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A Retractable Bed and Double-Duty Furniture Make It Work

August 21st, 2016

Lara Nobel and Andrew Carter considered affordability, home size and environmental impact when designing their tiny house on wheels. The architecture graduates teamed up with builder Greg Thornton to bring their design to life. The new home, which they live in in Brisbane, Australia, and also take on road trips to display at events, addresses their concerns without compromising on modern co ...

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Organizing? Don’t Forget the Essential First Step

June 7th, 2016

Both terms get bandied about when talking about tidying up your home, but organizing and clutter clearing are two very different things. Clearing clutter is actually removing items from your space, while organizing is putting what’s left in order. Here’s why you need to do both to have a space that feels good and functions efficiently, plus tips on which stage comes first and what to rememb ...

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Kitchen of the Week: A Punch of Pink for a White Kitchen

June 6th, 2016

After making minor renovations to their galley kitchen for nearly 30 years, a retired couple in Alexandria, Virginia, were ready to create their dream kitchen — something with sparkle and cheerful pink walls. Before Photo Case Design/Remodeling, Inc. “After” photos by Stacy Zarin GoldbergKitchen at a GlanceWho lives here: A retired couple and their teacup poodleLocation ...

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The Controversial House ‘That Changed the Way We Live’

June 5th, 2016

A villa on France’s Côte d’Azur, complete with priceless furniture and interior details, is one of the most significant houses of the modernist era. Yet after a scandal-plagued history, the house was almost destroyed by squatters. And because of old-fashioned sexism and a feud with the man known as “the father of modernism,” its pioneering female designer was almost forgotten. A new feature ...

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New This Week: 3 Dreamy Places to Take a Bath

June 3rd, 2016

There are few things more relaxing in this world than soaking in a bathtub. While hot water and a leakproof tub are all you really need, extras can push the experience to another level. Sure, rose petals, a good book and a glass of champagne can get you there, but stunning materials, lots of natural lighting and a killer view can truly make the experience transcendent. Here, three bathrooms ...

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Moody Kitchens to Make You Rethink All-White

May 17th, 2016

All-white kitchens are at the top of many homeowners’ wish lists. But not every homeowner wants to embrace the look. One common complaint is that all-white spaces are difficult to keep looking clean. Another is that they’re too trendy. These three kitchens, each with dark, moody cabinets and other features, show how bucking the trend can yield dramatic results. KW Designs ...

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Kitchen of the Week: More Storage and a Better Layout

May 16th, 2016

With four children ranging in age from younger than 2 to 10 years old, Kevin and Jenny Jarvis knew when they purchased their Danville, California, ranch-style home that they would have to expand the existing tight U-shaped kitchen to make it more workable for their active family. “I spend at least 40 percent of the day in the kitchen, so I wanted a space that felt light and open,” Jenny say ...

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18 Rooms Made Better With Pegboard

May 15th, 2016

Remember Grandpa’s garden shed with those neat rows of tools hanging on pegboard? Pure bliss for every organizing freak. Thank goodness pegboard has come out of the backyard and into the foreground of the home. Inside or outside, a new verb is on the rise: pegboarding. Here’s where to make it work. Wyndhamdesign 1. Workshop. Pegboard is a staple of the old-school garage. Y ...

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These Rooms Put the Allure of Books Front and Center

May 14th, 2016

For some people, Sundays are spent organizing bookshelves by Dewey decimal and author (though, please, never by color). The more extreme enthusiast, the bibliophile,may assert that books have personalities and histories all their own regardless of what lies inside them — and that they should be displayed, not hidden away. During renovation, though, books go into storage, and the bibliophile ...

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Living Rooms That Don’t Revolve Around the TV

May 13th, 2016

Somewhere around the mid-aughts, it became common to buy an extremely large flat-screen TV and hang it on the wall, and then organize your living room around it. Until that point, buying a huge TV was more of a commitment since the bigger the screen, the bigger the back end. The flat-screen changed all that. Suddenly, even huge TVs were only about 4 inches deep, and so they started appearin ...

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