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Because they're delicious It all started with a bag of mushroom compost bought from Cliff Kane, a grower who sells shiitake and blue oyster mushrooms at the Echo Park Farmers' Market. I had planned on using it for my own compost pile, but Kane said if it was kept moist then it was possible another flush of mushrooms would... HOME & GARDEN Modernism rules at Los Angeles Modern Design Show & Sale More than 40 dealers from around the world will share all things modern, including 20th century furniture and decorative arts this weekend at the LA 20/21: Los Angeles Modern Design Show & Sale, formerly known as the L.A. Modernism Show. Highlights include a collection of vintage tiles from the... HOME & GARDEN Our love affair is based on animal magnetism The rabbits brought us together. I was at a delicate crossroads in my life. I’d moved to Los Angeles six years earlier with dreams of making movies, and accomplished a few things, even won some awards. I had “promise.” But far from enjoying my upward climb, I’d instead withdrawn to an isolated... HOME & GARDEN Advice to grads: Uber down the road less traveled I’m not so good with words. I realize this as I sit here trying to write something inspiring in graduation cards. I have a nephew and three nieces finishing college back in the Midwest. Around the family, they are often referred to as The Quadruplets. Or, The Quads, as if a singing group. The Quads... HOME & GARDEN This Santa Monica couple sold everything and moved to Ojai to build their dream home It’s barely 7 a.m., but Brooke and Steve Giannetti, proprietors of Giannetti Home, the custom furniture and antiques story in Brentwood, have been up for quite awhile already, tending to their needy brood. No, not children (though they have three of those), but rather the animals they keep at Patina... Home Tours View more This Palm Springs dream home is built to look like it's... This copper-topped Schindler house was a wreck. 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The 30-print collection takes its cues from prints found around the world, such as African mud cloths, Burmese indigos and... Take home some ideas from the super-glam Pasadena Showcase House of Design Manhattan Beach's Dacha can give your home an earthy California vibe First Look: Target and Marimekko to debut a limited-edition collection in April Design & Decorating Mimi Zeiger on design, density and her new book 'Tiny Houses in the City' Lisa Boone Architecture critic and author Mimi Zeiger grew up in Berkeley with a Bronx-raised mother who she says had no patience for driving her anywhere. So it’s no surprise that her latest book, “Tiny Houses in the City,” (Rizzoli, $29.95) focuses on creative pint-sized homes that are wedged into densely... Is the dining room dead? See the fun ways other people repurpose theirs: Say 'Hello' to the Lionel Richie Home collection Indoor portable fireplaces are hot: Here are some of our favorite models Get rid of clutter and focus on joy: Advice from 'tidying freak' Marie Kondo See how this 1930s building in Hollywood is transformed into the workplace of the future How Hennepin Made puts a modern spin on centuries-old glassblowing techniques On display in Hollywood: "Design geek" Michael Boyd's handcrafted modernist furnishings Hot Property Producer John Powers Middleton is ready to play ball for Hollywood Hills compound L.A. Affairs View More L.A. Affairs Sarah Wilkins / For The Times L.A. Affairs L.A. Affairs (Sarah Wilkins / For The Times) I don't know how much time she has left. But I know how we will spend it: Together David DeVorre “Hi, how y'all doing?” That’s how it started back in 1961 at Fulton Junior High School in Van Nuys. 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But interior designer Barry Dixon begs to differ. “It’s a little bit out there, but at the same time because it’s grounded in... Barking dogs. Barking dads. It's a wonder I'm alive at all. Just in time for Mother's Day, see how flower delivery services are getting a fresh new twist Take this mom's advice: Here are the best Mother's Day gifts for moms who love to garden This L.A. designer is putting an elegant spin on the DIY craft of marbling HOME & GARDEN An L.A. designer bought a trailer park home in Ojai and tricked it out. The results are stunning. Looking to downsize from her four-bedroom home in Beverly Hills, designer Amy Shock longed for a coastal live-work retreat. She wanted to replicate the walls of glass and other Midcentury aspects in the Trousdale neighborhood but on a smaller, more manageable scale. After looking at nearly 100... HOME & GARDEN Who needs Tinder? 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