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Exactly How Much It Costs to Remodel Your Kitchen in 2025, According to Experts
We’ve all heard about the benefits of renovating your kitchen. In addition to the enjoyment you’ll get out of your new space, a kitchen remodel is likely to increase the resale value of your home. In fact, experts estimate you’ll recoup about 60 percent of the money you put into your kitchen.
All the Mistakes I Made Renovating My Shag-Carpeted Stairs
It was hate at first sight. The shaggy brown carpet that covered our staircase and the top of the landing reminded me of a dirty mop.
Curated, Not Messy: How to Pull Off "Intentional Clutter," According to Experts
The line between messy clutter and intentional clutter is not one you want to cross. The messy kind is what you usually think of when hear the word clutter—it is, in essence, the accumulation and overflow of stuff. Picture what happens to your kitchen counter after a busy day that ends with cooking dinner while doing homework, unpacking deliveries, and sorting mail.
Office Retreats Without Leaving the Office
A place to chill is becoming a hallmark of creative workplace design. Here are three inspirations.
Tom Kundig, of the Seattle-based architectural firm Olson Kundig, built a 70-square-foot hut in Hawaii for a client that looks out to a Japanese garden.
These Modern Makers Will Have You Rethinking the Art of the "Handmade Gift"
House Beautiful editors are lucky to see beautiful new home goods every day. For our 2023 Shopping Issue, we highlighted seven of the most exquisite new pieces of furniture, tableware, bedding, and decorative objects we've come across lately to collect and gift. Like the best home stores across the country, they bring something unique and personal to your decor.
This House Is a Master Class in "Pattern Drenching"
For a Chicago family with three small children, a cozy house was imperative, but not at the expense of good design. “They are not flashy people, but they have very discerning taste,” says interior designer Wendy Labrum, who worked on the 6,000-square-foot, six-bedroom, seven-bathroom 1926 home for two-and-a-half years. “They value something special and historic over new and generic.”
9 Home Designs That Evoke the Flow of Water
*This article is part of our Design special section about water as a source of creativity.*
Water is a popular motif with product designers because it symbolizes tranquillity and clarity. But this force of nature also “adds movement, freedom and flow in a space,” said Golnar Roshan, who with her partner, Ruben de la Rive Box, recently introduced a rug collection called Fluid that evokes the moody skies reflected in the canals of Amsterdam, where they live.
Best Base Layers by Nike to Shop Now
The best base layer for cold weather feels like a second skin and has strong sweat-wicking properties for high-intensity workouts. Regulating body temperature is key to optimal performance. No one wants to feel frigid one minute and swathed in a heated blanket the next.
Little Feminist Picture Book
Celebrate 25 amazing women throughout history with Mudpuppy’s Little Feminist Picture Book. With easy to process words by Yelena Moroz Alpert and colorful illustrations by Lydia Ortiz and Patrick Rafanan, this book is the perfect way to introduce young children to these inspiring women. Features artists, scientists, politicians, athletes and much more!
- Women included: Amelia Earhart, Josephine Baker, Maya Lin, Billie Jean King,
How Did Someone Mow a Penis into the Royal Crescent for King Charles's Coronation?
These are not the family jewels King Charles III waited for his whole life. The surprisingly symmetrical 30-foot-long phallus, landscaped on the pristine emerald lawn across the prestigious Royal Crescent in Bath, England, is hard to miss. The city had organized a celebratory picnicking event for the coronation, but this party decor was not part of the plan.
How Instagram’s Algorithm Might Be Limiting Your Interior Design
WHEN A CLIENT sent Chicago interior designer Elizabeth Stamos Instagram images as aesthetic references, some depicted encaustic-cement flooring tile in a black-and-white, four-leaf-clover pattern—a particularly trite trend. Ms. Stamos’s unspoken reaction? “Take a damn risk.”
Thanks to home-reno TV and social media algorithms, Americans’ tastes in décor have congealed into a sort of groupthink monotony.
Sculptures of the Sea
“Every shell has its own story," says artist and textile designer Lulu Dekwiatkowski. In the almost six years she has resided in Lyford Cay, Bahamas, the Lulu DK founder has foraged for and acquired thousands of the ocean’s confections—bulbous cowries, ombré pink moon scallops, and stylus-like episcopal miter shells.
A Guide to Starting a Family Through Platonic Co-Parenting
You and a friend can choose to be partners in parenting—without also becoming partners in life. The concept of co-parenting isn’t anything new. Many separated or divorced couples choose to create or maintain a family dynamic for the sake of their children, even though they’re no longer romantically involved. But the idea of platonic co-parenting—aka proactively starting a family and raising a child with someone you don’t have a romantic or sexual history with—is a bit more novel.
4 Essential Questions to Ask to Find the Right Paint for You
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A paint job is the Botox of DIY projects—it gives the space a refresh with minimal effort. But you need to do your homework. You know to browse design sources for inspiration, but while the photos show you how color infiltrates a room, they don’t always highlight the paint finish—a crucial component that can elevate your paint job from ho-hum to handsome.