It's hard to see the gifts that come with living inside a work-in-progress when it's, well, in progress, but as my family and I suffered through the dust and indignities of our latest home improvement project I realized the journey had its perks.

When...

Material possessions, our stuff, the things we love and live with are temporary -- just ask furniture designer David Rasmussen whose studio in Carbondale, Colo. burned to the ground one night last November along with more than $100,000 worth of equipment, tools and hand-made furniture.

"It felt like...

Tucked away in a studio minutes from the world-class surf of Huntington Beach, California, artist Heather Roth of the Salvage Design Company is hard at work smashing china plates with a hammer.

It's a long way from her home town of Camden, Maine and dreams of being a...

Design Showcase Houses are breathtaking homes in which every living space has been given a makeover by an interior design or landscape professional. The annual events are eagerly awaited events by design junkies nation wide, myself included.

The event begins...

Globe trekkers Heather Morrison and Neil Navin brought back more than trinkets and souvenirs from time spent living, working and traveling in the Middle East. Although they may not have realized it at the time, they also returned with seeds of architectural inspiration.

Several...

Walking into artist Dorte Christjansen's home is a bit like finding yourself in a sophisticated, art-filled treehouse.

Dramatic floor-to-ceiling windows dominate the second-story space and flood the rooms golden Southern California light. It's exactly the sort of place one might...