Interior Design Archive

The Elegant Ashtray

Palm Desert store offers functional art: a $4,000 ashtray from esteemed designer Vladymir Rogov’s Desk Architecture collection.

By Mona de Crinis

Flying High on the Mesa

Beyond the pretty face, one sees the approachable personality that architect Tom Jakway achieves inside and outside of the house he built for himself in 2007.

LINDA L. MEIERHOFFER

Living Inside the Art

Art collectors typically live with paintings and works on paper. Most at least consider owning sculpture. Others go further by purchasing and maintaining space-invading artwork.

VERONICA FERNANDEZ

Fresh Kitchens

The days of the biggest and the best no longer rank No. 1 on homeowners’ wish lists for new kitchens.

BY ELLEN PARIS

Redirecting an Architectural Eye

In a sleeveless white T-shirt and slacks, a Nikon hanging around his neck, the renowned photographer Leland Lee is also the star of this production.

BY LINDA MEARS HARDIE

Steve (Stephen) Chase Q&A on Lifestyle

Slender and tanned, prematurely gray at age 38, interior designer Stephen Chase has already received a generous share of international recognition. His work has won numerous design awards and appears frequently in publications like "Architectural Digest."

By Sharon Apfelbaum

2010 Discovery Home Tour - Ashe Residence

The highlight of this residence is the 120-by-90- foot pool, the equivalent of four standard pools. The pool area — covering 8,800 square feet, including the pool house — features elements purchased and disassembled in Thailand and rebuilt on site.

2010 Discovery Home Tour - Bighorn Golf Club House

This beautiful, 9,600-square-foot house was conceived by developer/ builder Richard Pruter of PAR Development as a luxurious haven for entertaining. From its flowing water fountain behind custom iron gates to sweeping views of Bighorn Golf Club.

2010 Discovery Home Tour - Sherman Residence

This house is the perfect example of old meets new. The older home was transformed into sleek, contemporary lines and spaces. It was important that the home be easy to maintain and yet look amazing, that it function easily and effortlessly, and that everyone in the family would be comfortable.

2010 Discovery Home Tour - Diaz Residence

This 6,500-square-foot Clancy Lane residence was conceived by designer Jeffrey Jones from the ground up. The structure’s contemporary lines converge to create a series of triangles, circles, and squares.