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Close-Up: How Should Robert and Wowa Finish This Scary Staircase?
Krakow, Poland

Robert and Wowa did a great job renovating their Krakow loft. But they have more space than they actually use and haven't yet put a guard rail on the interior staircase, resulting in a death-defying d...

AT Europe Close-Up: Le Corbusier as Bench Press
Paris, France

Our recent house tour of Patrick and Julian's Montmartre loft showed a home full of high design that wasn't just for show. Like this adjustable Le Corbusier classic that the men use as a home gym in t...

Close-Up: Hiding Clutter in a Cardboard House
Paris, France

The roofs of these Indonesian miniature cardboard houses lift up, making them a charming receptacle for unsightly odds and ends by the bedside as seen in this recent house tour of Patrick and Julian's...

Close-Up: Shocking Pink Chairs
London, England

One of our favorite elements of Claire's London apartment is the hot pink chair that gives her pale, calm Victorian living room a shot in the arm. ...

CloseUp: Claire's Art-Directed London Toilet
Europe

Claire has turned an otherwise plain bathroom in her London flat into a display space for artwork and souvenirs.. ...

AT Europe: Paris Close-Up - Stapled Fabric Makes Easy Wallpaper

Wallpaper can be fun, but it can also be a pain to put up and take down once we're tired of looking at it. Géraldine decided to cut corners and simply staple some inexpensive IKEA fabric remnants to ...

AT Europe: Paris Close-Up - Dark Paint Gives a Small Room Depth

The dark taupe paint that Géraldine used as an accent on a single wall in her attic apartment in the 19th arrondissement gives the small room surprising depth. ...

AT Europe: Netherlands Close-Up - Nina's Wallpaper Patchwork

Our recent house tour of Nina Van de Goor's Den Bosch, Netherlands apartment revealed her taste for multiple colors and patterns. Her favorite DIY element of the decoration was a wallpaper patchwork t...

AT Europe: London Close-Up - Colman's Mustard-Inspired Ceiling

When Chris decided to paint the living room ceiling in her colorful Gothic family house in North London, she just grabbed a tin of Colman's Mustard and took it down to the paint store. ...

AT Europe: London Close-Up - Room-Doubling with Mirrors

To give the airy rooms of The Main House hotel in London an even more spacious feel, owner Caroline Main mounted large vintage-framed mirrors on the walls, doubling the space and capturing the light. ...

AT Europe Close-Up: Easy Orange Accents

In reviewing some favorite house tours, like Amélie and John's Converted London Warehouse from last week or Raphaëlle and François's lovely Parisian flat, something jumped out: the use of easy oran...

AT Europe: Paris Close-Up - The Interior Window

One of the most important considerations in Muriel and Ed's renovation was how to brighten up their classic Parisian apartment whose one too many walls blocked the light, while preserving separate bed...

AT Europe: Paris Close-Up - The Library Loft

Véronique has exceptionally high ceilings in her house in the 15th arrondissement. So she and her husband decided to take advantage and go vertical, building a suspended library high in the sky above...

AT Europe Close-Up: Trendy Purple on a Classic Armchair

One of the most striking elements of Barbara's Paris apartment is the classic armchair covered in on-trend purple velvet that sits in the window. ...

AT Europe: Paris Close-Up: An Oriental Rug in the Kitchen

One of the most eye-catching elements of Nathalie & Keith's Paris apartment in a converted factory in the 11th arrondissement is their kitchen and dining room -- especially the faded oriental rug on t...

Jill's Tour: Copenhagen Wanderings

Aesthetically minded choices combined with pragmatic needs elicit inevitable ooh's and aah's in a visitor to Copenhagen.......

Normann Copenhagen: You've Died and Gone to Modern Design Heaven

Day 2 in Copenhagen is complete design immersion... first stop Normann Copenhagen. If the name doesn't ring a bell, think about those cool products you may have played with and possibly purchased at ...

AT Europe: London Close-up - The Amazing Staircase

On Monday, we visited Veronika and Sebastian's rental apartment, with its amazing book-lined staircase. Here's what the architect said about how he came up with this stylish space-saving solution....

Close-Up: Lyon Stool and Metoo Seat

Okay, so we really did move....finally. It happened suddenly and quickly when a really sweet rental apartment in our neighborhood opened up. So we found ourselves in the odd position of needing to...

Close-Up: Curtis' Wallpaper by Hand

One of our inspirations for our January Jumpstart Contest is Curtis, whose amazing work in his own UWS apartment (here's his full house tour) trumps anything we've ever done. In this post we wanted...

Close-Up: Faux Stained Glass

Diana, as her Inside Out tour indicates, is innovative at every turn......

Close-Up: Need a Wall, Not a Problem

The open floor plan is all the rage in lofts and loft-like apartments these days... ...

Close-Up: Original Outlets

Yoktan, of Tenement Museum fame, knows how to spiff up even the most mundane elements of his home... For all Inside Out tours, click here!...

Close-Up: Strips to Stripes

If painting your walls is just too banal for you then you might want to take on additional challenges. Here's one idea......

Close-Up: When the Floor Becomes the Wall

To create visual privacy, Justine and David, of Inside Out fame, went for one of the more unusual screen solutions......

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