Natalie Taylor

When One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was published in 1962, America was poised between buttoned-up postwar conformity and the rumblings of cultural revolt. Ken Kesey, just 27 years old and fresh from a government-sponsored drug trial, cracked the social f... See more

“I’m a third-generation closet designer,” says McKenzi Saddler, sales and marketing director and senior designer at The Closet Butler. “My dad is the owner and has been in the industry for 36 years, and my grandpa owns a closet company in Idaho.” The Clos... See more

Cozy sweaters, warm soup and crisp fall air. Fall is the perfect time to nestle in and start dreaming of your perfect outdoor living space. “It’s never too early to start planning your landscape design,” says Curtis Atkinson, owner of Sunline Landscapes .... See more

There are novels so rooted in the literary landscape that their outlines seem familiar even to those who’ve never read them. A plain governess. A haunted mansion. A brooding man with a secret. But Jane Eyre, published in 1847 under the pseudonym Currer Be... See more

“I went to work with my Dad, a finish carpenter, when I was seven,” says Doug Jessop, owner of Sage Homes. “When I was 12, I got a job in the construction industry, working every trade, including framing. I built my first home in 1995.” He’s been building... See more