Nick Spain showcases D.I.Y. celebration decorations, a vintage nightclub sconce and a French stoneware vase in his favorite room awash in rosy pink.When the interior designer Nick Spain and his husband, Michael Bolognino, were house hunting in the Berkshires, they yearned for a historic home with character. The couple was wooed by a former rectory

For decades, Susan Herman loved her second home in Sag Harbor, N.Y., so much that whenever circumstances changed in her life, she preferred adjusting her living space over moving somewhere new.After buying the house for $74,000 with her husband in 1978, the 1860s structure, a former butcher’s shop that had one bathroom and a few

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When you realize that your apartment has a problem that no one disclosed, who gets the blame?Q: I recently bought a co-op in Manhattan. During the due-diligence process before the purchase, the co-op board assured me and my attorney that there were no noise issues or noise complaints relating to the unit. It turns out

Ms. Gladstone, who ran one of New York City’s largest contemporary art galleries, died last year. Her friend, the architect Annabelle Selldorf, helped her renovate the home.The Greek Revival rowhouse at 344 West 22nd Street looks much like the neighboring 19th-century brick homes, which are all part of the Chelsea Historic District. But inside it’s

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You don’t have to live with unsightly air return and supply vents. Here’s how to disguise them.“An air vent in the middle of a wall is like a wart on the face of an otherwise beautiful person,” said Annie Elliott, the principal designer of Annie Elliott Design. That’s why interior design magazines typically airbrush these

Prosecutors say Sanford Solny preyed on homeowners who were struggling financially. He now faces up to seven years in prison.Sanford Solny, a real estate investor, was found guilty on Thursday of stealing the deeds to 11 properties across Brooklyn, in a case that has put a spotlight on schemes to defraud financially fragile homeowners out