Designers show us how to turn what used to be the most formal area of a home into an inviting, multipurpose space.
Category: Home Repairs and Improvements
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A Compact Weekend House Filled With Comfort
A couple bought a second home with friends, and then decided that being neighbors would be much more fun.
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Two Architects Built an Inventive Home for Themselves
During the early pandemic, two architects found most of their jobs on hold. It was time to get creative.
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How to Decorate Your Home With Supermarket Finds
Why professional designers swear by supermarket décor.
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Tiny, Colorful London Apartment Feels Larger Than Life in 430 Square Feet
A tiny apartment in London shows that you don’t have to paint everything white to make a space feel larger than life.
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Trading New York for Michigan, and a Home With ‘Fun Pops of Color’
Many of their friends from Grand Rapids were “moving back home and telling us how great it was.” So they followed suit.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Had a Crush on the Teacher’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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How to Design a Cozy Window Seat
The best ones have several things in common, according to the pros. Here’s how to design yours.
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He Quit His Job and Bought a Trailer for a Nomadic Life
The customized home has a propane range, an incinerating toilet and movable solar panels (for off-the-grid travel). Now the only question is where to go next.
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This Couple Built Their Dream Home on the Russian River on a Budget
Getting there required buying something far worse than the typical fixer-upper: “It was like excavating in Pompeii.”
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Two Architects Designed a Tiny Apartment in Rotterdam That’s Only 74 Square Feet
Two architects in the Netherlands made the most of the tiniest of spaces, “maximizing absolutely everything.”
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How to Hang Art to Create a Gallery Wall
Framing artwork is just the first step. Figuring out how (and where) to hang it takes some doing.