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Ask anyone who’s sold their home, and they’ll likely tell you it’s a burdensome task. But what if there were an easier way? Well, Ryan and Katherine Mclean might’ve found one. After renovating an 18th-century barn in Wales last year, the husband-and-wife team decided to forgo the pandemic-stricken housing market in favor of an unorthodox sales method: a raffle by which anyone could win the property with a $7 ticket. This wasn’t just a gimmick to drum up interest. Having learned that charities were struggling with donations during the pandemic, the Mcleans decided to give any extra proceeds beyond their home’s market value to The Children’s Society, a nonprofit dedicated to improving children’s lives.
Robert and Cortney Novogratz Are Opening a Store in L.A.
The designers are expanding their empire with a brick-and-mortar space in Venice. House of Novogratz
Get ready, Los Angeles; design duo Robert and Cortney Novogratz are bringing their fun and funky style your way. For the first time ever, the couple is opening a brick-and-mortar space at 1629 Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice. Dubbed House of Novogratz, or HON for short, the indoor-outdoor Bungalow-style spot will be multi-purpose, serving as a showroom and retail outlet for the Novogratz brand of furnishings and decor, a studio for collaborations with creators, and an event space potentially with food and wine on the horizon.