Home Repairs and Improvements

In Sardinia, a Showcase for Craft and Culture Rises From Ruins

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[ad_1] This article is part of our Design special section about the reverence for handmade objects. It took nearly five years for Kyre Chenven and Ivano Atzori to buy a cluster of ruined houses in southern Sardinia. The single-story buildings, or rather, the skeletons that remained, once made up a furriadroxu, a type of agrarian … Read more

The Backsplash Could Be the Star of Your Kitchen, if You Let It

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[ad_1] When designing a kitchen, it’s normal to obsess over appliances, cabinets and counters. But there’s another element that deserves just as much attention: the backsplash. “They’re often an afterthought,” said George Glasier, a founder of the British kitchen company Pluck. “But they can make or break a kitchen quite often.” Allison Bryan, the founder … Read more