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This California home is modest craftsman style on the outside and pure relaxed comfort with a dose of farmhouse on the inside. The three-year renovation of this Orange County home was well worth the wait: It preserved many of the details that fans of the craftsman style look for and incorporated many of the new features that buyers want. Sold by Better Living SOCAL, this home is in San Clemente, known as the “Spanish Village by the Sea.” The area is very desirable because of its state beaches, sandstone bluffs and green parks. And, considering that true craftsman style homes...

A while back we featured a house on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Australia, from architects O’Connor and Houle. The house was designed for the architects themselves and revolves around a central kitchen-living area. The kitchen, custom built of local tallowwood, is a winning combination of Scandi design and Japanese utility. Here, we’ve re-created the look with some of the kitchen’s key elements and a list of quirky, colorful accessories. Above: Photograph of the kitchen via Dwell Magazine. Above: Open shelving displays an eclectic mix of tableware. Photograph by Earl Carter for O’Connor and Houle. See the entire house in our...

For the most part, toasters are something people take for granted. They’re easy to come buy, they’re generally affordable, and their function and use is pretty straight forward. They’re not necessarily the kind of appliance that one might think of upgrading unless absolutely necessary, nor researching and doing comparisons between models for. As far as some people are concerned, a toaster is just a toaster! That is; a toaster is just a toaster until your own starts acting up and flash burning your breakfast or flipping your slices right off the counter and onto the floor, like ours began doing...

We’re here to guide you through the coronavirus lockdown. Sign up to the Life newsletter for daily tips, advice, how-tos and escapism. Keeping kids entertained is a struggle at the best of times, but with the juggling act between work, video calls, child care, and homeschooling during coronavirus lockdown can be tiresome. It’s no wonder willpower is starting to fray.  With so much time cooped up indoors, what better time than now to teach children the joys of cooking? Learn something new about food, where it comes from, and get stuck into fun, messy recipes together. Three cookbook authors share their easy recipes...

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