Candice Tells All: Basement fireplace becomes focal point of retreat

May 19, 2012 | We popped in a sleek gas insert and flanked the fireplace wall with playful wooden tiles made of oversized jigsaw-puzzle pieces. The black-onyx puzzle pieces provide the perfect backdrop for the fireplace wall, giving it dimension and subtle pattern, and attracting the attention it deserves. First, I focused on the bulky, broken fireplace. But the space had huge potential, and I focused on creating a stylish yet hardworking room, perfect for this young family. Their family room is spacious, but it had way too much going on, and none of it was working. Hui Anne and Stephen's basement is a multifunctional space that does triple duty as office, TV room and playroom. The room had become a repository for old, mismatched furniture and storage boxes. Transforming this eyesore into an eye-catching focal point was as easy as expanding the width and refacing it with gorgeous, 12- by 24-inch natural stone in "wooden beige" color. Read more »

Newly Opened Quality Fireplace Screens Offers Essentials for Fireplaces

May 19, 2012 | Quality Fireplace Screens, established earlier this year by entrepreneur Christine Ruland, is a store that delivers necessities for fireplaces in addition to upscale items like stained glass fireplace screens. Quality Fireplace Screens is an Internet

Game of Thrones Season 2 Preview: Baby Dragons, Headless Heroes, and a Bloody ...

May 19, 2012 | Former writers' room introverts like Matthew Weiner and Damon Lindelof have been dragged, pale and pad-thai-stained, out into the harsh, unforgiving light of the San Fernando Valley, expected to be both the driving creative forces behind their shows

'Dissolution,' a Film Set in Israel by Nina Menkes

May 19, 2012 | Thematically somber but visually luminous, “Dissolution,” the remarkable new work from the Israeli-American filmmaker Nina Menkes, explores a soul stained by blood and smothered by loneliness. Following a young Israeli Jew (played by David Fire) living