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Why Home-Swapping Keeps Coming Back Into Style
Why Home-Swapping Keeps Coming Back Into Style
From the days of clunky, printed catalogs, to invite-only websites and exchanging homes via TikTok, the appeal of trading your house for free (even with a stranger) hasn’t died.
By Angelica Frey
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When space is at a premium, a tastefully designed kitchen boils down to clever design solutions—like innovative storage, multifunctional surfaces, and retractable cooktops.
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Hiboux Architecture created the rotund suites in the likeness of rural dwellings and connected them with a steel lattice planted with greenery.
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A Couple Carve Open a Working Sonoma Farmhouse to Savor the Surrounding Fields
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Furnishings and plants add pops of color that complement the Brazilian home’s original features.
These Beach Shack–Inspired Prefabs Along U.K.’s North Sea Are Big on Nature
The series of three tiny cabins by Koto form a destination resort that plugs visitors into a pristine setting in Northumberland.

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