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NYT > Home & Garden Soil and the City New York City?s dirt level ? a mix of soot and everything from ground-up car tires to sea salt ? is high, and so homeowners who love white rugs and sofas pay a higher price. Call it the dirt tax. The Lettered Set For custom stationery fiends, ?social papers? are thriving, in spite of, or perhaps because of, the prevailing digital culture. On Location: A Second Home, a Starter Budget A Brooklyn couple made their first home purchase a weekend house in the Catskills, decorating it with pieces acquired through Craigslist, thrift shops and yard sales ? even items found on the street. A House in the Woods, After the Woods Are Gone When my wife and I bought land in Montana, the stands of timber were so dense you couldn?t walk through parts of the property. Then the beetles came, killing the stately old trees. Times Topics: Those 3 Radishes Are Priceless When I started planting seeds in March, I promised to ?unleash my inner bean counter? and keep track of what I invest in home food production. So is gardening worth the cost? In the Garden: Grow Yourself a Six-Pack Ben Granger, an owner of a Brooklyn shop that specializes in beers, planted hop vines so he could make his own home brew. But you don?t have to make beer to enjoy the beauty of those dramatic leaves. Shopping With Thomas Schlesser: Guillotine Optional Finding interesting French tableware for a Bastille Day party doesn?t require leaving the country, as Thomas Schlesser, an architect, proved during a recent shopping trip in Manhattan. Currents | Open: Fancy a Bench, Ma?am? A new branch of the Venice, Calif., antiques shop Obsolete shares space with the Blackman Cruz Workshop in a San Francisco Victorian. Currents | Online: Protecting New Canaan?s Modernism ?Modern Homes Survey: New Canaan Connecticut,? one of the most definitive local studies of Modernist houses in the United States, goes online this week. Currents | Décor: A Classic Seat, With Strings Attached Avenue Road, a Toronto furniture company, is reissuing a classic piece of Canadian midcentury modern design, the Cord chair. Currents | Utensils: Stash the Plastic, Compost Disposables Ecoware ? disposable cutlery made of birchwood ? is compostable and economical. Currents | Deals: If You?re Looking for Vintage Sales on Adams Unlimited?s vintage furniture and Lauren Stanley?s vintage silver. Living in the Heart of the Village When Linda and Lee Bigelow decided they wanted to be part of the village life in Southern France. International Real Estate: For Sale in ... Iceland Iceland?s real estate market boomed for much of the last decade, but now many people are being forced to sell. Property Values: What You Get for ... $400,000 A bungalow in Spokane, Wash., a four-bedroom Georgian in Lexington, Ky., and a house in a St. Louis suburb. Newsfeed display by shopansave |