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Boundless Cheer

By TIM MCKEOUGH

Photographs by Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times

YULE LOG Laura Guido-Clark admires the Smoke Trunk vase at Sprout Home.

Laura Guido-Clark, a product designer and consultant, shopped for nature-inspired holiday décor that’s practical, too.

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Duck! It’s the Holidays.

By JOYCE WADLER

When families come together, rudeness is often served with the cranberries and yams.

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Robert Isabell amassed a vast collection of unusual pieces like the Nickel Couch, which will be auctioned at Sotheby’s.

At Auction, the Secret Cache of an Icon

By CHRISTOPHER MASON

Sotheby’s is selling the renowned floral designer Robert Isabell’s collection of mid-20th-century furniture and sculpture, which includes some sublime oddities.

Slide Show: Pieces From Robert Isabell's Collection

House Proud

A 250-ton bluestone boulder dominates the living space in John Carson and Sharon Slowik’s two-level glass-and-copper house.

The Real Fred Flintstone

By JOYCE WADLER

In the Catskills, a New York City builder and real estate developer fulfilled his dream of building a house around a giant stone.

Building Around the Rock

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A Convergence, Somewhat Harmonic

By PENELOPE GREEN

Vladimir Kagan tables, Halston evening gowns, Chanel bracelets from the 1980s and some paintings by artists whose names you couldn’t quite catch all clamored for attention at the “Modernism + Art20” show’s opening party.

On Location

A bedroom, one of four, opens up to a rooftop terrace. Shelving and a space to hang clothes were carved into the wall.

A White Cavern in Morocco

By GISELA WILLIAMS

Outside, Emma Wilson and Graham Carter’s riad blends right into Essaouira, Morocco, but not inside.

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PULL UP A CHAIR Palo Samko tries out a campaign folding chair at Ralph Pucci in Chelsea.

To Park Your Pilgrims

By JULIE SCELFO

With Thanksgiving dinner fast approaching, the woodworker Palo Samko shopped for folding chairs that are functional and stylish.

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Marcel Wanders on Marcel Wanders

By JULIE SCELFO

A conversation with the Dutch design star, whose multimedia exhibition opens at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Sunday.

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Bulbs for Any and All Occasions

By ANNE RAVER

“Bulb” by Anna Pavord has come out just in time for planting some rare beauty before the ground freezes (or ordering summer-flowering bulbs for spring).