Styles & Staging

Summertime is swimming pool time. If you have a pool already, perhaps you’re looking to add some features that will turn it into even more of a backyard destination than it currently is. If you’re thinking of adding a new …Read More

Landscape designer Jay Sifford was taken with his clients’ contemporary home on North Carolina’s Lake Norman at first sight. “The house is really cool. It kind of looks like a boat that washed ashore, or a spaceship that landed …Read More

A well-designed laundry room is one you don’t mind spending time in. But how do you create a welcoming style that won’t fade like a pair of blue jeans? Here, four laundry rooms show how the right cabinet color, tile …Read More

A mutual love of color and a vintage aesthetic brought a homeowner and a designer together to rethink a 1950s kitchen in Edmonds, Washington. When the homeowner found Kirk Riley Design on Houzz, she’d already been assembling Houzz ideabooks …Read More

In 2020, the pandemic forced many people to rethink how they use their home. Many homeowners made improvements to accommodate changes in work and life at home. And during that time, median spend on renovations jumped 15% compared with 2019.

Sometimes a room’s scale can be too big. While this is a good problem to have, it often takes the intervention of a savvy design pro to rectify the situation. “This was a two-story bathroom with 20-foot ceilings, a …Read More

A Pandemic Makeover See how interior designer Esther Dormer transformed an 80-year-old home in Pittsburgh into a contemporary, luxurious space. By: 

These creative parents of three young children knew when they saw it that this townhouse in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C., could be the family home of their dreams. But years of decline by previous owners had left …Read More

Like some gardeners, I’m too hard on myself. And I’m especially hard on myself when I don’t see enough flowers in the early summer shoulder season. After the spring flush, it’s hard to accept that nature ebbs and flows — …Read More

Outdoor spaces get a lot of attention in summer. But some days it’s just too hot to do anything outside. That’s when a comfortable living room comes into play. With the right mix of style and relaxing features, you won’t …Read More