Winter 2013
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Detroit Home Winter 2013 Digital Edition
Detroit Home – Winter 2013
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Spire: Control That Disappears – Tips & Trends
SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION CONTROL THAT DISAPPEARS Your eyes focus on the luxurious design, not the state-of-the-art technology that seamlessly controls every residence we work on. Spire collaborates to create custom solutions focused around an integrated lifestyle while maintaining the high-end design our clients expect. Visit our immersive showroom to experience the integrated lifestyle and to […]
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In the Spirit: Holidays at Home
Four families put their own special stamp on one of the year’s most traditional seasons
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Scavolini by Cucina Moda – Get Your Kitchen Ready for the Holidays – Tips & Trends
SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Kitchen sisters Alisha and Niki Serras, and Brian Gamache, owners of Scavolini by Cucina Moda, take the guesswork out of a kitchen or bath remodel. Once they opened in Birmingham in 2010, the partners quickly established a client network that loves design; each client uses their home to express their personal style. […]
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Traditions Old and New
Letter from the Editor
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Lucky Charm
Becoming a veritable ‘house detective,’ a homeowner stumbles upon a captivating discovery — her home is a 1921 Albert Kahn-designed beauty
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The Wonders of Woodworking
When Clint Parker was a teenager growing up in Royal Oak, his older brother, Robert, once a journeyman carpenter, would take him along to help out on carpentry jobs. “My brother had been schooled in the 1960s, so he passed that knowledge to me,” Parker recalls. All of the Parkers had an artistic bent, and […]
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Bulletin Board
Fabric Alessandra Branca’s Schumacher Fabrics Now at Design Center Internationally renowned interior designer Alessandra Branca, shown above, has brought her worldly elegance and sophistication to the Michigan Design Center with her debut collection of fabrics created exclusively for Schumacher. Born in Rome, and with a design studio in Chicago, Branca uses comfortable elegance and wit […]
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Downton Detroit
Lady Mary and Lord Grantham become part of many of our families come Downton time — the season when Downton Abbey, the wildly popular PBS Masterpiece drama filmed at Highclere Castle in England, finds us gathered in front of the television on Sunday evenings. For an hour a week, we get to absorb life at […]
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In the Wings
GO FOR GOLD This season’s feathered trend is undoubtedly worth its weight in gold. Left to right: Large glazed ceramic bird bowl by Jonathan Adler, $328, jonathanadler.com; Gold feather pillow, $495, Jayson Home and Garden, jaysonhomeandgarden.com; feather collection tray, $35, jaysonhomeandgarden.com; Brasilia birds pillow, $145, jonathanadler.com. “Both birds and feathers are a graceful, delicate […]
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Fireside Chat
“There is no place more delightful than one’s own fireplace,” said Roman philosopher and lawyer Marcus Cicero a few thousand years ago.
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Winter Events
December Through 12/23 // The 42nd Annual Meadow Brook Hall Holiday Walk offers self-guided tours through this historic estate, which promotes seasonal cheer with its historic and holiday treasures. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Tickets: $20 for adults, $5 for children 17 and under. 480 S. Adams Road, Rochester. 248-364-6200, meadowbrookhall.org. Through 12/28 // Art […]
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For the Hostess
Invited to a soirée? Give the organizer a sweet gift — Michigan treats & a pretty serving dish
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Painterly Designs
For a Bloomfield Township woman, her kitchen had to accommodate not only family and her kids’ sports teams gatherings but, just as important, a bit of artistry.
