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With a brand-new plan, vibrant decor, and a bright-yellow door, Ghislaine Viñas reinvigorated a 600-square-foot kit house for her family.
With a brand-new plan, vibrant decor, and a bright-yellow door, Ghislaine Viñas reinvigorated a 600-square-foot kit house for her family.
Living Room and Entry
Living Room and Entry
Entry and Dining Room
Entry and Dining Room
Living Room Cabinets
Living Room Cabinets
Owners and tenants of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) share key insights about how to navigate the unique living experience.
Owners and tenants of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) share key insights about how to navigate the unique living experience.
Kim in her guest bedroom, on a daybed she fashioned out of a queen-sized bed and a plywood headboard she painted. The walls are cloaked in Farrow & Ball Inchyra Blue.
Kim in her guest bedroom, on a daybed she fashioned out of a queen-sized bed and a plywood headboard she painted. The walls are cloaked in Farrow & Ball Inchyra Blue.
“It looks like a Disneyland castle,” designer Irina Lazar says of the one-bedroom apartment she furnished with practical pieces and flights of fancy.
“It looks like a Disneyland castle,” designer Irina Lazar says of the one-bedroom apartment she furnished with practical pieces and flights of fancy.
Mason Ros led the design of a 48-foot glass hallway that connects two newly renovated homes in New Orleans.
Mason Ros led the design of a 48-foot glass hallway that connects two newly renovated homes in New Orleans.
Tom commissioned his friend, artist David Hardaker, to design three circular art pieces hanging in the hallway.
Tom commissioned his friend, artist David Hardaker, to design three circular art pieces hanging in the hallway.
Kim's bedroom features a vintage four-poster bed lit up by Jami Girouard table lamps and a vintage capiz lotus chandelier. She painted the mural on the ceiling herself with bronze metallic paint.
Kim's bedroom features a vintage four-poster bed lit up by Jami Girouard table lamps and a vintage capiz lotus chandelier. She painted the mural on the ceiling herself with bronze metallic paint.
Kim accidentally spilled on this Hammerhead Sofa Jared designed, but turned the blunder into an art project by painting bleach squiggles all over the reupholstered fabric. "It was a happy accident," Kim says. "I was so surprised by how good it looked that I painted the wall in the dining room the same pattern."
Kim accidentally spilled on this Hammerhead Sofa Jared designed, but turned the blunder into an art project by painting bleach squiggles all over the reupholstered fabric. "It was a happy accident," Kim says. "I was so surprised by how good it looked that I painted the wall in the dining room the same pattern."
The mural in Kim's kitchen, painted to resemble a wallpaper, is replicated again in the painting on top. Kim says she was going for a trompe l'oeil effect, "like a painting on a painting on a painting." The furnishings were sourced secondhand from thrift stores and flea markets.
The mural in Kim's kitchen, painted to resemble a wallpaper, is replicated again in the painting on top. Kim says she was going for a trompe l'oeil effect, "like a painting on a painting on a painting." The furnishings were sourced secondhand from thrift stores and flea markets.
The vestibule is painted with underwater imagery and decorated with vintage furnishings.
The vestibule is painted with underwater imagery and decorated with vintage furnishings.
Another shot of the kitchen, where a flea market painting has been covered by the repeating floral motif of the walls.
Another shot of the kitchen, where a flea market painting has been covered by the repeating floral motif of the walls.
Kim created the marble dining table in collaboration with furniture designer Jona Maaryn, who made the matching chairs. A plaster and steel chandelier, another of Kim's designs, hangs overhead.
Kim created the marble dining table in collaboration with furniture designer Jona Maaryn, who made the matching chairs. A plaster and steel chandelier, another of Kim's designs, hangs overhead.
A mirror by artist Miguel Rangel hangs over a faux fireplace Kim made with a plaster and plywood frame that she later tiled over. The chairs are vintage and the coffee table is cobbled together from two antique panther end tables finished off with a marble top.
A mirror by artist Miguel Rangel hangs over a faux fireplace Kim made with a plaster and plywood frame that she later tiled over. The chairs are vintage and the coffee table is cobbled together from two antique panther end tables finished off with a marble top.
The vestibule's UV paint looks like a whole different place when lit up by a blacklight.
The vestibule's UV paint looks like a whole different place when lit up by a blacklight.

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