Elaine Matsushita

Umbra, the company that gave us the sleek and popular Garbo plastic garbage can designed by Karim Rashid, now offers this beautiful fine stainless-steel mesh basket. It's 10 inches in...

While wandering the Web, check out www.world2market.com. Very cool: from what it sells--beautiful handcrafted furniture and gifts made by international artisans--to its raison d'etre--to use e--commerce to help alleviate world...

During your Web wanderings, you should definitely check out: www.sonrisafurniture.com. This hot L.A./N.Y. biz, which specializes in "rescuing furniture and objects from America's `Steel Age,' " brings its vintage and...

There are books on tape. Then there are "littler" books on tape. The kinds that are just right for littler listeners. Our entire family fell in love with them on...

This week's finds on the wild and sometimes wonderful Web: Furniture.com (www.furniture.com), a Massachusetts-based on-line store, touts 50,000 items, services of design consultants who shop for furnishings to match your...

We're not sure whether this speaks to the popularity of these dinnerware patterns or the slippery fingers of the people who own them, nonetheless, we thought it was interesting to...

You have probably noticed by now: Things aren't exactly what they used to be in these partsfrom our masthead to the valuable "junk" on this page to the easy-to-follow Home...

Did you ever go shopping and just have to tell someone about something you saw? Sometimes, it's a delicate hint, sometimes it's to share your shock. The Home section staff...

If you're in the market for gifts that will bring a special touch to someone's home, take a look at some of our favorite-and sometimes, exotic-finds. This week, the Home...

OK, vacuum cleaners are still taboo. You don't give a dirt-sucker to someone you love for the holidays. But the home front is certainly ripe with other, more decadent, more...