From city apartments to vacation rentals and boutique hotels, a daring and creative use of colorful paint, textiles, and other...

In Canada's Yukon Territory, a college instructor builds a lightweight, efficient 97-square-foot mobile dwelling.

After attending a few international furniture fairs, Dwell editors spot a hunger for optimism in design.

Roses are red, violets are blue. We want to know your favorite hues.

Six earth-colored, metal-clad pavilions are combined to create Tin House, an innovative and voluminous house that boasts a...

Decorating with a single color might sound boring, restrictive, uninspired, or unadventurous, but the results can be anything but...

Color has a unique way of transforming a space when used creatively to draw attention or capture a mood.

Most modernists find color as attractive as traditional Tudors.

Glass blocks—the old-school square blocks of translucent glass found in many buildings constructed from the 1940s through the...

An architect reimagines a narrow 1901 row house in Noe Valley while preserving its historic facade.

Andreas Kokkino persuades his mom to toss all her old furniture and start fresh.

Architect Michelle Linden’s residence goes from dreary to cheery.

Polish interior designer Anna Koszela designed this Warsaw apartment for a Spanish expat lawyer who wanted an abode that would...

Built at the turn of the 19th century, this villa in Budapest has been remodeled with bold and colorful, pop art-inspired...

Color is a design superpower that can make a small room appear larger, or an expansive space feel intimate and cozy.

Thanks to their savvy with salvaged materials and knack for bartering, Nathalie and Greg Kupfer constructed the micro-cabin for...

Winkelman Architecture delivers grown-up summer-camp vibes with this unassuming retreat on the coast of Maine.

Tucked into the urban grid, a 340-square-foot grain silo becomes an unexpected desert oasis that overcomes several design...

At 23 years old, self-taught designer Mariah Hoffman set out to craft her own 156-square-foot sanctuary.

A rope bridge slung across a ravine leads to an imaginative retreat by San Francisco–based artist and designer Jay Nelson.

The cofounders of The Brooklyn Home Company take their skill set to sea to give a 1983 tugboat a bow-to-stern revamp.

Before moving into the Community First! Village outside East Austin, Jesse Brown spent 30 years without a home.

Moving home to Torrance, California, to take care of her dad, Monica Chang makes clever use of 170 square feet.

Facing a COVID-19 shutdown, Taylor and Michaella McClendon recruit their family to build a breezy tiny home on the Big...

Minwook Choi’s minimalist Seroro House makes clever use of a 355-square-foot site.

Joshua Skirtich’s pegboard wall and pulley-system closet serve as clutter control in his Bushwick live/work space.

After the death of her husband, a Byron Bay local moves into a diminutive dwelling that takes cues from the coastal locale.

Two rentable dwellings suspended from living trees bring a couple’s dream to life.

Loader Monteith Architects streamline a fixer-upper for their clients’ guests—and future little ones.

Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s philosophy of organic architecture, this vintage airstream has a pared-down interior filled with...

A translucent pergola shades this 183-square-foot studio made from hardy OSB.

The house may measure fewer than 600 square feet, but with an open plan, clever built-ins, and high ceilings, it shows that...

Lighting circumscribes a space, and therefore how we interpret ourself within that space.

Architect Maria Berman discusses the importance of selecting a front door color—and why some coastal color trends never go out of...

The reigning couple of colorful design complement their pastel-meets-neon palette with a new take on texture.

A series of interlocking masonry volumes are placed behind an existing cottage in New South Wales, Australia, to maximize...