How Carl and Karin Larsson’s Homes Came to Define Scandinavian Style

IN 1888, THE Swedish painter Carl Larsson and his wife, Karin, were given a remote log cottage in the village of Sundborn, 140 miles north of Stockholm, by her father.…

Loving an ‘Untouched’ Modernist House, and Then Getting Down to Work

In September 2019, Emlen Fischer and Ayla Christman saw a listing for a 1966 modernist home with a roof that crumpled low over the earth in Palo Alto, Calif., and…

The Simplest (and Cheapest) Way to Decorate With Flowers

What’s the easiest way to make any room look better? A vase of fresh flowers. It’s also one of the least expensive ways — if you have access to a…