This kitchen/family room redesign was a tall order

Sue Jean and Dave are hip, young urbanites who work long hours in IT and banking. At the end of the day, they escape to their own private retreat: a swank, factory-turned-loft in the city's trendiest neighborhood.

Updating rustic wood

RED LODGE — Building wooden toy dump trucks as Christmas presents for relatives unleashed Nick Kosorok’s passion for woodworking in the late 1970s.

Loft kitchen is modern, yet functional

SHNS photo courtesy HGTV The perfect recipe for this space called for a smidge of uptown urban, a dash of rustic retro and a pinch of factory functional.

Dinner invite? Gift ideas that will delight the host

It's only polite when you're invited to dinner to ask whether you can bring something. Here's a list of hostess gift ideas that stand out from the usual bottle of wine or bunch of flowers.

Candice Tells All: Loft kitchen-family room is a real high

This lofty kitchen/family room had excellent bones -- but it was full of clutter that was taking center stage.