Living room with white sofa, patterned pillows, round coffee table, decorative items, and black-and-white rugs.
Why It’s Smart to Put a Pair of Tights On Your Vacuum Cleaner
Size doesn’t matter. We each possess a few tiny things (earring backs, a sentimental ring, an important LEGO piece, a single minuscule screw that apparently is supposed to hold your entire IKEA table together) that, if lost, would bring about certain ruin. OK maybe not ruin — but losing them would definitely put a kink in an otherwise pleasant day. So file this tip away for later.
Mar 8, 2018
This Compact Yin & Yang House Was Designed for Maximum Plants
Generally speaking, when building in a small space, something always has to give — and in an populated area, most often the “give” is in sacrificing outdoor spaces, especially gardens. But one Beijing- and Austria-based design duo has found a genius solution in the plans for this “Yin & Yang House” currently being built in central Germany.
Mar 7, 2018
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Mar 7, 2018
Before & After: A Small, Blah Hell’s Kitchen Co-op Gets a Helluva Makeover
Name: JM Chilgren, my Boston Terrier, Betty, and my boyfriend, Matthew Location: Hell’s Kitchen — New York, NY Size: 450-475 square feet Years lived in: 5 years, owned I’ve owned my one-bedroom apartment in The Whitby (a charming co-op pre-war building, designed by Emory Roth and built in 1923) since 2012, and it’s changed a lot since I moved in.
Mar 7, 2018
The Weird Hardware Store Find You Need in Your Kitchen
Until you know how to harness its power, you won't appreciate this mysterious concoction for all it can really do.
Mar 7, 2018
This 400-Square-Foot North Carolina Cottage Is All Sorts of Cute Inside
Built in the 1940s, it has the nickname "The Honeymoon Cottage."
Mar 6, 2018
Peek Inside This Tiny Treehouse For Sale Nestled In the Smoky Mountains
If there’s one thing better than a tiny house, it’s a tiny treehouse. Luckily for you, we’ve found a particularly charming example that even comes with six picturesque acres in the Smoky Mountains for $239,900. Once part of the Butterfly Gap retreat, this 600 square foot one bedroom one bath treehouse is located in Maryville, Tennessee, a mere 30 minutes outside of Knoxville.
Mar 5, 2018
This Hollywood Hills Mansion Has a ‘Human Aquarium’
When it comes to incredibly expensive and extremely luxe Los Angeles real estate, a pool is pretty standard. At this point, two pools are pretty standard. But this $28 million dollar spec house has raised the aquatic stakes with its in-living room pool— aka a human aquarium. The infinity pool is glass on three sides, so that people can look into the pool (and out into the LA skyline) from the living room or movie theater.
Mar 5, 2018
It’s Pisces Season: Here’s Your March Home Horoscope
Slip into some sweet silk sheets and get ready to drift away, mystic mermies. For most of this month, the Sun is in touchy-feely Pisces, and the prescription is pure surrender and shell-colored shades of allowing. Think of the possibility of simply “melting” into every area of your life. No hard focuses. No musts or shoulds. Just a sense of moving with and alongside the tidal shifts exactly as they are.
Mar 5, 2018
Before and After: This $200 Peel-N-Stick Kitchen Redo is All Sorts of Amazing
This project has so much going for it: it was done for less than $200! It was done in a rental! It features faux DIY granite countertops and a covetable KitchenAid! (Mixer obviously not included in the $200 total.) Click through and get dangerously inspired. I love this! The pink + celadon + white + gold combination is comfortingly and charmingly vintage, but the clean lines of the cabinet doors, handles, and subway tiles keep things modern.
Mar 5, 2018
Pink, Patterned, Plant Perfection in a Designer’s Eclectic 1940s Bungalow
Name: Kelly Shannon and “a sh*t load of plants” Location: Costa Mesa, California Size: 1120-ish… like my SATs Years lived in: 14 months, owned When buying this house, the idea was to keep it uniquely quirky. There’s a (very slowly) rotating carousel and a giant vintage street lamp in the garden, and a few hidden nooks around the property. The bones of the house were incredible, but it needed a ton of work and updating.
Mar 5, 2018
Ranches Are No Longer the Most Popular Home Style in America, New Data Says
Your typical ranch home is no longer the most popular style of architecture in America, thanks again (groan, boo, hiss, yawn) to the changing tastes of millennials — the majority of whom have now entered their prime settle-down-and-start-a-family (or just build equity) years.
Mar 4, 2018
Peek Inside Jimmy Kimmel’s Hollywood Hills Home, Courtesy of Rihanna and Britney Spears
Late night fixture Jimmy Kimmel will be coming into our homes tonight as the host of the 90th Academy Awards. So it’s only fair that we get to go into his. Let’s take a look at Jimmy’s style throughout the years, courtesy of real estate listings and a little help from two very big pop stars. Jimmy bought this house in the Hollywood Hills in 2002 for $925,000 and completely remodeled it, adding the gourmet kitchen and that bar with a view.
Mar 4, 2018
This Whimsical Boho Caravan Is a Wes Anderson Meets Oregon Trail Fantasy
A little bit Wes Anderson, a little bit California Boho and a little bit traveling fortune teller, this caravan is wholly unique. Musician/photographer/designer Steve Areen built the Unity Wagon by hand and by using almost all recycled materials. Two of Steve’s friends own a farm outside of Melbourne and invited him to hang out as their “artist in residence.
Mar 4, 2018
A Designer & Diplomat’s Global Chic NYC Rental
Name: Laura Hur and her husband Location: Chelsea — Manhattan, New York Size: 800 square feet Years lived in: 2.5 years, renting My husband is a diplomat and I am an interior designer. My husband’s job has us moving often to far flung spots on the globe, and our home tells the story of our experiences, travels and shared life together. Moving every couple of years presents a host of interior design challenges, but luckily I am always up for the task!
Mar 3, 2018
This Santa Monica Beachfront Home Was Owned By Cary Grant
A luxurious Santa Monica vacation home that once belonged to Hollywood royalty is up for sale for the first time in 40 years. Built in 1929, the home was previously owned by Cary Grant and Western star Randolph Scott. Over the years, the spiffy digs were frequented by stars like Grace Kelly, Howard Hughes, Sharon Tate and George Gershwin. Buyers tempted to follow in those fancy footsteps can do so for $11.995 million.
Mar 3, 2018
This Underwater Hiking Trail Is Otherworldly
When it comes to the average hiking enthusiast, not even unfavorable weather conditions could keep the intentional wanderers from setting out on foot for a mind-clearing, calorie-burning jaunt. However, a park guide in Brazil recently captured footage of an underwater hiking trail that would stop even the most persistent walker in their tracks.
Mar 3, 2018
11 Mini Weekend Makeovers Anyone Can Pull Off For Cheap
It doesn't take a lot of time, or a lot of money, to make a big impact.
Mar 2, 2018
7 Sneaky Ways Your Stuff is Stealing Your Time
Sometimes your stuff gets in the way of, well, life. Whether it’s not being able to find your keys when you’re already running late for work or missing a train because you took too long digging through your purse for your transit card, searching for everyday essentials can have a major impact on your daily routine.
Mar 2, 2018
The Real Estate Listing So Dreamy, I Wrote a Rom Com About It
Sometimes you see a New York apartment so dreamy, so swoon-worthy it deserves to be the impossibly perfect apartment of the protagonist in a romantic comedy. This is one such apartment, so I took the liberty of writing a treatment of one such rom-com. NOHO-MANHATTAN. INTERIOR-EVENING. Rain patters on the expansive skylight in the solarium, creating a cozy atmosphere. The protagonist, LADY WITH GLASSES, is on the ladder of her massive floor to ceiling bookshelf.
Mar 1, 2018
This 400-Square-Foot Studio Apartment Above a Museum is Dream Home Goals
Name: Kyra Markosian Location: Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire Size: 400 square feet Years lived in: 1 year, renting My living situation is quite unique. I live on the grounds of Strawbery Banke Museum, a multi-building local history museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. My apartment is in one of the museum buildings with exhibits on the ground floor and living spaces upstairs.
Mar 1, 2018
Exercise Your Dog's Mind with These Interactive Dog Puzzles
Exercise Your Dog's Mind with These Interactive Dog Puzzles
Mar 6, 2018
The Guide: Carry-On Luggage
The Guide: Carry-On Luggage
Mar 1, 2018
Pet House Tours: Morty's Cozy Retreat
Pet House Tours: Morty's Cozy Retreat
Mar 1, 2018
The Guide: The Best Makeup Organizers
The Guide: The Best Makeup Organizers
Mar 6, 2018
This Is The Carry-On Closet!
This Is The Carry-On Closet!
Mar 6, 2018
365 Day Roses
365 Day Roses
Mar 6, 2018