The kitchen and the rooms around it
Living
Rooms are judged by how they behave when eight people are standing in them. These are the choices that hold up.
Living
The Kitchen Is Where The Party Ends Up
You can set the living room beautifully and everyone will still stand at the counter. The sensible response is to design for that.
Living
A Galley Kitchen Can Be Glamorous
Narrow kitchens get treated as a compromise. Run the lines cleanly and a galley becomes the most disciplined room in the house.
Living
How To Entertain Without A Dining Room
The island is the table now. Here is how to seat six at one, feed them properly, and keep the evening from turning into a buffet line.
The other room
Fitness
Pilates rewards patience and punishes shortcuts. Here is what the hour actually does, how to spend it well, and how it goes when the machine lives in your own house.
What Reformer Pilates Actually Does
It is not cardio and it is not a shortcut. It is a controlled way to teach your body to hold itself, and the results arrive on a schedule.
How To Choose A Studio Without Wasting Six Weeks
The intro offer is designed to convert you before you know what you are looking at. Here is what to check first.
Why Your Instructor Keeps Saying Ribs Down
A translation of the cues you hear every class, and what each one is actually asking your body to do.