#home-design

#home-design

"What they don't realize is that we built it from scratch," says Eva. "When people find out it's not actually an old finca, they're always amazed."

Luke Bryan hired Nashville designer Chad James to imbue his 150-acre farm with that southern sensibility, custom-building a 10,000-square-foot mansion, a three-bedroom guesthouse, and a massive party barn on the rural property.

Miller and Mars scoured lower Manhattan and Brooklyn for a brownstone that would meet their needs, but it wasn't until they discovered a gem nestled on a quiet Upper West Side block that they knew they'd found the one.

LivingWell is the maiden voyage for Tri Pointe Homes, focusing on enhancing mental and physical health through innovative design and human-centered approaches in upscale communities.

The Matranga family built a 560-square-foot tiny house for their family of four in 2022, experiencing both love and regret about its design after four years of living there.

"The hardest thing for both of us was losing home-the place you go that's safe, that provides comfort," Reilly says. The emotional toll was immediate, but the material losses were staggering in their own right: 'I lost the craziest archive of fashion and notes from Karl Lagerfeld'-pieces that, by their nature, are irreplaceable.

"The house itself has a lovely feeling, and it's so warm. But there was this cold tile on everything. It's such a happy place, and I wanted to make it as cozy as its soul is."

When you design your home with intentionality, you are essentially 'hard-coding' healthy behaviors into your daily rhythm. Health outcomes are the result of thousands of micro-decisions—so in his own home, he prioritized spaces like the kitchen, whose open layout makes cooking a pleasure, and the gym, centrally located.

Work or social media can become addictive, and the bonds between people can suffer in the process. Designating certain spaces as screen-free zones helps provide a clear delineation between work or school and family time. Social media, office or school gossip, and work demands all erode time that could be better spent on personal growth through hobbies or the formation of social bonds.

I used to have about 20 pot plants growing on one side, just to experiment. But we're too close to the ocean and they got mold, so we harvested them. Every chance I get. I've been a sun-tanner all my life. The sun is why we moved from Canada to California.

To see the 12th series of Home of the Year flutter on to our screens is sort of reassuring. Television has its seasons - or used to - and the return of the RTÉ favourite is a constant in a churning world.

So much has happened in this room, and it's had a lot of transformations. I got this home more than 20 years ago and it used to be more of a crazy party house. Then my husband had a big, spiritual 10 years when he was a real seeker, so we had a lot of Indian pujas here. It's gone from partying, to spiritual things, to now a lot of kids, dogs and music.

"Above: Continually inspired by the material mix in 'Nothing Wasteful, Everything Intentional': Molly Sedlacek's Small but Mighty Live/Work Space in Los Angeles. Photograph by Austin John. Julie's eyeing this limited-run cookbook by Nickey Kehoe-with proceeds benefiting the LA Food Bank and NY Common Pantry. This just in: a first glimpse of Bode's new Tokyo outpost. And in Paris, the onetime private office of Karl Lagerfeld is now available for stays. And Margaret Howell is in residence at The Newt in Somerset, UK; info here. We did not expect this Ikea find to make us cry this week, but here we are. Angelenos, you're invited to tea at Plain English to celebrate their newest color collection. Really love the earthy tones of the new Nordic Knots x Studio Mellone rug collection."

Creating a home that fits your lifestyle isn't about following trends or copying a perfectly styled space you saw online. It's about designing a home that supports how you actually live, starting with choosing the right type of house for your needs, from busy weekday mornings to slow weekends and everything in between. When your home works with your routines instead of against them, everyday life feels easier and more comfortable.

Apartment Therapy's January Cure is a free 20-day program that'll help you refresh your home for the year ahead. Sign up here and get all assignments delivered to your inbox. Go to the Mood Board homepage. Browse our collections of photos, products, and colors, or upload your own images. Tap on an image to add it to your canvas. Move, resize, crop, and layer using our smart tools. You can even add text.

Subway tile. It looks great in magazines and TV lighting, but in the home, it's always dirty. While it's easy enough to clean, get ready to wipe down your walls every day. What's worse is you can't easily undo it. I wish I'd kept the wallpaper in my kitchen - it was pretty, hid daily wear well, and was easy to wipe clean. Even better, if I got tired of the pattern or color, I could just paper right over it.

Maybe we should stop trying to sell the house and instead focus on the positive impact it will have on our buyers' lives. This is the approach Mars Inc. used to sell its Snickers bar. The ad campaign You're not you when you're hungry debuted as a Super Bowl ad in 2010 and featured Betty White. My personal favorite is the Marcia Brady version from 2015.

Having a home that could serve as a sanctuary for all of us, supporting both our growth and our ideas, was what mattered most,

Whenever you move into a new place, there are often unexpected little surprises in the home that you missed during your initial walk-through. That being said, Threads user @chrisxvargas probably didn't overlook this random nook. He is now asking people to help him figure out what to do with it:

They were a frequent fixture of the residential homes he designed, sometimes placing even three or four fireplaces within a single home. As Wright once said, "the hearth is the psychological center of the home," knowing that it was a place where people naturally gathered around and psyches could be comforted and uplifted.

For some people, the arrival of winter is a time to be embraced - a chance to hunker down and get cosy. However, others dread the lack of natural light and plummeting temperatures, not just due to higher heating and electricity bills, but also for the detrimental affect it has on their mood. For this reason, when looking at how to prepare your home for winter, it is a good idea to familiarise yourself with some 'happy home hacks' too.

It was a big week here at Remodelista and Gardenista: Our latest (sixth!) book is out in the world! Read more about it right over here, and find it wherever books are sold. (P.S. We'd love to see your copy. Snap a photo in your garden (or front stoop, sunny window, or fire escape) and tag us on Instagram @gardenista_sourcebook.)

One of the most loathed front door types by designers and real estate agents alike, these styles are typically fiberglass with oval inserts that cover half to three quarters of the door, explains Jodi Terrell, owner and broker of JNG Real EstateSolutions. Oftentimes, the doors have ornate scrollwork between two panes of glass. And while they could potentially be lauded for letting in natural light, many of them have frosted glass, which blocks the sunshine and dates the doors even more.