Yelena Moroz Alpert

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So you want to host a gaggle of friends but only have one “guest room”? Trust us, we've been there. And more importantly, we've vetted a variety of lodging solutions from loft beds for adults (yes, this is a thing) to more traditional spaces savers like murphy beds. But if you ask us, bunks beds are the obvious answer.

If Beth Cayre had to move, she would regret leaving the dining room ceiling, with its plaster cherry blossom branches hand molded by the ceramics artist Matthew Solomon. And who could blame her?

WHILE HOUSE HUNTING to relocate for a new job, Kristine and Lars Niki toured a home in Durham, Conn. The owners had left behind carpets, drapes and wallpaper exuberant with color and pattern, specifically florals. Ms. Niki loved the spacious house but her knee-jerk instinct was to “rip up the rugs and paint everything white.” By closing, however, the English-rose carpets and garden-party curtains had grown on the couple.

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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.

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.

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,

The tidal wave of pink home decor, aka Barbiecore, has swept the nation and is now spilling into the holidays. Say hello to Pinkoween, a rosy rendition of Halloween decor that looks past the predictable orange-and-black palette. "Pink was picking up momentum last year as people crept away from gory halloween decor," says Stephanie Watkins, HomeGoods style expert. "This year, it's safe to say that pink-and-pretty Halloween decor will be even more popular."

A $37 million dollar mansion is not what dreams are made of. At least not for LeBron James, who is knocking down his recently purchased Beverly Hills home to build from ground up. For the NBA mogul, who signed a 2-year $97.1 million contract extension with the LA Lakers, the demolition of a multimillion dollar house is chump change.
Fans are taking note, and not too kindly.

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.

The craftsman house has been around for more than 100 years, making it one of America’s favorite architectural styles, with timeless home-design elements. “Craftsman-style homes are an expression of handcrafted artistry and natural materials utilized in honest ways,” says Rachael H Grochowski, founder and principal at RHG Architecture + Design in Montclair, New Jersey.

It's an Instagram staple: antique dressers, tables, sewing machines and so on that have been turned into one-of-a-kind bathroom vanities. Even Joanna Gaines has championed the trend, transforming an antique table into an enviable sink for Fixer Upper. Home reno TV shows and YouTubers, like the Nifty Nester, make the transformation look easy. So easy, that you might be tempted to give new life to your own vintage pieces, or even search a salvage yard for inspo.

A word like "plantation" may seem minor in scope compared to other iterations of America's racist past and present, but what it represents is larger than the 10 letters that evoke slavery at worst and exclusivity at best.