D2S Editor Favs: Week of December 24, 2007

  Favorite Video

We love Kelly LaPlante of Organic Interior Design, and this video interview previews her take on green design for the home and her eco*luxe book.

  Favorite Kitchen

Our own Irwin Weiner ASID fluffed a penthouse (featured in our Scrapbook section) and you can see pictures of the final styling job, including this open-plan kitchen.

  Favorite Hot House

We flipped over the carport in this renovated midcentury home in Washington, DC, a design by Clothiel Woodard Smith, updated by Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, with Prill Construction, contractor.

  Favorite Antique

We hope Santa got you a cool present, like this 1860-1880 French cast iron garden fountain from Aileen Minor Antiques.

  Favorite Farewell

House & Garden is closing. Its December 2007 issue will be the last. Since 1901, this shelter magazine has served up heaping helpings of style and design savvy. We will miss it very much.

  Favorite Chair

Donghia's Open Villa chair is an upholstered beauty, with comfortable cushions perched on an airy wooden base. 

  Favorite Storage Solutions

We love a well-organized kitchen, and Organize It is a northern California store with a web store that sells nifty solutions like this canvas quilted fine china storage set.

  Favorite Kitchen Helper

The Deni Stainless Steel Food Steamer is only $60. Cook one, two, or three tiers of food. Snap one up and make it your 2008 resolution to eat healthier meals.

D2S Editor Favs: Week of December 17, 2007

  Favorite Back-to-Nature House Idea

24H architecture pushes the envelope on natural spaces with this all-natural home. We think living in this space would be like going to summer camp all year round!

  Favorite Sculpture

Mark Pettegrow is the sculptor to watch. It seems he can do everything, from classic and abstract sculpture (like the lovely bronze pictured above) to interior design detailing -- from painting and custom stair railings to poolhouse ornamentation.

  Favorite Chill Furniture

These Chill Out pieces come in a double and single recliner version from Wittmann.

  Favorite Lighting

There's something very sensual about designer Jeremy Pyles' hand-blown modern glass pendants for Niche Modern.

  Favorite Kitchen Gizmo

The Swiss are great engineers, and we've fallen in love with the Solis Ultra One Touch Cappuccino Coffee Center. It does virtually everything automatically, including bringing in cold milk from optional mini-refrigerator attachment.

  Favorite Kiddie Furniture

The Uffizi Bunk Beds from Argington, the modern children's furniture people, are welcome relief from the usual boring stacked units we see everywhere. We like the dark-stained walnut stain contrasting with the white, as well as the staggering and fun window cutouts.

  Favorite Buzzed-About Luxury Apartment Building

Warburg Marketing did a heck of a job selling buyers on its successful and refreshing Flowerbox Building on Avenue D and 7th Street in NYC.