the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, for example. And though both would come […]
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Five questions with … B.C. Cabangbang
What trends are you seeing now? Eco-friendly products are a major trend, from soy candles to renewable materials like bamboo in fabrics, flooring, and furniture. In terms of finishes, there’s a lot of brushed steel and nickel-plated finishes. Color is bright, vivid, and cheerful for the entertaining areas of the home. In bedrooms and bathrooms, […]
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Tastebook
Favorite recipes usually come in a card file, tagged in a cookbook, ripped out of a magazine, or, if you’re really desperate, scribbled on the back of an old grocery list. Wherever you stash these little bits of epicurean heaven (that is, when you remember where they are), chances are you won’t find them all […]
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Paul McCobb
Trained as an artist in Boston before moving to New York in the late 1940s, Paul McCobb made his name designing retail displays and furniture. By the mid-‘50s, he was known as “America’s decorator” and his style — a combination of modern lines and forms with traditional details and motifs — was transforming the burgeoning […]
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Split-Level
Split-level houses — a multi-story modification of the one-floor ranch — became popular in the 1950s. Retaining the ranch’s horizontal lines, low-pitched roof, and overhanging eaves, the split-level added a two-story unit intercepted by a one-story wing. The resulting levels of interior space were separated into three distinct areas. The lower level commonly housed the […]
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2008 Design Award Judges
Design Awards 2008 – Judges
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2008 Rising Star
Design Awards 2008 – Rising Star
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Playhouse
Children lucky enough to have their own playhouse traditionally have had to make do with the run-of-the-mill, Hansel-and-Gretel style, gingerbread design.
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2008 Design Award Winners
Detroit Home Design Awards 2008
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Down on the Farm
Having grown up in Detroit’s University District, Andrea Webber has a thing for old homes. So when it came to building a new house, she and her husband, Kevin, had a few ideas. “We both like modern,” he says, “but we both grew up in old houses. So, there are things about classic architecture that […]
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