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Exhaling smoke with a particular world-weariness only a beautiful woman can conjure, Xu Jinglei announces she's tired of Oriental mystique, all the brocade and bamboo and aerial kung-fu artistry. That's ironic, given that the movie director, 31, with her chopstick physique and brushstroke features, would fit quite nicely into an epic about a woman named, say, Plum Blossom...
...Williams-Sonoma Home's Victoria Collection dresser, left, which can be used as a sink. Or Kohler's Purist Hatbox toilet, which looks like an ottoman. "The bathroom has become an area in the home that can reflect personal style," says Michael McGeever, vice president of Holdeverything, where a bamboo screen for bathrooms is a best seller...
...Shared Confucian values are most obvious in the many paintings of the "four noble plants": plum blossoms, which flower before the snows melt, symbolize the hope of spring; chrysanthemums, the hardiness to survive in autumn; orchids, refinement and modesty; and bamboo, loyalty, because it bends but never breaks. This steadfastness is celebrated in an exquisite silk hanging scroll, Bamboo Blowing in the Wind by Yi Chong (1541-1626), a royal prince who is considered the greatest Korean painter of bamboo. You can almost feel the breeze as the dark leaves float away from their own ethereal shadows, an effect...
...Smart electrical and plumbing solutions are provided, including solar panels for use in remote areas, and just three tools (wrench, allen wrench and screwdriver) are needed for the idiotproof assembly. A more challenging task is choosing the interior finishes, which include teak, silk, leather and bamboo. Your completed unit (price: from about $5,100) is reassuringly sturdy, capable of withstanding wind speeds of up to 260 km/h. Not that you need it to: if the weather turns, you simply pack up and follow...
...Smart electrical and plumbing solutions are provided, including solar panels for use in remote areas, and just three tools (wrench, allen wrench and screwdriver) are needed for the idiotproof assembly. A more challenging task is choosing the interior finishes, which include teak, silk, leather and bamboo. Your completed unit (price: from about $5,100) is reassuringly sturdy, capable of withstanding wind speeds of up to 260 km/h. Not that you need it to: if the weather turns, you simply pack up and follow...