Name: Matt and Leah (and eight furry cat children)
Location: Austin, Texas
Size: 2055 square feet
Years lived in: Owned 2 years

Let's just get this out of the way: Matt and Leah have eight cats. They also have a gorgeous modern Austin home and enviable tastes, but you're about to experience a lot of adorable photos of cats perched on modern furniture. Luckily, you're also going to see a smooth, clean style of furnishings that lets natural light, cool architecture and fun art shine.

While vintage design lovers have been enjoying the metallic pop of brass for years, we've been noticing a trend in current modern furniture design toward brass accents: hardware, handles and even modern accessories. If you've been indulging in the modern versions of this metal, then you might need (or want) a few vintage brass items to help balance out the space.

With all the color from flowers, gardens and fun outdoor furniture and accessories, it can be hard to imagine you need any other source of color or interest in an outdoor space. But every now and then there comes a space that just needs an extra something. If a blank wall in your outdoor space is calling out for some color, we've got some ideas.

Art in the kitchen can be a fun thing to play around with. Creative prints can be adorable. Large art canvases can be surprising. Heck, even collections of favorite items can become art for the kitchen. But if you're looking for something a little tongue-in-cheek and literal to add to the place where you make food, you might be searching for a clear directive to hang on your wall: Eat.

At a friend's house for dinner the other night, the host (who lives in a charming but tiny apartment) reached into the pantry to retrieve his mandoline. Before any slicing or dicing of veggies could happen, some injury occurred, due in part to the storage challenges of living in a tiny home.

Could a new kitchen look be as easy as changing your kitchen storage style? If the way you've organized your kitchen's wares was instinctual — you just started with what you know — then it might be time to reevaluate. Something as simple as a storage style upgrade could give your space a surprisingly new and different feel.

Searching for an affordable dining option for your outdoor area but want something cool looking? Your first thought might not be a picnic table (you don't necessarily want your outdoor oasis to resemble a country road rest stop area) but they've got a certain spunky type of potential we like exploring.

No matter if it's your outdoor or indoor space that needs sprucing up, a colorful planter or pot can add a ton of personality. Why buy when there are so many fresh DIY ideas for painting to be found around the web?

While it's true a wooden bath mat won't give you that same plush feeling underfoot like a softer textile one, some fans of the wooden bath mat claim it's easier to keep clean. And because of its warm, woodsy material, these sorts of bath mats are perfect for those looking to add a little zen into their bathroom.

When the heat starts to rise, the last thing anyone wants is some heavy and foreboding furniture weighing down their awesome outdoor areas. Keep things light, keep them airy and above all, keep them gorgeous with these wiry outdoor furniture pieces.