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(Image credit: TradHome) In most bathrooms, the shower enclosure is a bit of an afterthought, just a practical solution for keeping water from spraying all over the room. But lately a different kind of shower enclosure i...

When you have a tiny bathroom in your home, you know that how you use your space is of the utmost importance. Unless you're clever about how you arrange things and where you store your products, your bathroom can quickly...

San Francisco Magazine Lauren Smiley Little Fang Photo Her father’s money opened countless doors for Carole Shorenstein Hays. Now she’s bestowing the same favor—plus interest—on the city’s theater scene. Editor...

Name: Phoebe, Dylan and Memphis Location: Wye River, Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia Size: 753 square feet Years lived in: 3 years, owned Phoebe, Dylan and their one-year-old son Memphis love escaping city life in ...

San Francisco Magazine Ian A. Stewart Tabitha Soren A pair of pioneering behavioral economists get their due from a journo who’s unwittingly relied on their breakthroughs. From the basketball player who falls prey to t...

Still recovering from the Thanksgiving cooking marathon? Relax. Let one of these restaurants do the cooking and cleaning for your Christmas Day meal. By popular request, we're also including a …

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I have always been a little hesitant about electric toothbrushes, mainly because the market is pricey and overly saturated with options -- it makes the shopping experience daunting to say the least. When I heard about Go...

Helen--whose simple, craft-filled home we toured-- also has a beautiful studio in Red Hook where she creates her beautiful ceramic pieces. And, Billy--the shop dog--came along, too. She recently made some beautiful dinne...

When Jamie Lee performs Thursday to Saturday at Goodnights Comedy Club in Raleigh, expect the veteran comic to talk about what she knows. The charismatic Dallas native will crack wise …

Disney parks might be the happiest places on Earth, but maybe this colorful Palm Springs pad is more your speed. Walt Disney and his wife Lillian built this home in 1962, and it's where they spent their twilight years.

Kristy's Hollywood studio apartment is decorated entirely in black, white, and gray, with a few natural materials--wood floors, bamboo chairs, potted plants, a few gleaming metals--that add warmth. Much of her furniture ...

If you think you can't fit Christmas decorations into your small space--we're here to show you that you absolutely can. To prove it, we transformed designer Akhira Ismail's 288-square-foot Brooklyn apartment into a Scand...

Put down the takeout menu.

File this under "earth oddity," perhaps. Buzz Aldrin, the famed former NASA astronaut who was the second man to walk on the moon, had to be evacuated from a personal …

Rhiannon Giddens, Avett Brothers, Shirley Caesar and Robbie Fulks all picked up multiple Grammy nominations on Tuesday, making 2016 the biggest bumper crop of North Carolina-related nominations in recent memory. …

Let's get this straight: The Piedmont Candy Co. doesn't make candy canes. Candy canes are shiny. They're crunchy. They stick to your teeth when you chew them. Piedmont Candy, the …

During the hectic holiday season your to-do list is probably longer than you'd like; at the top of that list is probably a trip to the shops. Spending long hours navigating the sales and bustling through crowded boutique...

San Francisco Magazine Joe Eskenazi OaklandGhostShip.com Bay Area building inspectors describe protocols that leave much up to chance. And few satisfying answers. Some years ago, San Francisco building inspectors busted ...

Adulting is hard work. Cleaning, entertaining, packing a week's wardrobe into a carry-on...it's not for the faint of heart. Make it easier for your grown-up loved one by gifting them with home goods that are more 2.0 tha...

Guglhupf, the beloved Durham bakery and cafe, is opening a retail bakery in Chapel Hill's Eastgate Shopping Center in April. "We are excited to bring the bakery to Chapel Hill," …