When most of us think about furniture, our minds conjure the obvious: chairs, sofas, daybeds. But there’s another option, and it’s one that is not only welcoming and enveloping, but also relatively compact: the built-in banquette. “A banquette can really ground a room and make it feel cozy and nurturing,” said Nancy Ruddy, a founding…
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Autumn in Tuscany is the season of grapevines turned golden in the sun. It’s a time to cherish the fruits of the earth and the vine. Restaurants put up handwritten signs touting fresh porcini mushrooms, and small towns hold sagras, festivals celebrating local food and history. Living in Florence over the past few years, I’ve…
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Few people have had a red carpet run like Timothée Chalamet, the actor known for his roles in “Dune,” “Call Me by My Name” and the upcoming “Bones and All.” And if you believe the numerous best-dressed lists and the hundreds of Instagram fan pages dedicated to documenting what he’s wearing, Mr. Chalamet, 26, is…
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Melodie JengGetty Images In case you missed out on the first round of Amazon’s Prime Day sales, you’re in luck. The mega-retailer is throwing down the gauntlet once again with the Early Sales Event, running Oct. 11–12. Translation? You can score big on fashion and accessories. You just have to know where to look. Not…
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Located on a retail strip, across from a Comfort Suites, New Riff inspired a double-take as I approached. It’s a sleek building of glass, steel and stonework with a 60-foot-tall copper still enclosed in a glass tower. It shares a parking lot with Party Source, one of the largest liquor stores in the U.S., which…
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It’s been a great year for Apple so far. The latest iPhone 14 pro has managed to convince anyone who seriously doesn’t need another smartphone upgrade with one little addition of the “Dynamic Island” display. The new AirPods Pro model is getting praise left and right because, apparently, it can block out even more noise.…
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That makes return policies important. The F.D.A. disappointed consumer advocates by not mandating them, leaving it to states, manufacturers and retailers to set their own. But the agency did require that return policies be clearly specified on the package. Since a user’s brain can take several weeks to adapt to amplified sound, consumers should look…
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This month, we celebrate and honor Native American people and commemorate their histories and cultures. But the time to support Indigenous artists is all year round. Sustainability and tradition are often at the forefront of Indigenous design, whether it’s the way Keri Ataumbi uses visual storytelling in her jewelry or the history behind Jamie Gentry’s…
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Thomas Barger’s Hole-Filled Creations Thomas Barger’s puffy pastel chairs and whimsical ruffled tables only look soft; in reality, the designer and artist makes his furniture by molding a slurry of paper and sawdust onto wooden frames, then sanding and painting them until they’re flawlessly smooth. “I want them to feel almost manufactured,” he says of…
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