Home Repairs and Improvements

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

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

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, …

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

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

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.” …

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