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As a young surveyor and before serving as our country's first president, George Washington developed the ability to measure up a landscape and to take advantage of its natural features.

Designers pulled a bunch of pretty, petaled patterns from their graphic arsenals this spring, planting them generously all over sheaths and trousers, jumpsuits and shorts.

Zooey Deschanel says her fashion collaboration with Tommy Hilfiger is part 1960s mod, part nautical…

About a year-and-a-half ago, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were performing their debut album, "The Heist," for crowds of no more than 50 people. In 2014, the duo has traveled through Australia, Asia and will soon make their ro...

For many of the cinephiles who attended the Telluride Film Festival this past September, the great discovery was not necessarily 12 Years a Slave or Gravity but Ida, which opens tomorrow at New York's Film Forum and Linc...

The White House Correspondents' Association dinner isn't quite what it used to be. When it was started in 1921, White House correspondents' and a few of their guests were the only people in attendance. Today, Hollywood r...

Alright, I keep telling myself, this is your one chance. You may never again have a bathroom with a brand-new bathtub and shower surround. Of the 10 bath/shower combos I've lived with in my life, none have been remotely ...

Via Mashable, here's an infographic of every costume Spider-Man has ever worn. From webbed armpits to red-and-blue full body spandex to an all-black ensemble, Spider-Man has traveled back in time to the 1600s and forward...

Childhood can be magical -- especially with a little digital editing. John Wilhelm, a 43-year-old dad and IT director from Winterthur, Zurich, took photos of his three daughters -- Lou, 5, Mila, 2, and Yuna, 6 months -- ...

We all need to make a little more time for fun in our lives, and, in case you ever forget that, this artist is here to remind you. Meet the "365 Masks Project," featuring daily creations displayed on Instagram, by Sandra...

Attention design lovers! Today marks the beginning of the 42nd annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House, an event benefiting the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club. Last night, we got a sneak peek at the 22 lush, impeccably decorate...

Up-and-coming Knoxville, Tennessee, is striving mightily to prove that great art doesn't grow only out of provincial urban Meccas -- and it's about to unveil the jewel that will crown that assertion. It's a monumental wo...

Officials in a small Michigan town moved a city-approved public sculpture about the importance of relying on one another after residents complained that it was "disgusting" and an "abomination." Mark Chatterley's "Blue H...

And so it begins: The annual bacchanal known as the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. What started as a small gathering for White House reporters, an all-white, all-male enclave of power and privilege for d...

Who says you can't work and have a little fun at the same time? That's what 51-year-old Seymon Bukharin of Russia did this winter when the school groundskeeper decided to create snow art while cleaning up the schoolyard....

Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski never intended to come back from the Winter Olympics in Sochi as the new hot fashion commentators, and yet, here we are. After being a hit on the Oscar red carpet, the pro ice skaters will t...

Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski never intended to come back from the Winter Olympics in Sochi as the new hot fashion commentators, and yet, here we are. After being a hit on the Oscar red carpet, the pro ice skaters will t...

From The Kitchn ' Floral Wallpaper In The Kitchen

Each year, the American Institute of Architects' Committee on the Environment (AIA/COTE) awards the Top Ten Green Projects. Based on ten judging criteria, they select the 10 most sustainable new buildings here in the US....

If his tapas takeover of the District doesn't work out, then chef José Andrés can always hit the lecture circuit. On Thursday night at Refugees International's annual dinner in Washington, Andrés gave an impassioned s...

Discovery Channel's Mount Everest special tracking veteran climber Joby Ogwyn ended in the worst possible way last month; as the crew was prepping to start the journey, the deadliest avalanche in the mountain's history k...

Name: Jamie Lyn, Founder of AX + APPLE (and her cat George Michael)Location: Los Feliz; Los Angeles, CaliforniaSize: 600 square feetYears lived in: 1.5 years; Rented After her jewelry line AX + APPLE began to take off fr...