Everyone seems just too busy these days and looking for ways to have the additional time: more time to be on demanding jobs and additional time to spend with family and those close. One solution is living upstairs from the office, a concept common in the early decades of...
There aren’t too many conversations these days that don’t eventually turn to the problems of affordable housing and the growing number of people without homes and on the streets. Shortly, a new center opens in Salt Lake to offer more than just safe emergency housing for 200 women. The...
Upland Development just finished constructing a new Park City home in time to open the doors for fun-loving guests to inaugurate the party spaces, and more guests and parties are soon to come. It’s a new home for the homeowners, but they are not new to living in the...
July Fourth marks the middle of the summer holiday and time to think about a summer vacation, if you haven’t taken one already. Today, I head to the seaside.
It’s been two years since Gibbs Smith published our book, The Coastal Cottage. I’m often asked if I had a favorite...
There’s an art to having buildings fit into an area.  Many unique architectural homes work well on a large lot where they can be appreciated as a solitary design within the contours of the property, and they don’t compete with other forms of architecture. Not so when an area...
Long before there was Photoshop to alter reality, I had an East Coast magazine editor call a dramatic colorful sky a Zimmerman sky. It became a joke around their office, and when they assigned a project they asked for one of my trademark skies. It’s not me; they just...
An hour after I packed up my equipment and headed for home, the family walked into their new home for the reveal, a tradition of the designer, where the family first experiences the totality of their new home: the floor and wall coverings, furnishings, accessories, and art in a...
May announces itself with abundance as the world returns verdant after its winter sleep. Â Some of my favorite tabletop photos celebrate lush colors and textures that seem to match my mood right now after spending the morning in my garden.
A butcher’s block had this beautiful assemblage set when...
Additions are tricky business, especially when it concerns a beautiful Federal Heights home with the artful classic detailing and woodwork that mark homes built at the turn of the twentieth century.
Owners of historic homes don’t have to be reminded how much lifestyles have changed in a hundred years....
The desert is a place of extremes. One of the reasons I love camping in the desert is that I feel more in touch with my surroundings and aware of the elements. I find the conditions demand attention.
The same goes for desert architecture. When done to minimize energy...