Interior Design
Thanksgiving Dining Rooms Where Decor Trumps Turkey
People like to focus on gourmet kitchens when it comes to Thanksgiving. But what if you’re a guest who is somehow pardoned from slaving over […]
Thanksgiving Special: Best Luxury Kitchens in Center City
Everyone’s thinking about cooking this week. Well, not everyone. Not people like me, who wouldn’t know how to make stuffing even if you paid me […]
GALLERY: Rescue Rittenhouse Spa’s New Digs
Speaking of Walnut Street retail, the Medical Arts Building at 1601 has a new tenant: Rescue Rittenhouse Spa, which was previously in the Medical Tower […]
This 600-Page Chanel Book Has Absolutely No Ink In It
When Chanel commissions you to make a book, you don’t just print words on a page. After all, this is the fashion house of Karl, […]
Repurposing Design Trend Writ Large on the Main Line
Last week, Houzz contributor Becky Dietrich wrote about “Dumpster decorating” — taking discarded pieces of homes or furniture and repurposing them in interesting ways. Take, […]
Commonwealth Proper Menswear Has a New Chestnut Street Showroom
Welcome to Chestnut Street, Commonwealth Proper! Philadelphia Wedding tipped us off to the fact that the local menswear store founded by attorney Craig von Schroeder […]
West Philly Nursery Sparks Yellow Interiors Debate on Apartment Therapy
While DIY home design blogs are just my occasional eye-candy, other enterprising folks actually make beautiful changes to their interiors. An Apartment Therapy reader named […]
The Coolest Things Ever Made From Felt
Because bowls of fruit as the centerpiece of your kitchen table are so 2012, there’s this: Heidi Bleacher’s collection of absolutely adorable felt sculptures in the shape […]
Welcome to the New Phillymag.com
We’ve changed. This week, we roll out a completely redesigned phillymag.com–the product of lots of thinking, lots of conversations, and lots of hard work by […]
Splendiferous Interiors: Magnificent Objects From Vaux Hill Mansion Go Up for Auction Tomorrow
The estate has a wild history ranging from George Washington getting some Zs to Rizzo foe Pete Camiel making himself at home two centuries later. And don’t forget the parties.
Splendiferous Interiors: Lippincott Hybrid Mixes Historic, Modern and Makes Stunning Use of Oriental Rugs
This unit on the market in the Lippincott references the past without being slavishly historic. With a Duncan Phyfe (or Duncan Phyfe-style) table, modern art, […]
Splendiferous Interiors: If Liberace Had Lived in Huntingdon Valley, He Might Have Lived Here
This decor is so staggeringly awful and going-for-broke baroque, it’s admirable. How commendably consistent! The fact of the matter is that if you strip away […]
I Remember Miley: Most Iconically Preteen Bedroom of the Year
This $2 million estate in Bryn Mawr has much to recommend it: The main house has four bedrooms, each with an en suite bath, and […]
Photos of Marc Vetri’s Home Kitchen!
Eclectic Other Along with several serious-bald-man shots of star chef Marc Vetri, a new feature from Houzz serves up three luscious photos of Vetri’s home […]
Splendiferous Renovation: Abandoned Row Home Becomes Artist’s Eco-Friendly Paradise
With fraught conversation over vacant land and properties in the news almost every day, it’s gratifying to see the occasional example of what can be […]