Kate Dries

The Best Thing for Your Child Is Cheap and Easy Endless lists with must-buy items—the right swaddle, right crib, right toothbrush—are stand-ins for parents’ lack of support.

For the new issue of @dwell.bsky.social — about generations — I stepped bravely into the unknown and mommyblogged www.dwell.com/article/you-...

15.01.2026 17:26 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How Trees Destroyed by the L.A. Fires Are Being Recycled Into New Lumber Angel City Lumber says it will likely be able to produce enough low-cost, millwork-grade board for 500 rebuilt homes—and provide some closure along with them.

Had an emotional conversation about neighborhood trees with the folks at Angel City Lumber & Altadena Reciprocity. They're recycling trees damaged by the wildfires—and making sure that local lumber harvested from urban canopies can become something more than mulch. www.dwell.com/article/dest...

02.06.2025 17:27 — 👍 21    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

My latest for Dwell begins with our personal tale during the Eaton Fire to set the table in discussion of the future of mid-century architecture as urban wildfires threatens its legacy as an idealized lifestyle.

Read more: www.dwell.com/article/midc...

15.04.2025 17:24 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

You Turned a Mall Into Housing? As strange as a recent viral project in Milwaukee may seem, there’s a historical precedent for this kind of adaptive reuse—but that doesn’t mean it’s always done right.

Thanks @anjulierao.bsky.social @dwell.bsky.social for letting me answer the question: Should you turn a mall into housing? www.dwell.com/article/you-...

13.12.2024 15:37 — 👍 24    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 1