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Step into a comfortable, clutter-free zone as soon as you enter the front door.
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How to Buy a Shipping Container
You’ve decided to join the shipping container revolution.
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Think Small With This Gigantic Guide to Tiny Homes
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Here’s the Secret to Making a Neutral Palette Pop in Your Home
Designer Joyce Downing Pickens of JDP Interiors knows that a neutral palette can be boring when done wrong.
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How to Build a Fire Pit
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10 Critical Questions to Ask Yourself Before Buying a Home
Buying a property is one of the biggest purchases you can make.
We Asked 13 Designers to Share Their Work-From-Home Setups and Tips
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Everything You Need to Know About Building an ADU in Chicago
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The Ultimate Guide to Prefab: 65 Resources by Location, Construction, and Price
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The Beginner’s Guide to Growing Your Own Vegetables
Creating and maintaining your own edible garden is easier than you think. Here’s how to get started growing your own greens.
The Beginner’s Guide to Starting Vegetable Seeds Indoors
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How Much Should You Spend on Kitchen Countertops?
Top designers dish on the best countertop materials for your kitchen—and their attendant price tags.
How Much Should You Spend on an Area Rug?
Our experts advise on choosing an area rug by pile, construction, size, and placement—and how much it’ll cost.
How to Strike a Work/Life Balance in a Tiny Apartment, According to Design Experts
Feeling cooped up and stressed out? Here are some essential tips from designers and builders of small spaces.
Paint Your House Anything But White: Kitchen Edition
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Let Instagram’s Favorite Vintage Tile Expert Show You How to Take Care of Yours
Michael Taylor is on a one-man mission to preserve and restore bathrooms of yore, one baby-blue tile at a time.
Everyone Loves a Good Ikea Hack: These 3 Classic Pieces Show Why
There’s a reason people have been customizing the Swedish meatball purveyor’s furniture for decades.
What Is a California Room?
It’s not a screened in porch, and it’s not a covered deck—get the glory of the outdoors, but mostly inside.
I Survive Cross-Country Road Trips By Making My Car Feel Like Home
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My Quest to Find a Well-Designed, Efficient Electric Heater
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“The ugliest house on the street” got a refresh for just $25,000 and a good eye for a bargain.
I Won the Battle Against My Closet, and All It Took Was a Trip to The Container Store
What I needed to fix my messy storage system (and find something akin to inner peace) was a little bit of money and some time.

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