Lauren is a writer and architectural designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to being a writer at Forbes, she works as a freelance architectural designer specializing in residential ...

A coffee table that doubles up not only as a fire pit but also as a drink cooler and barbecue... That's our kind of fire pit garden. Nod to luxury a little more by choosing the finishing rattan weave ...

One of the most enduring clichés in Texas barbecue lore is this: If you’re driving down a dusty backroad and stumble upon a weathered, rickety barbecue shack, you’ve found smoked-meat nirvana. But as ...