Los Angeles-based Jeff Andrews has designed homes for Ryan Seacrest and America Ferrera, among other clients, and his timeless, elegant, and inspired designs are a hit with design fans, shelter magazines, and design insiders. One of his most recent projects is featured in the May issue of Traditional Home, which will hit newsstands on April 17. Today, Jeff is sharing a preview of one of the rooms Read more

Parents beware! Danger may be lurking at your local public library. SafeLibraries.org tells the LA Times that libraries aren't doing enough to protect kids from inadvertently viewing pornography. The paper reports on an incident from last December at an LA library. As kids waited in line to check out books, one patron watched pornography on a computer within sight. An uproar ensued, but city Read more

This post comes from reader Becca84 in our Thrifty Tips group. There are several things that make me so thankful lately. Here are a few: The Library. It's amazing that people can spend so much money renting movies, buying new books and magazines. Don't get me wrong. I am a magazine addict. I love new magazines and I love cutting them up and making fantasy collages of expensive clothes, shoes, Read more

All of us have a dream job we're secretly harboring. Readers recently shared their dream jobs, which inspired this new Savvy series: In Her Shoes. What's better than sharing books with people who have the same love of reading? Being a librarian is definitely a hard job to beat, and Stephanie Chase, director of Stowe Free Library in Vermont, can attest to that! SavvySugar: What makes your job a Read more

When you're a serious bibliophile, a library room just won't cut it. If you have the means, you create a separate building to house your beloved tomes. That's just what a Nantucket homeowner did. With classic design details, and a simple exterior that belies the interior's gorgeous detailing and timber framing, this is truly a coveted crib. Perhaps the most stunning detail of this project is Read more

At the Library Lions Benefit for the New York Public Library, Dustin Hoffman told New York magazine why he loves the library. "It's the first place I ever got laid." Seems like as good of a reason as any! Ever get busy between the stacks? Tell us below — log out to be anonymous! Read more