Nordic Home Décor and More – Two Swedes Launch Scandinavian Design Store Online

Miami, FL (PRWEB) May 11, 2006– Announcing the recent launch of NORDICetc.com – Scandinavian design home décor online. Founders Petra King and Mats Olsson, two Swedes...

Meet John Makepeace, the furniture designer who never stops asking why

Driven, ambitious, with an endlessly enquiring mind and a desire to constantly test boundaries, John Makepeace is no ordinary furniture designer/craftsman, so, when he opens the door to his beautiful, Grade II listed home in Beaminster, Dorset to welcome me in, I am surprised at his unassuming demeanor. I forget that Makepeace, who was originally destined for Oxford and a career in the Church ...

Santa Cruz area weathervane makers create life stories with an ancient art

BONNY DOON -- Behind each of their weather vanes is a story, say LizAnne and Ken Jensen, owners of West Coast Weather Vanes.

Lonely guardian of the roadway is also a time capsule

They are a dog’s best friend. They have saved lives. And drivers hate them. Yet the ubiquitous pudgy red fire hydrant, can be as overlooked, and taken for granted, as the water which courses through those snake-like pipes underground and into your home or office.

Sleeping beauties

Bring warmth, comfort and style to the quietest room in the house with our guide to bedding basics and furnishing trends.