How to Organize Your Entryway on Nearly Any Budget (15 photos)
It’s easy for your entryway to become a dumping ground for all the gear associated with your family’s endeavors. Whether you enter your home through your front door, garage or a side door, I recommend choosing solutions that are both functional and aesthetically pleasing. Fortunately, there are many......
Your Guide to Stress-Free Thanksgiving Prep (8 photos)
Hosting Thanksgiving at your house this year? With so many details to coordinate, guests to host and dishes to cook, having a plan will save headaches and pave the way for a beautiful feast you can really feel grateful for. This breakdown of just what to do and when, from the early preparations to Thanksgiving......
7 Furniture and Decor Trends From the Fall 2026 High Point Market (17 photos)
High Point Market is always a good barometer of where home furnishings are headed, and this fall’s edition of the North Carolina trade show, held Oct. 17 to 21, 2026, offered plenty to talk about. Across showrooms, familiar materials and traditional design influences appeared in unexpected ways, while......
Before and After: 3 Small Yards Packed With Big Ideas (10 photos)
A small yard or tucked-away corner can be a stylish, inviting place to relax. Using smart space planning and strategically placed plants and furnishings, these three designers created comfortable and usable outdoor rooms in modest footprints. Borrow their ideas to create your own petite outdoor retreat......
13 Outdoor Lighting Tips for a Safe and Inviting Landscape (13 photos)
A well-planned outdoor lighting scheme does more than just bring a landscape to life at night. It can boost safety and extend living spaces too. Lighting experts reveal how to achieve beautiful and functional alfresco lighting....
7 Stylishly Layered New Kitchens (7 photos)
A popular approach to kitchen design today is making the space look like it wasn’t finished yesterday. Designers are layering materials, textures and patterns to create rooms that feel collected over time, with natural stone, handmade tile, aged brass and mixed wood tones working together......
How to Decorate a Living Room (15 photos)
Whether your style is traditional or modern, relaxed or formal, bold or subdued, your living room should be a place where you can feel comfortable, let down your guard and spend quality time with friends, family or just yourself. There’s an art to decorating a room that looks great and works well for......
Coastal Views Inspire a Warm and Welcoming Kitchen Renovation (8 photos)
Expansive views of Long Island Sound inspired the coastal style of this couple’s second home. When they hired Pure Salt Interiors to design the house, they wanted to capture the essence of the coast without going overboard. In the kitchen, natural materials such as zellige tile, marble countertops and......
4 Room Designs That Bring Iconic 20th-Century Style to Life in 3D (9 photos)
Even as fashions change, great design endures. The best ideas from the past can be reinterpreted for the present to add depth and character to contemporary spaces, such as Art Deco opulence of the 1920s, elegant lines of the 1950s, Space Age motifs of the 1960s or uplifting pastel colors of the 1990s.To......