Dining Tables

T he Conrad Cairos mainstay Italian eatery Villa dEste has unveiled a new menu, introduced last month by its new chef, Paolo Gaglierdi, who joins the Villa dEste team after working in Japan, Vancouver and Milan. But that wasnt what ...

Massage Chairs

THE final hurdle has been cleared for the return of a temporary Christmas ice rink to Southampton. Council planners yesterday gave the go ahead to transform the forecourt of the Civic Centre into a winter wonderland. Cousins Entertainment (CE), set ...

Bedroom Sets

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP -- Police are investigating a resident's complaints that he was secretly videotaped by his landlord in his basement apartment. Police were notified of concerns on Monday by a resident who had been renting a basement apartment in ...

Forget scrap paper, plastics, scrap metal and the bounty of agricultural harvests. Until this year, the biggest U.S. contribution to the international supply chain were vast mountains of empty cargo containers outbound on ships to China, where they ...

"The house exerts a subtle influence on its inhabitants," said Charlie Landau. "People who stay here - many who have visited other parts of the world - say they feel more relaxed and sleep better here than anywhere," added Jim Richards. Landau, 58 ...

Antique Clocks

The adage "time is money" was proved true in Pietermaritzburg when a handmade antique clock was sold for R310 000 this week. After brisk bidding by potential buyers, some local and others on the phone from England, the US and New Zealand, the ...

As time permits, I'll try to post from Europe. And I'll ask other editors to weigh in here. But if the conversation lags a bit, don't give up on us. I'll be back Oct. 8. In the interest of continuing to be transparent on changes in content, I wanted ...

"Im fascinated by the idea of taking every day things and turning them into jewels for the home, says designer Jay Strongwater. Beauty shouldnt just be tucked in a dresser drawer. Starting as a jewelry designer in 1979 while attending ...

Contemporary Furniture

Janice Steinhardt's sleek kitchen counter is home to a curious appliance -- a two-slice toaster with an old golf shoe sticking out of it. "That's a piece by artist Tyree Guyton. Detroit is so fortunate to have him," says Steinhardt, a kitchen ...

Sauder Furniture

The Boat Parade of Lights will take place on Saturday, Aug. 30, to be followed by fireworks over Gloucester Harbor, as part of the Gloucester Schooner Festival events. Organizers are putting a call out to all boaters to have some fun and decorate ...

Dining Room Furniture

NEW DELHI : Anupam Poddar had a living room once. These days the sofa is shoved into a corner, and the rest of the big square space is taken up by a life-size model of an antique cream-colored Jaguar with a giant mechanical dinosaur mounting it from ...

Della McMillan loves being outdoors. When she travels to Africa for consulting work as a cultural anthropologist, she spends most of her time in the courtyards and gardens that are commonplace in the African culture. Brandon Kruse/The Gainesville Sun ...

Antique Clocks

THERE ARE THOSE who love the shiny and new, the object unblemished by time and patina, the virgin surface and then there are people like me, who thrill at the breath of the past, of history hinted at, who love to poke around shops looking for ...