Home is place where a person or family lives, perhaps spends much of their time, or where a person is comfortable being. While a house (or other residential dwelling) is often referred to as a home, the concept of "home" is broader than a physical dwelling. Home is often a place of refuge and safety, where worldly cares fade and the things and people that one loves becomes the focus.

The word "home" is also used for various residential institutions which aspire to create a home-like atmosphere, such as a retirement home, a nursing home, a 'group home' (an orphanage for children or a retirement home for adults), a foster home, etc.

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NYT > Home & Garden

Dharma in the Dirt
Thu, 08 May 2008 17:59:40 -0000
A proudly Birkenstocked Zen gardener, Wendy Johnson, helped pioneer the concept of organic gardening in the United States.
Biodegradable Home Product Lines, Ready to Rot
Thu, 08 May 2008 15:36:31 -0000
Could marketing home goods as biodegradable just be an exercise in magical thinking?
Architects in Glass Houses
Thu, 08 May 2008 04:03:02 -0000
Luis Treviño Fernandez and his partner gutted and renovated their London home in 2005, adding light with a glass staircase and skylights.
In the Garden: Transformation Includes Sacrifice
Thu, 08 May 2008 04:12:10 -0000
Duke Farms, which attracts 50,000 visitors a year, will close on May 25, as the grand old estate shifts its focus to ecological restoration and education.
Room to Improve
Thu, 08 May 2008 04:18:23 -0000
Q. Where can I find a comfortable, attractive chair for a small bedroom?
Garden Q.&A.: New Hope for Old Chestnuts
Thu, 08 May 2008 18:21:53 -0000
Q. A friend suggested I plant some blight-resistant American chestnuts to restore a cut-over forest. Is this a good idea?

L.A. Times - Home & Garden

A futuristic, midcentury movie set for 'Speed Racer'
Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700
While John Goodman tinkers with cars and Emile Hirsch races one in the Wachowski brothers' movie, Owen Paterson's bold colors and automobile paraphernalia surround them. IN THE Wachowski brothers' new movie, "Speed Racer," the eponymous main character (Emile Hirsch) and his family seem to live in a modern ranch house in midcentury suburbia. The hallmarks of the era are there: graphic wallpaper, bold colors, bamboo accents and streamlined furniture upholstered in nubby fabric. But there's also a futuristic television and a spotless workshop where Speed's dad, Pops (John Goodman), makes battery-operated race cars that can defy gravity.
It's checkout time
Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Forget the mini shampoo bottles and mints on the pillow. Three new hotels are loaded with fresh ideas to take home distinctive looks and money-saving tricks that can work in your living spaces. Hotels have long been fantasy fodder for do-it-yourself designers. Just as Kelly Wearstler's Viceroy and Maison 140 hotels goosed the Hollywood Regency trend, the look of three new local lodgings can lend similar inspiration to Southern California homes. "There's an emerging backlash against nightclub-inspired interiors and a move toward a more authentic and comfortable residential feeling," says David Collins, who transformed the Bel Age on Sunset Boulevard into the London West Hollywood. Here's a look at how designers have exuded a strong sense of place in very different ways.
Cooper-Hewitt design awards go to Tom Kundig, Olin Partnership
Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The Smithsonian branch's annual honors recognize innovative work in various disciplines, including a nod to design that blends with the environment. AN ARCHITECT who built guesthouses on wheels and the landscape team behind a sculpture garden at the Getty Center are among the winners of the annual National Design Awards announced today by the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York.
Confessions of a chronic shed slob
Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700
She found no inspiration after cleaning out. Then Eric Abrahamson and David H. Freedman, authors of 'A Perfect Mess,' offered some perspective. MY KINGDOM for a Martha Stewart shed, for a Smith & Hawken potting table, a cream-colored pegboard with the perfectly hung tools, an enameled and labeled can with fluffy potting soil and an alphabetized seed file -- how I long to be as proper as the gardeners in magazines and on TV programs.
Mod Mom Furniture: Children's furniture made by a mom
Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Kiersten Hathcock's experience as a marketing executive proved useful when she decided to launch Mod Mom Furniture, a line of handmade midcentury modern-inspired furnishings for kids. After leaving a corporate job at A&E and the History Channel to spend more time with her children, the self-taught carpenter did some market research and found a lack of modern furnishings for kids (translation: furniture that grown-ups like too). So she built some prototypes for family and friends and then created a website to show them, "just so I could get into some stores," says Hathcock in her garage workshop in L.A. To her surprise, she began receiving inquiries from as far away as Italy, France and London. Her plywood toy boxes such as Bertie Box, $250, shown here, began selling. Now she's having a hard time keeping up with production. "I'm booked through July." Her clients tell her they are drawn to Mod Mom because the products are hand-drawn, hand-cut and built by a mom in her garage. Production isn't always easy. Hathcock says a typical day might include production (cutting heavy sheets of plywood), coercion (getting a preschooler to tag along to buy wood) and hospitalization (landing in the emergency room after being cut by a biscuit joiner). "I think there is a lot of value in my kids seeing me work," she says of tackling a male-dominated profession. "I don't have to lose my femininity just because I know how to use a saw," she adds, laughing. Indeed. $250 to $550; www.modmomfurniture.com .
Air plants of the '70s make a comeback
Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The 1970s redux doesn't mean having to be as funky as some looks of the era. Take air plants, known botanically as tillandsia, which are back in sleek and sculptural arrangements. The plants, which draw moisture from the air, can be tucked in nooks and crannies of natural wood as in this arrangement ($590) from Rolling Greens nursery. That's a good three decades of design away from the varnished driftwood of that era. The plants are exotic, long lasting and low maintenance -- and they reflect the water-saving consciousness of our times. The arrangements come in small, medium, large and extra large, with prices starting from $75. 9528 Jefferson Blvd., Culver City, (310) 559-8656, www.rollinggreensnursery.com .

Christian Science Monitor | The Home Forum

Redemption
A poem
'Jingle-belling' in China
Chinese students learning English catch the Christmas spirit as they sing carols to college classmates and staff.
Where did that Christmas song come from?
For kids: The stories behind three popular Christmas songs.
Today's Article on Christian Science: 'Meekness will receive him'
A Christian Science perspective on daily life.

Denver Post: Lifestyle

Capturing mom's life story
editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) Sun, 11 May 2008 02:37:34 -0600
Emmy Award-winning Denver videographer Bob Brandon established the immediacy of Animal Planet's "Emergency Vet." But among his most affecting works is his homage to his mother, Lillie Seal Brandon.
Meet Fort Carson's Melinda Gintilas
editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) Sat, 10 May 2008 20:03:14 -0600
Whether Staff Sgt. Melinda Gintilas is America's Favorite Mom matters less to her husband and children than her safety during her second tour in Iraq.
Event calendar this week
editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) Sat, 10 May 2008 19:56:16 -0600
TODAY: En-raptor Your Mom, Acknowledge every time she watched you like a hawk by bringing your mother to the Rocky Mountain Raptor Program's annual Mother's Day open house event.

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