Category: Interior Design and Furnishings

An Italian Lakeside Retreat That Embraces Modernity

How members of a storied Milanese family reimagined a glass-walled 1970s house in a style all their own.
The Instagrammable ‘Envy Office:’ How Reporters Find a Story in a Trend

Stylish workplaces are popping up across corporate America and on social media. Two journalists teamed up to find out if sophisticated design is enough to bring people back to the office.
A Swiss Home So Well Designed It Needs Just One Door

Thanks to a series of pivoting panels, the Geneva apartment can be reconfigured for remote work or parties: “We only have one door, and that’s our front door.”
The Envy Office: Can Instagrammable Design Lure Young Workers Back?

If your feed makes the corporate life look stylish, it’s just another evolution in the long history of the American workplace.
How a Hallmark Holiday Movie Screenwriter Got Her Dream House

A Hallmark Channel screenwriter shares her secret for prevailing over all-cash offers: “Maybe what I do for a living gave me a little bit of an advantage.”
On Patmos, in Greece, a Very Old House Gets a Colorful New Life

Two designers returned a historic dwelling to its roots, removing everything contemporary — then adding an internationally inflected spirit of their own.
His Architect Said the Site Was No Good, So He Built the Project Himself

The South Korean ceramist Hun-Chung Lee taught himself design and construction, creating a collection of small buildings as impressive as his artwork.
TikTok Users Critique ‘Sad Beige’ Apartment

Is “sad beige” finally over?
Tired of Waiting to Buy, They Redesigned Their Brooklyn Rental

In the process, a family discovered the joy of living in the present — and how much you can do to personalize a home that you may not be in forever.
A Garden Shed Becomes a Retreat Filled With Treasures

At the far end of her London yard, a British interior designer has created a richly adorned work space.
Paris’s Newest Hotels Embrace Color and Quirk

From the Marais to the Champs-Élysées, the French capital is suddenly full of small, exuberantly designed places to stay.
How Jorge Zalszupin Redefined Brazilian Modernism

How a handful of organic 20th-century homes by the architect Jorge Zalszupin came to redefine Modernist design.