Decorating & Design

Artist Profile: Ceramicist Renaud Sauvé

Working from a veritable “cabin in the woods,” Renaud Sauvé of Atelier des Cent-ans creates ethereal porcelain ware with a sense of history — he’s a devotee of traditional Korean and Japanese ceramics — as well as the natural and mystical. Inspired by the hundreds of notebooks he’s filled on his travels,…

Food

Eat More Healthfully With The Complete Plate Cookbook!

If you’re not a fan of diet books but want to eat more healthfully, The Complete Plate is for you. Lauren Klukas, a former competitive swimmer, was inspired to write the book after being diagnosed with a heart condition. Her collection of 120 delicious recipes and 30 meal plans ranging…

Bathrooms

How To Make A Dramatic Floral Mural Work In Your Bathroom

In this Ask A Designer column, Jennifer Koper shares tips on balancing a bathroom’s dark and dramatic mural.  Question: I’ve installed a dark floral mural in my bathroom and need advice on how to finish the look. The house is new, so the vanity has to stay! — R.P., Niagara Falls…

Food

Kristen Eppich’s Expert Braising Tips & Tricks

Food editor Kristen Eppich shares her best braising tips and tricks.  Sear the meat long enough to get a deep brown color. Going further than the golden stage creates the best flavors. Pick a pot in which your meat can rest on the vegetables in a snug single layer —…

Decorating & Design

Considering An Accent Wall? Get A Designer’s Advice

For a new spin on the accent wall, Joel Bray’s advice is to look up. Question: What color should I choose for an accent wall in my apartment, and how should I finish off the decorating? The light is cold and the floor is a bit orangey. –…

Food

Get Recipes For Dining In With Alison Roman’s New Cookbook

After working at Momofuku Milk Bar and Bon Appétit, and contributing regularly to The New York Times, foodie and recipe developer Alison Roman has penned her debut cookbook. Beautifully photographed by House & Home regulars Michael Graydon and Nikole Herriott, this 125-recipe tome illustrates Alison’s knack for inventive, vegetable-forward dishes…

Decorating & Design

Why We’re Embracing Imperfection In 2018

While we love a clean, polished look in design, there’s just something about spaces that aren’t afraid of a little imperfection. Cue wabi-sabi, an ancient Japanese concept centered on impermanence and imperfection in beauty, which is Etsy’s top home decor trend for 2018. With an emphasis on…

Decorating & Design

Bring Character To Your Kitchen With This DIY Instant Stamp Artwork

H&H’s Stacey Smithers enlarges a photo of a vintage porcelain stamp for instant DIY art.

Decorating & Design

Is Patterned Velvet The New Wallpaper?

Joel Bray shares how to upholster walls in velvet for a luxurious take on wallpaper. Upholstered walls, including velvet, have been taking interiors to the next level for centuries. This luxurious look can be difficult to DIY if wrapping an entire room, but applying fabric to the upper portion…

Food

3 Naturally-Based Recipes From The Moosewood Restaurant Table

Originally published in 1977, the bestselling Moosewood Cookbook was one of the first recipe books to bring all-natural cooking to the masses. The latest tome from the Ithaca, New York, restaurant features 250 new recipes that remain faithful to The Moosewood’s farm-to-table philosophy. Here are three recipes from The Moosewood Restaurant…

Decorating & Design

How To Decorate With Succulents For Christmas

At Vancouver succulent shop Botany Living, Corinne Isherwood gives holiday greens a shapely twist. “Sophia De Mello and I both love home decor, so we wanted to find a home item we could work with. We’d seen an air plant being used as decor and thought, ‘Great!’ ……

Holiday

3 Festive Ways To Dress Up Your Fireplace Mantel

Often the focal point of a room, mantels are a hot spot for holiday decor. Here are three design formulas for adding festive charm to your fireplace this season. Smoky Berry: Eucalyptus + Frosted Glass + Hits Of Purple  Think sugarplums and cranberries and dress the mantel in muted…

Decorating & Design

4 Ways To Decorate With Light For Hanukkah

Discover new takes on decorating with candlelight for a happy Hanukkah. 1. True Colors On the last night of Hanukkah, elevate your tablescape with an unexpected yet elegant candle arrangement. Eight mismatched vintage brass candlesticks topped with tapered candles represent each night of the Festival of Lights. The different…

Holiday

DIY Small Space Christmas Tree

Annie Sloan shares how to make a colorful faux Christmas tree. This tree is really very simple to make and is a perfect option if you don’t have much space in your house. It is a triangle cut from MDF and hung onto the wall. Follow my instructions…

Decorating & Design

Inside The Charming Stratford Shop Wills & Prior

For co-owner Sarah Smithers, Wills & Prior – Stratford, Ontario’s newest design destination — was a journey decades in the making. Sarah, a former Toronto PR pro, had always dreamed of having her own shop. “And when I pictured it, it always existed in my hometown of Stratford,” she…