Daniel House Jan 14, 2019 2 min How To Keep Your New Years Resolutions I’ve just returned from a fantastic and much needed two week vacation in the English countryside, so here we are 15 days into 2019 and I...
Daniel House Nov 30, 2018 3 min Take Some Lessons from Europe as You Design Your New Kitchen As we head into the holiday season, even those of us who aren't prone to cooking end up spending at least a few extra hours in someone's ...
Daniel House Nov 9, 2018 1 min Buy Yourself a Beautiful Old Writing Desk and Use it as a Bar in your Living Room I'm not usually an advocate for using things for purposes other than that for which they were designed, but I read about this desk-turned...
Daniel House Nov 2, 2018 2 min Don't Throw Away Your Treasures: My Favorite Transformation I’ve said this before but it bears repeating: the most well-appointed homes feel personal. There’s nothing more disappointing than walkin...
Daniel House Oct 26, 2018 2 min Consider Buying Something At Auction See how much more interesting Will Truman's Apartment looks with the addition of an antique desk with a broken pediment top than it does w...
Daniel House Oct 12, 2018 2 min Think of Your Rooms Like Paintings Lately, I've been painting everything Benjamin Moore Yorktown Green (HC-133, shown at right). It's a beautiful green with a lot of blue i...
Daniel House Oct 5, 2018 2 min Don't Settle on a Lame Fireplace Surround Frank Lloyd Wright identified the hearth as “the psychological center of the home.” If this is the case, and I very much agree that it is...
Daniel House Sep 28, 2018 2 min Don't Forget to be a Little Carefree I love when staple items are given new life. My mom has very nice taste, but for some reason throughout my whole childhood, we had these ...
Daniel House Sep 10, 2018 2 min Add a Little Pattern to Your Life Don't Feel Like You have to Turn to Wallpaper to get a Little Pattern in Your Life These days, most of us design our houses as if we may ...
Daniel House Sep 3, 2018 2 min Don't Turn Your House into a Mid-century Modern Time Capsule Madmen has been off the air for years now. When it came out, I was totally hooked by the flawlessly designed Mid-century Modern sets and ...
Daniel House Aug 21, 2018 2 min Don't Fall Victim to Constraints of "Context" People are always talking about the importance of being contextual. Architects especially worry about this. What they mean is they want t...
