A kitchen island is the perfect spot for showcasing your favourite cookbooks ... like this homeowner has created with the ...

Lynn and Joe Felter didn’t really mind that the midcentury modern home they rented in 2010 was what she called “quite a dump.

Ten years ago, when we first met Takaaki and Christina Kawabata, they had just fled Brooklyn with their two young kids to live in an entirely open-plan cabin in upstate New York. The couple—he’s an ...