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‘Cabin Porn’ — cabins set in idyllic locations

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A luscious new book of photos called “Cabin Porn” isn’t inviting readers to hole up in the woods to look at naked bodies.

It is inviting them to look at photos about holing up in the woods.

The book is the brainchild of tech entrepreneur Zach Klein, co-founder of Vimeo, who bought some land in upstate New York in 2010 with his wife and friends. They started collecting photos of cabins as “inspiration to guide us and motivate us” to build their own. Eventually,

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“Cabin Porn” isn’t the only sign that cabins are having a moment. The New York Times’ T magazine recently proclaimed in a headline that cabins are the “New American Dream.” Pinterest is loaded with accounts like “Rustic Cabin Life” and “Cozy Cabins.” Students at Harvard’s Millennial Housing Lab just launched a project called Getaway, which offers tiny houses in rural settings for rent by the night for city dwellers looking for an escape.

Why cabins? Simplicity and immersion in nature explain much of the appeal.

“There’s something really satisfying about being reminded that life outdoors is really affordable,” Klein said. “You don’t need a McMansion to enjoy the woods.”

But while cabins might be simple structures, the images in “Cabin Porn” are spectacular and compelling, even when the buildings are little more than ramshackle shelters tacked together from scavenged boards. The rustic settings are beautiful, on mountaintops and by the water’s edge, in deserts and the woods. And the dwellings’ designs are intriguing, from converted vehicles and silos to treehouses, pods, sheds and bungalows — along with more conventional woodframe homes with pitched roofs.

The term “cabin” has a particular American sensibility, Klein notes, part of the narrative of taming the frontier and cutting down trees to build homes

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TOP LEFT: A dwelling in Scottsdale, Ariz. The shelter was built perpendicular to the chimney in order to create a cloistered outdoor space. CENTER: The cover of ‘Cabin Porn: Inspiration for your quiet place somewhere.’

The book grew out of the popular Tumblr page Cabin Porn. TOP RIGHT: Shows a “teakettle house” in Galveston, Texas. LEFT: In this photo a boathouse on the Obersee, a lake in Bavaria, Germany. RIGHT: This photo shows a home in Wonder Valley, a community located east of Twentynine Palms, Calif. The wings of this home meet at a 135degree angle, and from the bedroom on the left, occupants have an unobstructed view of the sunrise.

and settlements. Log cabins symbolize “resilience and self-reliance,” he said.

But Americana is not really the attraction for him. “What I’m drawn to is creating minimal comfort outdoors so that I can be as close to nature as possible,” he said.

He also notes that rustic cottages are part of the culture in many places, especially northern Europe.

The book’s photos range from a shack in a sheepherding camp in New Zealand to a boathouse on a lake in Germany.

Cabin-love is also related to the tiny house movement. “The American dream is exhausting,” Klein said. “Having to live up to this model of largeness is really draining.

People are drawn to the possibility that we can be happy with a lot less.”

Sarah Barnard, a Los Angeles-based interior designer who specializes in sustainability and healthy living, has a number of clients who have high-pressure jobs and nice homes in the city, but own cabins for weekend escapes. “In the city, we cannot help but be influenced by fashion and our neighbors and advertising and all these things that impact how we purchase and how we decorate and what our daily lives look like,” she said. “Whereas cabin living allows us ... a kind of freedom from the confines of those social expectations.”

Those inspired to pursue their own cabin in the woods might want to know, however, that reality can be more complicated than the ideal. Klein admits that the cabins he and his friends built at Beaver Brook “ran into problems,” from mice infestations to family members who couldn’t handle the lack of amenities. They’ve since built a building with plumbing and electricity “that’s weather-tight and rodent-proof, so we could be there all four seasons,” he said. “Now my mom will come to visit.”

Klein’s sojourns in the woods have also left him with Lyme disease, which comes from tick bites and is common in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic.

It’s “a reminder,” he said, “that nature isn’t move-in ready. It’s not sterilized.

It’s very much a force that has to be reckoned with.

It’s humbling.”

It’s also a good reason to have plumbing in your cabin. “We needed to make it easier for showers,” Klein said, “to create proper conditions so people could check for ticks and clean things.”

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Autumn Joy Sedum lives up to its name

By LEE REICH

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For some visual joy in autumn, plant Autumn Joy Sedum.

The plants’ domed flower clusters now smile skyward like heads of pink broccoli. Autumn Joy is, understandably, a stalwart of the late summer and fall flower garden.

The flowers adorn the plants for weeks and weeks, not frozen in time like the more common flower of autumn, ’mums, but constantly changing. The initially green buds first open to pink, then the blossoms shade to rose, on to salmon bronze and finally to coppery red.

A good companion almost year-round The flowers make a nice companion to the golden yellow flowers of Goldsturm daisies, the lavender blossoms of

Frickart’s aster or one of the perennial, blue-flowered sages. For something more electric, pair Autumn Joy with the chartreuse leaves of Goldmound spiraea.

Completing the picture are butterflies that play over the Autumn Joy blossoms and alight periodically to sip nectar.

Although most dramatic in late summer and fall, Autumn Joy is also showy other times of the year. And the flower show doesn’t end with that coppery red because the flowers hang onto the plants, drying, into and through winter.

While the flowers are still fresh, plunk them into vases to enjoy indoors.

Autumn Joy is a succulent, as are cactuses, and its evergreen, fleshy, pale-green leaves look perky year-round, no matter what the weather.

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This photo shows Autumn Joy Sedum’s flowers that offer a long season of beauty as they morph from pink to rose to bronze and, finally, to coppery red.

Cosmopolitan and easy As a succulent plant, Autumn Joy thrives in abundant sunlight. Succulents also tolerate drought; no need to water this perennial — ever.

Wet weather does the plants no harm as long as the soil is well-drained.

That said, even if the roots were to rot in wet soil, the tops, including the flowers, would live

on for a long time, the leaves getting along just fine, the flowers carrying on as if nothing were the matter. Eventually, though, wet soil will do in the plants.

The way to ensure good soil drainage is to select a naturally sandy site for the plants or improve the drainage of an existing soil. Mixing plenty of organic materials, such as woods chips, compost or leaves keeps water flowing down through a soil.

An alternative is to bring roots up above moist soil by planting on top of a mound, or in raised beds built up with some sandy soil.

Besides its year-round good looks, Autumn Joy can be considered among the best perennials because it is practically indestructible but not invasive; rarely needs to be rejuvenated by being dug up and having only its young portions replanted; and is not

particularly bothered by pests. Even deer tend to leave this plant alone.

Maintenance requirements are practically nil. Just tidy up the plant by removing spent flower stalks in late winter.

If you want to multiply your own holdings or start some plants from a neighbor’s plant, Autumn Joy is also quick and easy to propagate.

Stems or even just leaves poked into well-drained soil will take root. Or dig out and replant a piece of plant taken from the edge of an established clump.

Since its introduction from Japan in 1955, this succulent has become popular and is widely planted. If you don’t yet have any, look around and experience some Autumn Joy. ——— Online: www.leereich.com/blog; leereich.com

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Move over Edward Goucher, there is a new abelia in town. Actually there are several abelias that will absolutely take this from a ho-hum shrub to one that is dazzling in the landscape.

All of a sudden you will find yourself looking at abelias for their colorful foliage, and flowers that will bring in both butterflies and hummingbirds.

Actually there is a lot to be said for Edward Goucher, who developed this hybrid for the USDA in 1911. This abelia named after him has stood the test of time for more than 100 years.

Now, however, there’s a new generation with mesmerizing foliage like Lemon Zest, Kaleidoscope and Mardi Gras.

Each one offers great garden attributes.

Lemon Zest, also seen in the trade as Hopley’s Lemon Zest, and Miss Lemon in the Southern Living Plant Collection, is simply stunning. Today I watched honey bees hitting on the light pink flowers. Plants that bring in bees, butterflies and hummingbirds are already winners in my book, but these leaves have the ability to really put on a show.

The young leaves start off lemon yellow with a green center, and as they age the yellow gives way to a creamy white. So all growing season you have lemon, cream, green and pink flowers always showing out. Lemon Zest reaches about 3 feet high and 4 feet wide. It is recommended for plant hardiness zones 6-9 and will be everything from evergreen to deciduous, depending on your zone.

As the name suggests, Kaleidoscope has glossy foliage that seems to be ever changing in shades of green, golden-yellow, red and orange. This would make it a winner even if it never bloomed.

It is reaches 36 inches tall with a 4-foot spread and is environmentally friendly due to its pestfree nature.

They do bloom, how-

After your plants are established, there is not much required. Feed in late winter with a light application of a slow released 12-6-6 fertilizer equaling about 1 pound per 100 square feet of planted area.

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No matter which abelias you choose, consider planting an oddnumbered cluster in full to part sun. Prepare the bed by incorporating 3 to 4 inches of organic matter and 2 pounds of a 12-6-6 fertilizer per 100 square feet of planting area, tilling deeply.

Dig the planting hole two to three times as wide as the rootball but TNS no deeper. Place the ABOVE: The Lynn Lowrey is a selection of rough goldenrod abelia in the hole and that reaches just over 4-feet tall and up to 5-feet wide. BE- backfill with soil to twoLOW: On the journey south from Canada, monarchs will thirds the depth. Tamp the soil and water to find goldenrods to be a valuable source of nectar. settle, add the remainever, almost non-stop, The flowers, like those of ing backfill, then repeat the process and apply and many experts consider these to be among the other abelias, offer a mulch. the longest blooming in the market. The lightly COME CHECK OUT OUR fragrant, funnel-shaped flowers will prove to be DIMENSION ONE SPAS! a popular stop in the garWe have something for everyone. den for hummingbirds, bees and butterflies.

The colorful foliage and arching habit makes Kaleidoscope a thrilling partner with beautyberry. The bright purple berries intermingled with the golden-yellow variegated foliage is a real attention grabber at the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens in Savannah.

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TOP LEFT: Spring-flowering bulbs begin blooming at the Poquoson (Va.) Learning Garden LEFT: Red tulips bloom in above-ground planters at the Virginia Garden. RIGHT: A “river” of spring-flowering bulbs creates movement in display gardens. planted most of the crocus in the lawn and they bloomed before the grass started to grow and needed cutting. We will see how well those return next year.”

Bulb care 101 After the bulbs finish blooming, Talcott and other Master Gardeners suggest you allow the daffodil foliage to die back. Do not cut the foliage back because the bulbs need that foliage to rebuild the energy stored in the bulb for next year’s blooms.

For tulips, dig them up and give them away or add them to the mulch pile. Bulb experts like Brent Heath says the Hampton Roads climate is not conducive to tulips producing masses of flowers year after year, so it’s best to treat them as annuals.

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In Poquoson, Va., Master Gardeners plant bulbs each fall at the Poquoson Learning Garden — thanks to the donation of 10,000 bulbs over the past couple of years from Brent and Becky’s Bulbs (www.brentandbeckysbulbs. com).

The garden features tulips, daffodils, dwarf irises, anemone and crocus.

“A lot of tulips planted in the ground are susceptible to voles and hungry deer,” says Poquoson Master Gardener Noel Talcott.

“All of our tulips have been planted in our empty raised beds, which held vegetables and cut flowers during the gardening season. We have had great success and so far have not had any issues with deer coming in to sample the foliage or blooms.”

Root-eating voles can also bother bulbs, especially tulips, which Talcott recommends planting in pots or raised beds.

“At our home, we layer tulips in large plastic pots, top with soil and plant violas or pansies on top,” he says.

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The philosophy of feng shui helps create balance and positive energy in any room.

By Emmie Sahlan

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Feng shui, meaning “wind and water,” is based on traditional Chinese philosophy that links man’s destiny to his immediate environment.

You can decorate your home with feng shui by tapping positive “chi” energy from wind and water and creating balance through the art of placement. This involves arranging your living space in such a way that evokes feelings of comfort and safety, thereby enhancing happiness, health and prosperity.

Ideas for feng shui decorating:

disturbances and relationship issues. Should you need to place a mirror in the bedroom, avoid positioning it opposite the bed as it will reflect energy back at you when you are sleeping, causing sleep disruptions.

The kitchen should be clear of clutter and free from bad smells to prevent negative energy from accumulating. Just as in other rooms, the kitchen has to be bright and well ventilated to attract good energy for wellness. Any furniture placed in the middle of the kitchen will disrupt the energy flow.

Be mindful that sharp corners may cause bad energy to flow towards the direction they point at. Hence, it is advisable to have a round kitchen table instead of a rectangular or square one. Your stove is an energy source as it is connected to the passion within you.

A well-functioning stove enhances good energy, including one that encourages good health.

The stove should face the doorway, otherwise negative energy resulting in stress, anxiety and financial challenges will

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process and increases its difficulty by a factor of at least 10.

When my husband and I decided to remodel we spent weekend after weekend after weekend going from store to store to store choosing every aspect of the kitchen we envisioned having — then throwing out all of those ideas and going with something we could agree on.

OK, I may be exaggerating a bit.

I am pretty fortunate that my husband was pretty laid back about most things and went with what I wanted in most cases. After all, we did agree on the most important thing — it is my kitchen.

Yes, it is his kitchen too, but I am the chef.

The entire project was a hurryup-and-wait process. We have become so accustomed to watching renovations in 30 minutes or less on TV our mindset is in the “before� and “after,� not the getting from the before to the after. What I can tell you is that not one part of this project took 30 minutes or less.

From meeting with contractors for estimates to the final touches, the process took about four months, which I hear isn’t bad.

We hired Clearwater Custom Carpentry Construction — “C4� — in Lewiston. Chad and Tracy Shaw are the owners of the company. They came in at our budget, had great references and offered a timeline we were comfortable with. In the end they met all our expectations and even superceded some.

When we purchased our house there were things that we didn’t like, but we saw the potential of the house. It had great bones. I was never thrilled about the outdated

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kitchen with the washer and dryer right there, or the Tribune/Brad Gary large west-facing old windows the kitchen Chad Shaw, owner of Clearwater Custom Carpentry Construction, watches as Peggy Hayden takes had, but I knew that a whack at the cupboard that had caused her a lot of anguish since moving into the house. eventually we would be able to remodel home and there would be no cupthe sink from where it had been. And the kitchen and I would be happy in I wanted cabinets and drawers that board doors or drawers left. this house.

Finally there was a light at the end easily opened and closed, and, most As time went on, I grew increasimportantly, remained shut. There of the tunnel and we pulled together ingly annoyed with the kitchen. It were times with the old kitchen the funding for this dream kitchen. didn’t ever seem the remodel was when the cupboard doors would just I knew I wanted the Samsung going to happen. A few years ago four-door refrigerator. I had dreams creak open without anyone even bewe began planning and saving for a ing in the room. about this refrigerator and visited it kitchen remodel when our air conAfter choosing our contractor, each time I went to Home Depot. It ditioner gave out on us — in August. every conversation we had seemed is 36 inches wide with 30 cubic feet Then the roof needed to be repaired, of space and a FlexZone Drawer that to be geared toward what we wanted the kitchen to look like. some electrical work needed to be is self-contained. I hear angels sing “What gets me is the ‘what kind done, the yard needed to be brought every time I open it. of knobs do you want?’ ‘what kind of up to snuff. It was always one thing I also knew I wanted a pantry sink do you want?’ ‌ All the decior another. I began threatening that and laminate flooring that looked sions you have to make. I’m not good one day my husband would come like real wood. I knew I wanted the at that,â€? my husband said to me one dishwasher on the opposite side of day. There are so many things you have to think about that you would It’s all about the customer never normally consider — like what color of experience at our store. grout you want — the kind of things you just take for granted. carpet I believe C4’s secret ceramic tile weapon is having the wood female perspective of Tracy Shaw. Having a laminate woman there made me counter tops feel better about the en& more! tire project. There were several times through the process when my husband would text or call me with a question Target publications/Peggy Hayden about how I wanted This is the before picture. The washer and dryer used something, which is to be located on the left in front of the smaller win- hard to determine dow. The kitchen was taken down to the studs in the when you aren’t in the room, and I would ask remodel. him, “What does Tracy think?â€?

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The day I got the call from Largent’s that my stove and microwave were in was only made better by a text that followed from our contractor telling me the permits were approved and he would be starting the next Monday morning. The stove I chose was the Frigidaire Gallery with matching microwave. It has dual convection ovens, each large enough to bake a 20-pound turkey in, and a five-burner flat top. Also the best feature, which I didn’t even know about when we bought it, is the internal food thermometer in the top oven that will shut the oven off when your meat has reached the perfect temperature and alerts you that it is done.

I left the choosing of the dishwasher to my husband, since he is the one who does the dishes most of the time.

He did his research and we ordered a Bosch SilencePlus 46 dishwasher from Largent’s. It is so nice to have the dishwasher on and not have to turn the TV up just to hear it over the noise.

It’s also nice to actually have your dishes get clean.

One of the biggest improvements for me was going

ABOVE: After the stove and microwave were put in the only thing left to do on this side in the tile work for the backspalsh and undercounter lights. LEFT: The view I came home to on the first day of work. All of the walls have been demolished. The floor, ceiling, windows and door will also be removed.

to be having a functional shape my elation was kitchen with more storage beyond measure. All and with a large walk-in the things we chose I pantry. The day I came home saw with my mind’s eye as from work and saw the frame looking amazing together, for my pantry it actually but others were not as sure brought tears to my eyes. as I was that all the pieces The hardest part for me would fit together. was the times of lag, when We turned the wall of winthere was no work being dows into a wall with no windone, because we were wait- dows and the one single door ing for one thing or another. into out-swinging french The whole time we were doors with built-in blinds using a makeshift kitchen in

by Jeld Wen. This allows for our dining room and were great entertaining flow from living on food that can be the kitchen and downstairs cooked in either a toaster out onto the deck. It also cut oven or microwave. Also, our out the afternoon sun heating kitchen leads to the backyard up the kitchen and made it and with the door hole being more bearable year-round. blocked off with plywood The cabinets and counters we had to take our dogs were purchased from Home out through the front door, Depot and we are really which was comical, especially at night.

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Living off the beaten path The view isn’t the only draw to this White Bird subdivision but it does provide a great incentive to say the least

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LEFT: ThE view from the deck is one of the reasons John and Annelle Urbahn wanted to buy this house when it was put on the market. RIGHT: Having a wall of windows allows for a lot of natural light and great views of the vast landscape.

By Peggy J. Hayden Target Publications

WHITE BIRD – When people get to the age that brings thoughts of retirement they tend to begin to imagine what life will look like.

Where they’ll live is a big part of the picture they see in their mind and being retired most people want a place that offers eye-pleasing scenery for them to gaze at in those years where they spend more time at home.

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day, Annelle said, you can see Patrick Peak and Hershey Mountain. There is also a great view of the Giant’s Nose from the east side of the house.

The logs used to build the cabin came from a fire sale in the McCall area and have been sanded and white-washed to give it that rustic log-cabin look.

The main floor consists of a kitchen, half bathroom, sitting area and a dining room. The southeast-facing wall is made up of large windows.

Upstairs there is an office space, Found the perfect house the master suite — complete with a John and Annelle Urbahn weren’t large master bathroom — and a balexactly in the market for a new cony that Annelle said she would like home when they found their place in to turn into a sleeping porch. the subdivision, but they had been In all the house has three bedrooms thinking about buying a place to get and 2½ bathrooms. The basement away from it all. Being semi-retired includes the two guest rooms, a fammeans splitting time between this and ily room, a bathroom and a laundry another home, but once they enter room large enough that it doubles as full retirement Twin River Ranch is a game room complete with a pool where they want to be. table.

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RIGHT: Steve Duerksen is enamerred with a bear off in the distance, just one of the many sights he watches on a regular basis from the deck of his Twin River Ranch home. BELOW: The state-of-the art kitchen in the Duerksen’s home includes custom wood carvings throughout like the ones seen above the stove and sink. BOTTOM: There is a lot of knotty pine throughout the Duerksen’s house, from the floors to the ceilings.

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The custom built bed frame in Robin and Margareta Lipinski’s home matches the rest of the house’s rustic motif.

kitchen has custom watch wildlife in a natural setting. wood carvings above the stove and sink, and Steve and Kathy Duthat accent the cabineDoing it all yourself erksen had their 2,700try, all done by Alvin Robin and Margareta square-foot home built McCay of Harpster.

Lipinski own 60 acres at an elevation of 3,720 It’s a chef’s kitchen at an elevation of about feet. The couple moved that is homey enough 3,000 feet. Their 2,400from South Dakota to to make the simplest of square-foot house sits the area after retiring. meals and functional on the edge of a hill and Actually, they came to enough to create lavRobin has built every Idaho and found the ish dining experiences. inch of it himself. He property in the subdivi- A second master suite is a woodworker and sion and decided to buy for the couple includes actually has a sawmill it in 2009. After getting a bathroom that has a on sight. the septic, well and elec- two person shower and He is in the process of tricity put in they had a sleek bathtub deep building a green house a difficult time finding enough for soaking yet on the roof of their a contractor. They put not an overly large tub, home. aside the project and so not to waste water.

This log house inwent to Las Vegas for There is also a bathcludes an extra-wide log room for guests and two years before decidstaircase to the basea large craftroom for ing the Vegas lifestyle ment, a jewelry-making Kathy Duerksen to wasn’t for them. They area for Margareta, make her quilts. The made their way back custom wood doors with craftroom includes to the White Bird area carvings and stained many stations for the and began the two-year glass windows and a different stages of quilt process of having their custom built-in bed dream home built. They creation. frame in the master The open floor plan moved into the home in bedroom, all of which allows for enjoyment of January.

Robin made himself. the scenery from much The house is mostly of the house and the on one floor, but does asee Beaten path, page 12 have a loft where guests large deck is the perfect sleep. Steve Duerksen’s place to entertain and mother, Deloris, lives with the couple and has her own suite complete with a bathroom, walk-in closet, sitting area and sleeping area.

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OAKMONT, Penn. — If location is everything in real estate, Darlene Reeves believes you should be very exact about it. “Eleventh Street is the best street in Oakmont,� she said, which is why she and her husband, Ray, were thrilled to find a house at 720 on the street for sale four years ago. “When my husband got a job that would take us back home to Virginia, we were like, ’But wait, we have to leave Oakmont?’ It’s bittersweet.�

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These photos, provided by Ten Speed Press, show the Neisha Crosland Studio in the U.K. (left), the Stark House in San Francisco (center) and the Hillside House in Mill Valley, Calif. (right), from the book, “Tile Makes the Room,” by Robin Petravic and Catherine Bailey.

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Tile was an important element in interior design in many parts of the world for thousands of years, coveted for its aesthetic possibilities, functionality and longevity.

Yet for a generation, the craft has been largely unexplored, relegated mainly to bathrooms and rooftops, say the authors of a new book.

“It’s been untapped and underappreciated, but that’s changing very quickly,” says Catherine Bailey, who, with her husband, Robin Petravic, owns Californiabased Heath Ceramics.

The couple won a 2015 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for their work encouraging creativity at Heath while remaining true to the company’s over-60-year history.

They have written “Tile Makes the Room: Good Design from Heath Ceramics” (released last month by Ten Speed Press). The book is full of lush photos and practical advice about incorporating artisanal tile in interiors. The goal is to make designing with tile accessible to the uninitiated.

Heath and other small ceramics studios are leading a resurgence of tile in home design. An expanded range of colors, textures, patterns — and prices — have made the medium more adaptable and accessible.

Feras Irikat, design and marketing director for Lunada Bay Tile, a Los Angeles-based firm offering Japanese-inspired tiles, including some made with recycled glass, said, “Before the ‘70s, tile was everywhere, like permanent jewelry for your home.

It slowed down a lot after that and became very boring. But it has started catching on again, and

there are more and more small companies putting their hearts and souls into it and doing really interesting things.”

Bailey says “a lot of designers are finally rediscovering the incredible depth and range” tile offers.

She and Petravic took over the Sausalito-based Heath Ceramics in 2003.

The company, founded in 1948, was famous for tableware and tiles, and kept a close link between craft and factory production.

“Tile Makes the Room” begins by looking at the couple’s 1890s Sausalito home, and Heath’s factories in Sausalito and San Francisco.

“We don’t think of Heath as making tile so much as making objects that contribute to something bigger, like architecture or interiors,” they write.

Tile, when combined with textile, wood and glass, can create a sense of permanence, timelessness, color and texture, and contribute to a cohesive overall design, they say. The book includes many kinds of tiles and architectural styles in interiors and a few exteriors.

In chef Alice Waters’ Berkeley, California, kitchen, for instance, earthy green tiles surround a beast of a gas range, framing the copper pots and teakettle and providing a warm backdrop for a concrete counter.

In a small Tokyo home, handmade tile from Fez, Morocco, set in a striking herringbone pattern in blue-and-white flooring, gives the feeling of rippling water meandering peacefully through the home.

Elsewhere, tiles give spaces a clean and contemporary feel. A Heath design featuring cubes in gray-blues and reds adds depth and character to a study wall, and

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The level backyard is just three steps down from the deck. Mature trees add shade while a privacy fence keeps pets or children in. The lot size is approximately 55 by 108 feet. In addition to the one-car garage, there is room for three more cars in the drive-

way. The home features central air conditioning, forced-air heat and a composition roof.

The street has a block party every year that will rank among the many fond memories that the Reeves have of the neighborhood.

“Oakmont is like Mayberry. I could have been perfectly happy there forever,” she said.

in a garden in Sao Paulo, Brazil, graphic tiles with an undulating design in blue and white (designed by the Athos Bulcao Foundation) add a fluid, modernist touch.

Even in all-white rooms, varying types of tile bring a sense of timelessness and depth.

“The study of white tiles acts as a canvas for the material’s qualities,” the authors write.

The inherent variation in artisanal tile “creates an installation that feels warm, soft and homey because of reflected

light, surface finish and texture,” as opposed to the antiseptic feeling of white tile in airport bathrooms or commercial kitchens.

“All white tile is not the same, and if you get that, you’ve come a long way,” explains Petravic.

The book ends by explaining the process of tile making. It considers the main types of ceramic tile: earthenware, porcelain and stoneware.

There are also concrete tiles. The reader is taken through the process from start to installation.

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There is also a walk-in closet and master bathroom with a shower.

The couple’s talents and love of art can be seen throughout the house , which resembles a museum in every aspect.

The house has two bedrooms, a half bath on the main floor and the master bathroom downstairs. Downstairs there is an area where Robin has a large drum hanging from the ceiling where he can make music or beat out the frustrations of the day. There is also an outdoor shower for when Robin has been wood working or milling in the heat. The kitchen, located on the main floor, has a nice big pantry with one of Robin’s custom doors.

The couple moved to the area three years ago from Alaska. They also did live in Montana, where they owned an art gallery. Many of the pieces from that gallery have been carried with them from Target Publications/Peggy Hayden Montana to Alaska to Idaho.

The second floor of the Lipinskis log cabin is much like a It was by accident they found museum with many art pieces displayed throughout and a this spot to live. They were thinking about settling in large drum hanging from the ceiling.

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