Pamela Sherrod

"Lions and tigers and bears, oh, my!" For Peg Tysver, it's more like leopards and turtles and snakes. Tysver makes ceramic light switch plates in animal forms depicted in African...

Judging from the birdhouses that take up much of the space in Brian Overley's North Side studio, you expect to see or hear birds. Instead, you see Mr. Lincoln, a...

Ask furniture designers for their definition of a coffee table and their response comes in sculptural forms at a "one-of-a-kind" design show. About 100 creations in wood, stone, glass and...

Have your heart set on a muraya paniculata, the orange jasmine plant that flowers with very little light, or the xanadu philodendron, whose deep green leaves have a mirror shine?...

Echo Design Group Inc., once known only for its scarves, is hoping to make a splash on walls, beds and tables. Last fall, the New York-based Echo entered the home...

The furniture in New York's Dialogica showroom in SoHo caught the eye of M.J. Foreman, who was looking for a colorful but functional way to add pizazz to her neutral-hued...

Remember the days when putting an empty milk bottle outside meant the milkman would leave a chilled bottle of milk in its place the next morning? Now, try leaving an...

You never know what artist Mara Koppel is going to cook up for her next painting project. It could be something with a little pomegranate or something with a touch...

After 35 years of frequenting antique shops and more than 4,000 purchases later, attorney Francis Monek has one of the largest cane collections in the world. Monek's fondness for "gadget"...

Imagine decorative switch plates that have photos of famous and not-so-famous people; kente cloth designs; and images of food or contemporary art patterns. "I first saw the switch plates in...