THOUGH IT may sound like an urban garden emporium, Outside Downtown was conceived as a showroom for midcentury furniture that “is a little less precious, for homes at the beach or in the country,” co-owner David Serrano says.
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FOR DESIGNER Kelly LaPlante, being green isn’t black or white.
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ORGANIC, sustainable and energy-efficient products are the stars of the show at Green and Greener, an eco-conscious general store created by interior designer Alegre Ramos.
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AFORMER antiques dealer, interior designer Windsor Smith re-imagines classic English and American furniture for the California home in her debut collection.
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The first in a yearlong series profiling California’s living legends of midcentury design.
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CHARLES AND Ray Eames became the first furniture designers ever to be honored by the
U.S. Postal Service.
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SACK CLOTH, once a sign of humility, has been reclaimed as an eco-friendly decorative fabric that seems designed for these lean, green times.
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AT JUST over $50 per square foot, the Nomad Yurt is a fireproof, weather-resistant update of the traditional Mongolian tent, says its creator, Stephanie Smith, founder of Ecoshack in Los Angeles.
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ANTIQUES dealer Nathan Turner has a sort of design X-ray vision.
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