There is a reason designers keep coming back to white oak. It is warm without being orange, modern without being cold, and it works in almost every kitchen style you can name. The grain is subtle and calm, the...
Nobody dreams of spending time in the laundry room, but we all spend hours there every week. The problem is not the laundry itself, it is the room. Most laundry rooms are afterthoughts, dim, cluttered, and depressing, which makes...
Come on in and take a look. We are touring 16 walk-in shower ideas today, no tubs allowed, and each one has something worth stealing for your own bathroom. Walk-in showers are having a moment, and it is easy...
I painted my bedroom sage green on a rainy Saturday in March, and I still remember standing back with the roller in my hand thinking, this is the color my nervous system has been asking for. It was not...
Okay friend, let me tell you a secret. That gorgeous dresser in the magazine photo? It might have started life as a plain IKEA Malm. Some of the most expensive looking furniture in real homes began as flat packs,...
Every parent knows the problem. You decorate a beautiful nursery, and two years later your toddler wants dinosaurs everywhere. You paint dinosaurs, and by age eight they are embarrassed by dinosaurs. Kids grow fast, and their rooms have to...
I will never forget the first time I walked into a truly modern organic living room. It belonged to a friend who had just redone her space, and I stopped in the doorway because the room felt like a...
Come stand in the doorway with me and look at this kitchen. The cabinets are a deep, inky blue, almost black in the corners where the light does not reach, but glowing like the ocean where the window light...
The smallest room in the house does the hardest working job. Your laundry room handles dirty clothes, wet towels, cleaning supplies, and the occasional lost sock, all in a space barely bigger than a closet. The good news is...
Picture a hotel bathroom you once stepped into and did not want to leave. The walls were dark, almost black, but the room glowed. Light bounced off the mirror, the faucet looked like jewelry, and a green plant owned...