Lilly Pulitzer comes to Fashion Island! Lilly Pulitzer/OC Event Photos If there is one brand that pioneered Instagramable style decades before the Internet even existed, it’s Lilly Pulitzer. However, the brand’s namesake founder became a designer and fashion icon purely by accident. After marrying citrus grove operator Herbert Pulitzer Jr, the New York socialite decided to open
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Southern facade of Notre-Dame Cathedral. (Photo by Waring Abbott/Getty Images) Getty Iconic Notre-Dame de Paris is ablaze during Holy Week. The cathedral is a religious and architectural world treasure. Its Christian relics are said to include part of Jesus Christ’s Crown of Thorns from the Crucifixion. Between 30,000 to 50,000 people visit daily. But fire
Horse stables 929 Media The late Elizabeth Ross ‘Libet’ Johnson, great-granddaughter of the co-founder of Johnson & Johnson (which ranks on several Forbes’ lists, including #48 on the Best Employers For Diversity), maintained an impressive real estate portfolio during her life. The grandest of them all is this six hundred acre estate, called Lightning Tree Farm,
When it comes to selling a home, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Instead, it’s important to weigh all the options available. When listing and selling a property, most homeowners want to achieve the quickest, easiest, most logical and most financially advantageous outcome. That said, it can be challenging to determine which ones are the most
Philip and Geda Condit’s Mediterranean-style home has an emphasis on indoor-outdoor living. James Butchart for Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty Tucked away in a prestigious private golf community in Palm Desert, California is a Mediterranean-style home that provides a front-row seat to breathtaking scenery. The homeowners — Philip Condit, who was chairman and chief executive of aerospace company
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin This is the interior of the post and beam/panelized house in Carabbia-Lugano, Switzerland. The metal connectors can be seen where the beams join. The house was designed and built by HUF HAUS. Photo courtesy of Lothar Rehermann for Prefabulous World, published by Abrams Post and beam
In the Bay Area, the already competitive real estate market is about to get even more fierce. Some of the biggest tech companies in the country are planning to go public this year – starting with Lyft ’s IPO in March and with Airbnb, Uber, Slack and Pinterest expected to follow soon. These public debuts
Outdoor kitchens topped the project trends list in the latest American Institute of Architects’ survey, which is not terribly surprising, given people’s love of living outside. But the survey didn’t go into detail on what homeowners are putting into those spaces. As we move into the warmer months, it’s worth looking at what’s popular for
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The couple lived in the home for about three years. TYLER HOGAN The architecturally-significant Beverly Hills home that former couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston spent three years restoring is about to come on the market for $56 million, as the Wall Street Journal reported. The
KISS band members Peter Criss (left), Gene Simmons (top), Ace Frehley (right) and Paul Stanley (bottom). (Fin Costello/Redferns) Getty There’s no disguising this. KISS drummer Peter Criss needed an escape from his intense Rock-n-Roll fame. He found it in this enchanting Greenwich, Connecticut manor—a storybook chill estate where he could play with his dog, drums
Sometimes life will throw big expenses your way. When that happens, tapping into the equity in your home can be a smart way to get the funds you need. In particular, doing a cash-out refinance is one way you can take advantage of your home’s equity, all at a fraction of the interest rate of a
As investors, when we hear about self-made millionaires making it all on their own, it’s important to understand the extent of the term “self-made.” Building wealth on a million or billion-dollar scale is typically not something any one person can accomplish by themselves. Independence is always ideal, however, while building a real estate portfolio worth
A freestanding fireplace in a New York City apartment. Photo courtesy of HearthCabinet Fireplace, Designer: Marie Aiello Design Studio, LLC Architect: TODO Design & Architecture How to have a beautiful warm fire place in your home with no flue and no vent? Still a relatively new concept, ethanol and isopropyl alcohol gel ventless fireplaces have grown
Guy Grainger, JLL EMEA CEO JLL Since I started writing this column, I’ve had unprecedented access to all parts of the PropTech value chain. I have spoken to startups and VCs hailing from all over the world and had the opportunity to delve deep in specific use cases as well as highlight global macro trends.
Selling or buying a home is a crazy stressful process. It can be quick and painless or long and labored. It involves feeling every emotion you’ve ever had and probably a few new ones you didn’t even know existed. When you decide to buy or sell, it can be like adding something to an already
New Yorkers need to earn $85,027 per year to spend less than 30% of their income on rent for a median-priced one-bedroom, Apartment List found. Getty If you’ve aged out of your 20s but are still living with roommates in New York (or one of the country’s other most expensive cities), it’s OK to cut yourself some
Are you thinking of getting started with real estate investing? Real estate investments — in all of their varied forms — continue to attract capital, because of their ability to provide solid returns in a world of falling interest rates. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) and private equity (PE) real estate funds have been helping to boost returns
David Rockwell-designed playroom includes his Imagination Playground blocks Redundant Pixel Building amenities can no longer get away with only being luxurious and exclusive. They have to be creative too. What may have started with options like landing pads for flying cars has now reached a much younger demographic—the kids of those who live in the building. Developers are bringing in renowned architects,
Photocredit: Getty Getty There’s a lot of info out there for first-time buyers, but what about sellers? Selling your home for the first time can be an emotional and often overwhelming process. In light of that, I’ve decided to lay out four things that first-time sellers should know before putting their home on the market.
Before I take the wheel of the all-electric Jaguar I-Pace (MSRP $85,900), I slide into the back seat to get a feel for the legroom. From the outside, the I-Pace is a futuristic, compact SUV that sits lower than some competitors at 5 feet 2 inches—the Tesla Model X is 5 feet 6 inches high