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• 6 Creative Paneled Wall Coverings You Should Try Now

  

  Made from 100% post-consumer paper collected from local businesses, Vancouver-based firm Dear Human's Wallpapering tiles are easy to install and can be printed... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 7 Strikingly Simple Workspaces

  

  An Los Angeles art-lover and philanthropist built this tree house perched on a hill; the 172 square foot spaces features a desk and (on the opposite side) canyo... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 5 Houses Architects Designed For Themselves

  

  Putting her architectural training to work, Anna Horne helped design a modular beachside getaway for her family outside Melbourne, Austrialia. Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Our House of the Week Is a Completely Transformed Prefab Near Melbourne

  

  In a Melbourne suburb, a rundown 1850s cottage sat vacant on the market without buyer interest. Its worn and weathered appearance didn’t deter the property’s... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Juhani Pallasmaa on Humane Cities, Monumental Architecture, and the...

  

  “We now have the technological and engineering means to construct structurally ridiculous buildings. Gothic cathedrals had to be genuinely ingenious... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• A Forest Sanctuary Designed to Support Autistic Triplets, Their Parents, and a...

  

  A piece by John Belingheri hangs in the living room of the Bancroft family’s home, which is centered by an Antonio Citterio sofa and Robert Marinelli tables. Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 9 Tile Ideas To Upgrade Your Home

  

  Just off the kitchen, Hexagonal grey tiles from Heath Ceramics pair with off-white custom cabinetry at this light-filled home in San Francisco. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Soft Focus: Our Favorite Poufs, Cushions, and Other Cozy Places to Crash

  

  In the kids’ bunk room of a family getaway near Lake Tahoe, walnut beds feature built-in storage and fabric headboards covered in hand-knit blankets by Marcela... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• How to Do a Color-Coded Home Library

  

  Books in this transparent Chicago home are sorted according to color and stacked in small piles on shelves by the stairs.  Photo by Gregg Segal. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 4 Fantastic Bunk Beds

  

  Brooklyn-based furniture company Urbangreen selected walnut wood coated in a clear, low-VOC finish for these custom bunk beds. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 6 Versatile Uses For Travertine

  

  This recently-restored 1957 modernist masterpiece features a freestanding travertine-and-steel fireplace, open on all four sides, that divides the living and... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• How to Mix and Match Chairs and Benches

  

  Benches and seats of roughly equal height make the perfect match for dining alfresco at this backyard in Ross, California.  Photo by Morgan Rachel Levy. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 5 Stunning Homes in the American Mountain West

  

  A natural disaster cleared a property in the Colorado mountains, giving an architect and her family a blank slate on which to build their green dream home. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• A New Furniture Startup Tackles High Shipping Costs and Annoying Assembly Times...

  

  Dissatisfied with the steep added costs (an average of $243 for an armchair) and average six to eight week wait time for shipping furniture, founder Brad... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 6 Modern Takes on Folding Chairs

  

  The Hanger Folding Chair from Umbra Shift is an innovative chair that calls to one of the most classic storage systems—a simple clothes hanger. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 7 Environmentally Conscious Homes with Unforgettable Views

  

  Artist Richard Brothers's Orcas Island, Washington home features numerous solar panels, a wood stove, and a panorama of the surrounding sylvan hills and ocean.... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 7 Bold, Modern Fences That Challenge the Norm

  

  This Cor-ten steel fence designed by landscape architect and artist Mikyoung Kim for Bob Davoli and Eileen McDonagh winds its way through the woods of Lincoln,... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 5 Fun Custom-Built Children's Playsets

  

  This climbing wall, located within the back of the garden of a striking London home, is entirely the work of the house's contractor (and not the architect). Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 10 Indoor-Outdoor Dining Rooms

  

  Almost every room in this Venice, California retreat opens to the outdoors, including the bedroom. The home is designed to complement the existing trees on the... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 5 Island Retreats Accessible Only by Boat

  

  This 1,800-square-foot house is the first Certified Passive House on the San Juan Islands in Washington, and it’s only the fourth in the state. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN