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• How to Make a Big Impact with Color in Interior Design

  

  In the kitchen of a classic midcentury home in Portland, Oregon, the original red tiles survived a renovation and continue to add color and visual interest... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 8 Staircases That Double As Extra Storage

  

  A closer look at the shelving built into the staircase in the kitchen. Photo by Andrew Meredith. Image courtesy of Andrew Meredith 2007. Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 5 Modern Beach Homes in Australia

  

  The home, clad in natural Australian timber, enjoys a sense of lightness thanks to slender columns that let it float over the dunes. Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Photo of the Week: A Powdery View of the Calm After a Storm

  

  Brent Jespersen of Poliform SLC - a Salt Lake City-based architectural and interior design firm-shared a moment he captured of a picturesque winter in Utah.... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• A Family Salvages an 1880s Barn to Create Their Nearly-Net Zero Escape

  

  Don’t let its traditional silhouette fool you: this home features a grid-tied solar photovoltaic array just south of the property, which supplies the family’s... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 6 Homes for the Whole Family

  

  Three generations of a tight-knit family live on a sloped wooded site in this 7,500-square-foot home. The multigenerational abode by Höweler + Yoon... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 6 Lovely Midcentury Renovations in the Pacific Northwest

  

  Renowned Pacific Northwest architect Gene Zema, known for his mix of modernism and Japanese architecture, designed this house around 1974 towards the end of... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Two Very Different Styles, a Gabled Studio and Modern Box, Marry at a Seattle...

  

  The cedar-clad front facade features one of the home’s defining design elements: a cantilevered gable that appears to float over the garage. Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 8 Prefabs Under 1,000 Square Feet

  

  This 820-square-foot, prefabricated, off-the-grid vacation home in eastern Washington provides not just a getaway, but lessons in learning to be one with the... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 5 Modern Homes in the Texas Countryside

  

  This 600-square-foot retreat, designed for an Austin couple, is located deep within a 30,000-acre ranch in West Texas. The couple had seen Alchemy Architects’... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Best of #ModernMonday: Design and Education

  

  What are the pros and cons of a formal design education? Is it always necessary?@artcenteredu: Depends on your ambitions. Skills how-tos are easy. Concepts,... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 8 Modern Homes With Lush, Indoor Plants

  

  At this 6,000-square-foot live/work loft in Antwerp, Belgium, a combination of sliding doors, strategically placed voids, and large indoor plantings create flui... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 5 Art Studios to Live and Play in

  

  Just as water and oil don’t mix, neither do the crafts of collage and ceramics. Nevertheless, a combination of the two was precisely what one creative couple... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• How to Design with Neon Lights

  

  Husband and wife Tim Stokes and Nathalie Wolberg left their pint-size Parisian apartment behind to undertake a hands-on renovation of an industrial,... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 7 San Francisco Renovations We Love

  

  Among the directives for architect Erica Severns from her client, John Parker Willis, was “some chaos in the kitchen design” of his home in a converted San... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Blue Mood: 9 Creative Ways to Use Color

  

  "We wanted something lively for the house, something spectacular but not vulgar," the resident says of the blue hue of his modest 1,690-square-foot seaside... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 6 Northern California Homes We Love

  

  Set outside Petaluma, California, this LEED Platinum family home took the place of an abandoned farmhouse.   Log in or register to post Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 5 Modern Barcelona Renovations

  

  Nook Architects transformed this narrow 16-foot Barcelona row house into an open home. The bottom floor combines the kitchen, dining area, and living room withi... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• A Family Retreat Mixes Rustic Materials with Modern Space-Saving Design

  

  San Antonio-based firm Craig McMahon Architects faced a square footage challenge with this family's seasonal retreat in San Marcos, Texas. It would have to... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 7 Clever Home Offices

  

  The roughly 5,000-square-foot Lens House renovation, which was finished in 2012 and just won a 2014 RIBA National Award, required six years, major remedial... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN