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Narrow Display CABINET

Try your hand at revered joinery while creating this distinctive showcase.

An aftermarket miter gauge with brains, brawn, and beauty

JessEm Mite-R-Excel II Miter Gauge

Mohawk puts their spin on turners' finishes

Wood Turner’s and Plastic Polishes

MIKE FARRINGTON

Woodworker, content creator; a lesson in contradictions

Improvising at the TABLE SAW

Design as Jazz

Smart Storage Renovation

Thoughtful and creative design choices allow for maximum storage and functionality in this nautical-inspired kitchen renovation located in historic Larchmont, New York.

Scandi Rising

A Wilmington, North Carolina, home gets a fresh look after hurricane waters ebb.

Sculpting the Future of Southern Style

A photographer and storyteller outlines fresh Southern design schemes that challenge outdated ideas and deepen personal connections through creativity and authenticity.

No Matchy-Matchy Allowed

Pattern play adds interest and fun to a bedroom.

A Look at Country Life—Canadian Style

From the city to the country, a homeowner finds simplicity and joy on the prairie.

A Place For Her

This expert designer created a serene and stunning Women’s Retreat in honor of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago.

A Mid-Winter Gal Pal Brunch

A designer shows us how to set a warm and cozy table for friends.

A Coastal California Cottage

Home to a family with four little girls, this happy bungalow incorporates modern farmhouse style with bold patterns to create an easy, breezy home that’s perfect for entertaining.

A Vacation Cottage Becomes Home

A coastal retreat is reimagined, renovated and redesigned after a devastating hurricane.

A True Famlily Home

A designer transforms an old and dingy frat house into a picturesque seaside home that’s suited for entertaining and multi-generational living.

IN GOOD TIME

With the help of interior designer Robert Idol, a Kirkwood couple creates a home that pays homage to the past, yet feels just right for their modern young family.

Let's Dish

"Food Raconteur” Ashok Nageshwaran wants to tell you a story.

The Right Move

New shops and showrooms bring exciting opportunities for local designers, makers, and arts organizations to sell their wares to home enthusiasts here and everywhere.

Green Dreams

Painter and gardener Lauren Knight branches out.

Cultivating Kokedama

Chris Mower of White Stable Farms discovered the Japanese style of gardening in Italy. Now, he’s bringing it to St. Louis.

Graphic Mood

Letters, icons, and illustrations that speak in a hand-drawn language

AUDRA's New Digs

Audra Noyes, of the Saint Louis Fashion Fund Incubator’s first class, opens an atelier in Ladue.

A Modern Story

How a little log cabin went from being a home to a guest house

Cut from the Same Cloth

“Turkey Tracks” is a 19th-century quiltmaking pattern that has the appearance of little wandering feet. Patterns like the tracks, and their traditions and myths, have been passed down through the generations, from their frontier beginnings to today, where a generation of makers has embraced the material as a means of creating something new. Olivia Jondle is one such designer. Here, she’s taken an early turkey track-pattern quilt, cut it into various shapes, and stitched the pieces together, adding calico and other fabric remnants as needed. The result is a trench coat she calls the Pale Calico Coat. Her designs are for sale at The Rusty Bolt, Jondle’s small-batch fashion company based in St. Louis. —SAMANTHA STEVENSON

Wood Working

Five handy, high-quality devices make carpentry jobs go smoothly.

Glasgow School in the Bathroom

A tutorial in bracing color and geometric, stylized forms.

STUFF MY M-I-L SCREWED UP

My mother-in-law is an active 83-year-old who still lives in her own home of many years. When we last visited, we were horrified to discover that she has hung a collection of disused and out-of season clothing on Romex electrical cable, which runs through the joists under the basement ceiling. Now we’re worried about other safety issues down there, too. —Anthony (and Julia) Wisniewski

MATCHING INTERIOR MILLWORK

If one lacks professional expertise, installing crown moulding, replacing missing bits of casing or trim around windows, and retrofitting lost baseboards may be an exercise in frustration. Especially when nothing in an old house is square! First learn about the role of trimwork, building up profiles, turning corners with mitered and coped joints, and what tools to use where.

The Tradition of Burnt Wood

An ancient Japanese method for finishing woodwork was adapted by bungalow builders, and it’s back in style.

cutting corners

“Turning the corner” is easily the most challenging part of any moulding installation or repair. It helps if you aced geometry in high school. For all others, learn to use a miter box, preferably one with a clamp. More experienced? Upgrade to a compound miter saw.