A personal diary of restoring a childhood NYC apartment and an 1831 countryside farmhouse, covering structural repairs, foundation problems, and how to choose historic windows. Its occasional vintage shopping posts are mostly affiliate-style product picks.
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Zoë Feldman shares interior design insights, from choosing paint colors and planning floor plans to collecting art, drawing on her own home build at Kemble Cottage. Free issues offer personal, opinionated essays, while a paid tier adds design resources, an archive and AMA chats.
Suleika Jaouad, a writer and designer, shares personal essays and musings on home, design, and renovation, from her farmhouse to her collaboration with Jon Batiste. Readers get reflective, well-crafted stories about making a home, plus a scrapbook of found beauty and design obsessions.
A couple documents the renovation of their 1890s Folk Victorian home, with detailed accounts of kitchen design decisions and appliance sourcing. Readers get personal narrative, design reasoning and practical warnings drawn from hands-on experience.
A personal design newsletter following the writer through a house renovation and move, covering renovation decisions, secondhand finds, and design sourcing. Readers get candid, informal accounts of practical choices like flooring, tile, paint, and lighting.
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