Before & After: A Rundown Brisbane Cottage Turns Into a Ravishing, Modern Home
A design duo transform an 1871 Australian cottage into a bright and breezy home with a vibrant kitchen at its core.
A Delicate Renovation Revives a ’70s Beach House in Northern California
Butler Armsden Architects’ retooling of a Stinson Beach retreat allows one family to bask in the outdoors.
Secret Storage and Pastel Colors Outfit a 350-Square-Foot Apartment in Madrid
A pocket-sized apartment renovation in Madrid helps the micro-home feel bright and airy.
A 19th-Century Paris Apartment Building Gets a Refined Addition With a Rooftop Garden
The new elevation by local firm Rotunno Justman comprises two 645-square-foot units that harmonize with the existing structure...
An Inventive Melbourne Remodel Greets the Street With a New Garden
Originally built in the 1850s, King Bill by Austin Maynard Architects gains a pocket park and a playful expansion.
A Dome-Shaped Austin Home Gets a Kitchen Worthy of its History
A long-awaited renovation flips the script for a historic dome home with an awkward and outdated kitchen.
A Globetrotting Couple’s Light and Bright Tiny Home Is Born Out of a Love for Adventure
Tony and Charlotte Perez designed and built a tiny home that’s compact and easy to maintain, something the couple needed to...
An Undulating, Matte Black Home Hides a Secret Garden Within Its Walls
Wood Marsh Architecture brings a sculptural aesthetic to a holiday escape in Melbourne, Australia.
Natural Light and Treetop Views Suffuse This Taoist-Inspired Sydney Home
An architect flips the script on her “upside-down” home with a light-filled revamp.
Before & After: This San Francisco Dwelling Feels Like a Japanese Ski Cabin
An adventurous couple’s renovated home in Twin Peaks features a tiered garden, an outdoor spa, and a meditative alcove.
A Breezy Midcentury Renovation in the Hollywood Hills
For this 1957 Fickett, a closed off kitchen gets thoughtfully reimagined with the help of Dan Brunn Architecture and Bosch Home...
The Anything-But-Basics You Need for Your Kitchen, According to a Cookware Expert
Eunice Byun, cofounder of Material, raves about the best things she keeps in her cabinets.
6 Modern Prefabricated Homes That Are Actually Affordable
That’s right—we’ve found stylish, high-quality prefabs that start at $135,000.
10 Shipping Container Homes You Can Buy Right Now
Shipping containers make sturdy shells for these ready-to-buy, prefabricated homes.
A Creative Couple’s Backyard ADU Makes Room for a Gallery and Art Studio
Cleverly repurposing an existing garage, this flexible space in Santa Monica, California, allows the pair to work, recharge, and...
Before & After: A Rustic Austin Home Gets a Dose of California Cool
Using earthy tones, textural accents, and colorful artwork, Veneer Designs softens the industrial bones of a house built by a...
A London Mews Home With a Subterranean Dance Floor Asks £3.8M
Behind a modest brick exterior in Kensington, an expansive contemporary home built half underground is full of light, color, and...
Before & After: A Dreary Woodland Cabin Gets a Sparkling Update for $20K
Interior designer Hope Mendes rejuvenates a dated, 700-square-foot cabin in Northern California to use as a family hideaway.
Building Green in Santa Monica
At the end of 2000, Tryggvi Thorsteinsson and Erla Dögg Ingjaldsdóttir, Icelandic natives and partners in the Santa Monica–based...
7 Inspiring Solutions For Disaster Relief Housing
Inspired by a builder's response to the devastating wildfires across California, we're taking a look at seven recent designs for...
It's Hip to Be Square
This pair of handy Portlanders doesn’t crave any more of Oregon’s territory than what’s taken up by their 704-square-foot home,...
Welcome to Your Forever Home: Smart Tech For Aging in Place
The smart tech revolution holds particular promise for aging in place.
Before & After: An Architect’s Ever-Changing Bungalow Evolves Over Seven Years
David Marlatt of DNM Architecture field tests materials and designs as he remodels his 1906 home in Sausalito.
Before & After: Fresh Finishes Bring a Bay Area Eichler Into the Future
Gast Architects revamps a classic California home that hadn’t been updated since it was originally built in 1956.
Shelter in Place: How Our Readers Are Adjusting to the New Normal
Dining rooms everywhere are working overtime as offices, yoga studios, and game zones—and weekend warriors are camping out on the...
The Best 4th of July Sales to Shop Right Now
Kick off your summer with these stellar sales from your favorite fashion, beauty, home decor, and bedding brands.
There’s a Garden on Every Level of This Renovated ’70s Beach House
A floor-to-ceiling slider connects the primary bedroom to one, while another surrounds a covered patio off the living space.
This High-Tech Melbourne Home Generates “Way More” Energy Than It Uses
Thanks to its solar system, the Garden House can produce up to five times the energy needed to power the average Australian home.
A Traditional Spanish Farmhouse Gets a Bold Memphis-Inspired Refresh
Outside Valencia, Spain, Masquespacio runs with their maximalist, colorful ethos, while preserving a historic facade and...
An 1850s Mill With a Detached Rental Unit Lists for £1.5M in South West England
The historic property looks out over a peaceful brook in the medieval market town of Devizes, Wiltshire.
The Chicest Kitchens on the Internet This Year
If kitchens are the heart of the home, the ones we shortlisted for best of the year in 2016 have a lot of love to give.
Before & After: A Philly Couple Dig Deep to Unearth the Beauty of a Brick Row House
Marina Barnes and Thomas Pittlik peel away wallpaper, wood paneling, fake masonry, and popcorn ceilings to reveal the bones of...
Local Sandstone and Plenty of Pine Keep This Mallorca Beach Home Light and Bright
Architect Pau Munar and his girlfriend, Victoria Rodriguez, design a luminous base for weekend surfing excursions on the...
On the Level
Judged by contemporary design standards, the typical postwar suburban split-level house has little to recommend it. Usually...
A Hands-On Renovation Makes a Cramped City Kitchen Wheelchair-Accessible
A renovation in Boston helps bring a family together—at home and in the kitchen.

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