Water features for the home have taken off for the same reason so many of us love to go to the ocean. Whether from a multi-tiered fountain or a crashing waterfall, you can see and hear the water, but you can also feel it and smell it. And that’s as refreshing at home as it is on your beach vacation.
Westward Home
The legend behind the leather of America’s greatest cowboys relaxes with his wife at home on the range
The legend behind the leather of America’s greatest cowboys relaxes with his wife at home on the range.
Most Wanted – Into Africa
The District Commissioner’s House at The Living Desert — and its views into the leopard habitat — inspire wild and exotic touches for spring
The District Commissioner’s House at The Living Desert — and its views into the leopard habitat — inspire wild and exotic touches for spring
Everything in its Place
Use our A–to–Z guide to align your home with some of feng shui’s smartest principles
Living with feng shui can improve your health, enhance your love life, empower your business, and help you create your personal nirvana one room at a time. (Its techniques for polish and placement may even make it easier to sell your house.) Good feng shui is a lifestyle choice, and working with — rather than against or unaware of — its powerful energies promotes success.
A River Runs Through It
A soothing stretch of flowing water sets the tone for modern simplicity
A terrific designer and fabulous architect mean little without the right clients. When the owners of this Rancho Mirage custom home hired designer Sam Cardella and architect Ana Escalante, the pair of professionals was thrilled to discover two undemanding clients who trusted them completely.
Right Angles
Double Happiness
Stand in the yard of this home and you’ll have views looking both ways: the mountains in one direction, and a custom dream home in the other
Most Wanted
Coming Up Orchids
As easy to love as to care for, these popular potteds enchant in any setting.
Gallery Scene
Buschlen Mowatt and Norman Lasiter Galleries
Sculptor Javier Marin at Buschlen Mowatt Galleries and Painter Robert Bracketti at the Norman Lasiter Gallery
Home, Green, Home
These eco-friendly items are good for your home — and everyone in it.
Recycled, repurposed — and remarkable items in any setting.
The Two Sides of Ted Tuttle
A Seattle designer combines art and antiques in two Palm Springs second homes where West Coast style prevails.