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An Avid Craigslister’s Black-and-White Brooklyn Rental Is Full of Deals
Name: Rachael Bennett and cute puppy, Kuma Location: Crown Heights — Brooklyn, NY Size: 900 square feet Years lived in: 6 months, renting Architect Rachael Bennett doesn’t think you should be scared of designing without color. “I find many people think that ‘neutrals’ or ‘black and white’ is either going to be boring (beige on beige on beige, or worse, sterile and cold),” she writes.
Elaine Musiwa
May 23, 2018
An 1860s Philadelphia Row Home Aces the Retro Eclectic Look
This home needed a ton of cosmetic changes when Matt and Anne bought it. Now they've given it a gorgeous facelift!
Adrienne Breaux
May 23, 2018
This SoCal Beach Town is Every 2018 Color Trend in One Place, Pantone Study Says
If you’ve found yourself gravitating towards colors reminiscent of outdoorsy vacations this year, you’re not alone. In their first ever social media study, the Pantone Color Institute quantified our collective wanderlust with the four most popular colors of 2018. In the 2018 Colors of Travel study, conducted by HireInfluence, Pantone analyzed a mix of outdoor adventure and lifestyle travel photos with high engagement from dozens of the top travel influencers in the U.S.
Melissa Massello
May 23, 2018
Is Red and Blue the New Design Power Couple?
Red and blue is mostly reserved for summer cookouts, Fourth of July table spreads, or kitschy beach houses full of sand and white rattan, but that’s all about to change. Blue and red is the newest design power couple, but you don’t have to have an Americana aesthetic to pull it off in your own home. The reason it’s rising to the top of designers’ portfolios and pinners’ decor boards is because of how versatile it is: the pairing has range.
Marlen Komar
May 23, 2018
The First Home Checklist: Things to Buy Now, Things to Buy Later
If figuring out your mortgage and closing costs weren’t enough, moving into and furnishing your new home can be pretty stressful. And though you want to make your house your dream home right off the bat, you’re probably short on cash (and energy). Thankfully, you’ll be in your new house for awhile, so you have time to transform your place to match your vision. Still, there are some things you’ll appreciate having on day one.
Lambeth Hochwald
May 23, 2018
Before and After: A Stunning and Rustic Kitchen Remodel
This kitchen is perfectly nice—that huge window!—but its owner was able to pinpoint a few weaknesses that weren’t really working for the family. After a gradual transformation, this kitchen is now totally different, and totally wonderful. Here’s how reader Miriam Rogers described the kitchen pre-renovation: Dark wood cabinets and linoleum floors. The room was enclosed with a pocket door. A huge window meant there was not a lot of cabinet space.
Tess Wilson
May 23, 2018
Maxwell's Favorite Boxed Mattress
Maxwell's Favorite Boxed Mattress
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10 Storage Tricks For Small Kitchens
10 Storage Tricks For Small Kitchens
May 23, 2018