It’s not often that a school auction is responsible for bringing a designer and client together, but Courtney McLeod can thank one such event for connecting her with one of her most loyal homeowners. A few years ago, McLeod donated her services to one such auction and the Manhattan family […]
Five Problematic Design Terms You Should Retire or Rethink
Photo credit: Alice Morgan From House Beautiful Part of being an interior designer is knowing the vocabulary. A good designer can discuss Kuba cloth, Greek Revival architectural details, and clerestory windows with ease. But there are other words in the design lexicon that have more fraught backstories, including origins in […]
Stay-at-home mum rocking Belarus polls
Stay-at-home-mother Svetlana Tikhanovskaya never had presidential ambitions. But in a tale worthy of a Hollywood script, in a matter of weeks the 37-year-old has gone from an unknown to the strongest rival to Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko, who is seeking a sixth term in the August 9 poll. Tikhanovskaya says […]
Inside Actor Sam Page’s Coastal-Farmhouse-Chic Home in L.A.
When actor Sam Page and his wife Cassidy Elliott began the hunt for a new home in Los Angeles, it was both an old-hat and a brand-new experience. While they were looking for their fourth house together, this time they also had to accommodate three extra people: their toddler son […]
KB Home offers buyers custom home offices for the first time
Most home offices are extra bedrooms that are converted into a workspace. But for the first time, one of the biggest residential construction companies in the U.S., KB Home (KBH), will offer dedicated home office construction, the company announced Wednesday morning. KB Home joins a slew of smaller architects and […]
SpaceX’s first crewed mission is headed back to Earth. Here’s every step that must go perfectly for 2 NASA astronauts to come home safely.
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley practicing a full simulation of launch and docking of the Crew Dragon spacecraft on March 19. SpaceX Two NASA astronauts are currently orbiting Earth in a SpaceX spaceship and about to embark on a fiery fall through the atmosphere, into the ocean. Bob […]
St. Frank Debuts a Furniture Collection, Major Design Auctions Take Place, and More News This Week
From significant business changes to noteworthy product launches, there’s always something new happening in the world of design. In this weekly roundup, AD PRO has everything you need to know. Product Launches St. Frank and Others Make Notable Debuts For several years, St. Frank has been carefully placing bespoke pieces […]
FDA opens door to rapid, at-home screening for COVID-19
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday opened the door to COVID-19 testing that could be fast, cheap, and handled entirely at home — if companies don’t find the rules too burdensome. Routine screening of people who don’t know they have COVID-19 could transform the fight against the disease. “These types […]
New Home Sales Hit 13-Year High in June: 5 Must-Buy Stocks
Sales of new single family homes in the United States hit a 13-year high in June as the housing market outperformed the broader economy amid low mortgage rate and migration from densely populated urban centers to less-populated areas on fears of coronavirus. This is the second straight jump in newly […]
Model building kits are about to be your next at-home obsession
Model building kits are about to be your next at-home obsession You and the kiddos have already put together and taken apart every puzzle you own more than once and you’ve stepped on so many LEGOs you’re ready to toss them in the trash. What’s next for your stay-at-home 2020 […]