China’s “Orange County”: American Themed Neighborhoods
If you’ve ever wanted to live in a Southern California McMansion, sip coffee in a faux-Napa tasting room, and do it all a few hours…
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Issey Miyake Turns Waste Into Sculpture at Milan Design Week
At this year’s Milan Design Week, Issey Miyake quietly redefined what furniture can be. The collection, titled The Paper Log: Shell and Core, transforms a…
St. Louis Magazine Highlights the “Baby Basilica” Church in the Gate District
A property I recently sold in St. Louis’ Gate District is getting some well-deserved attention. St. Louis Magazine just published a feature on the historic…
A Former Frontenac Listing Makes Its HGTV Debut
A home I represented in Frontenac just made an HGTV appearance in Season 7, Episode 3 of Ugliest House in America. The episode spotlights three…
Fridgescaping: The Trend You Didn’t Know You Needed
Gone are the days when your fridge was just a place to store last night’s leftovers. It’s a canvas today, and “Fridgescaping” has taken over…
The Spectacular 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Over Missouri | April 8
On April 8, 2024, portions of Southeast Missouri will experience more than four minutes of totality, nearly double the length of totality of the 2017…
City Museum Founder’s Studio Faces Demolition Again
The owner of the Lafayette Avenue studio, where City Museum founder Bob Cassilly crafted his iconic sculptures, seeks to demolish the building once more, raising…
Gwyneth Paltrow Teams Up with Airbnb to Offer a Unique Goop Retreat Experience
[Article originally written for House Beautiful] Stars, they’re just like us. They drag their significant others to TJ Maxx for a full-blown shopping spree. Others…
Barbie’s Dreamhouse Reimagined by 10 Starchitects – Discover AI’s Vision of Iconic Designs!
[Article written by Architectural Digest] Barbara Millicent Roberts, originally from the small—and fictional—town of Willows, Wisconsin, was introduced to the world in 1959. Better known…
A Rare Map of St. Louis by James Palmatary Is Out of Storage for the First Time in 15 Years
The MO History Museum Library and Archives Center (on Skinker) has brought the rare Bird’s Eye View of Saint Louis MO print by James Palmatary out…