Home, sweet new home
With so many city apartment dwellers moving to the ’burbs, purchasing your first home is certainly trending.
Adding to your home
Not only do folks want to put their personal stamp on their beloved homes; they want to make them conducive to their post-Covid lifestyles. And that may mean adding space for home offices and multi-generational living, rather than upgrading to a house that has more square footage but is going to cost a lot and needs the same amount of work.
Home as a health haven
No one wants to spend time, effort and money on modifying a home to accommodate age and/or illness. But as home design columnist Cami Weinstein writes, a little preparation now can keep you out of the hospital and nursing home and reduce the strain on our health care system.
Know your design history
Designing spaces requires both knowledge and creativity. When you are thinking about designing your space, it’s important to think about the history of its style as well as the direction you want to take, writes WAG Wares columnist Cami Weinstein.
On the road for home inspiration
Traveling always influences Wares columnist Cami Weinstein’s aesthetic designs.
Designing with flowers
Whether you use flowers from your garden, a florist, a farmstand or a supermarket, Wares columnist Cami Weinstein writes, bring them inside and enjoy them in your home.
designing with pets
With a little research and a little effort, interior designer and Wares columnist Cami Weinstein says, you can create a home that you and your furry, feathered friends will love.
Do you
What does the pandemic mean for your home in 2021? More mobility, more versatility, more color, more of your unique personality.
New year, new home
Bucking the trend, Wares columnist Cami Weinstein and hubby Marc have moved from the ’burbs to the big city. But a new home in the new year may simply mean a refresh of an old space.
Safe holiday sparkle
Wares columnist Cami Weinstein has some tips for spreading out the holidays so that everyone can stay safe and still enjoy them.
Home for the Covid holidays
Thanksgiving and indeed all the winter holidays will be different this year. Time, Cami says, to embrace new traditions.
The art of living
Take the time to really look at how you can incorporate beautiful objects into your life.
Create style, not fashion
When creating your home, think in terms of what is personal and pleasing to you in terms of colors, styles, patterns and artwork, and don’t be afraid to follow your own instincts.
Recreation – and re-creation – at home
Need to relax and recharge this August? (Do we ever.) Wares columnist Cami Weinstein has some great suggestions.
Creating a dream house/vacation
So what do we do now that we are hunkering down? How do you get a vacation experience at home? Plan a renovation.
Caring for your plants – and yourself
In the coronavirus crisis, tending the plants in your home and gardens takes on new meaning.
At home in the world with your pets
Wares columnist Cami Weinstein on how you can make your pets feel at home – wherever you are.
On design fairs — and fare
This past January, designing eyes turned to Paris as the City of Light played host to “Maison et Objet,” a biannual interior design fair at Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, and “Déco Off,” which focuses on trade showrooms.
Getting your house market-ready
The current residential real estate market in the tristate area currently favors buyers and not sellers. To attract current buyers first and foremost your home needs to be in tip-top shape
Double delights in design
Using doubles or pairs in decorating solidifies the symmetry of a room.