In Kitchens, Function Is As Important As Style

One of the fundamental principles of design is that form should follow function. Simple enough. In all likelihood, this rule may apply more to one space in your home than to any other - the kitchen, which just might be the most important and busiest room

Barbara D’Arcy White, Interior Design Guru, Dies at 84

Ms. D’Arcy was an interior decorator whose eclectic sense of style helped change Americans’ taste in home furnishings in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, when she worked at Bloomingdale’s.

Interior design news & notes: Black front doors; Genevieve Gorder talks with Grace Bonney; and inspired kitchens

High-gloss black doors scream sophistication.

Market building to alter interior, add stage and 2 new kitchens - www.roanoke.com

Vacant retail kiosks will be replaced with seating that can become a music venue. Correction (9:50 a.m. May 4): The Roanoke City Market Building reopened in September 2011. An earlier version of the story included an incorrect date, which has been corrected here. | Our corrections policy

'Kitchens becoming style statement in South Asian homes'

Often pushed to the background in South Asian homes, the kitchen is becoming a style statement with a spiritual feel, says leading Indian designer Wendell Rodricks, who chases his passion for culinary style when he is not fashioning fabrics.