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5 Color Trends That Make a Big Impact in Small Spaces
For the first time ever, we launched our Small/Cool Experience At Home, challenging 20 designers to create 20 virtual Small/Cool spaces featuring the biggest trends they see emerging in 2020. These rooms covered a whole spectrum of ideas but were solidly unified in theme: Have courage and choose what you love. So now, we present five trends from the experience that show how this mantra manifests in all sorts of styles.
May 21, 2020
Before and After: A Dark, Dramatic Transformation for This 1886 Home Office
You'll be obsessed with the upcycled art.
May 20, 2020
10 Work-from-Home Side Hustles That Might Make You Some Extra Money This Year
Virtual personal assistants are in demand.
May 20, 2020
Look Inside: This Wave-Like Cottage Is Very Funky and Very 80s
PROPERTY CRUSH
Curb appeal? More like curve appeal.
May 20, 2020
How to Make DIY Home Repairs When a Pro Can’t Visit—According to Pros
When you can't get a pro to come over, here's what to do.
May 20, 2020
IKEA Wants to Help You Build Your Own Bee Home
Bee-lieve it.
May 20, 2020
This Designer-Approved Tip Is a Clever Way to Fake a Window
Small/Cool Experience at Home
No windows? No problem.
May 20, 2020
Let’s All Move into This Alien-Filled, Time Travel House Going Viral on Twitter
The exterior certainly doesn't let on to what's happening inside.
May 20, 2020
This LA Loft Was Transformed into a Cool Home With Color and Custom Storage
Everything in the apartment was built by Jack and his roommates—like the walls, rooms, even the kitchen island—all to precisely fit their needs.
May 20, 2020
This DIY Move Will Make a Rental or Small Bedroom Look Bigger and More Expensive
When it comes to headboards, wide is the way to go.
May 20, 2020
Before & After: A Home Stager's Subtle Changes to a Manhattan Townhouse
They helped the place fly off the market.
May 20, 2020
A Creative Layout Makes a Small 1-Bedroom Apartment Feel More Like a 2-Bedroom
Katy shares this apartment with her tween daughter; her daughter gets the bedroom and Katy turned the living room into her own studio apartment (and home office).
May 19, 2020
This $5 Hack Will Keep Your Bath Mat From Sliding—And Make it Easier to Clean
This simple solution cracks open the world of bath mat choices, and could turn one of your existing slipping and sliding mats into one that stays safely put.
May 20, 2020
Before and After: A $150 Paint Project Punches up This Dreary Gray Patio
Weekend project, anyone?
May 19, 2020
The Coolest Boho Finds From the Small/Cool Experience
Small/Cool Experience at Home
There's some amazing boho inspo here.
May 19, 2020
I Closed on a Brooklyn Co-Op During the Pandemic
No amount of planning could have prepared me for it.
May 19, 2020
This Amazing Mattress Brand Is the Only Thing Bringing Me Comfort Right Now
It's a tough to achieve restful sleep these days.
May 19, 2020
A Small NYC Apartment Shows How to Keep It Simple and Chic
See why this apartment was nicknamed the "The Lavender Palace."
May 19, 2020
A 500 Sq. Ft. NYC Studio Feels Larger Thanks to Its Furniture Layout
Even though this studio apartment is an open space, thanks to good space planning, it feels like it has different nooks.
May 19, 2020
Joanna Gaines Created This New Paint Color Specifically For Her Coffee Shop, and Now You Can Buy It
Jo says the color "balances depth and sophistication with familiarity and comfort.”
May 19, 2020
10 Cozy, Grandmillennial Finds from IKEA, Starting at Just $5!
Pillows, lamps, and more!
May 19, 2020
The 5 Biggest Pet Peeves Home Stagers Have About Your Bedroom
Including the surprising way a shoe rack is a turn-off.
May 19, 2020
A Small NYC Apartment Has a Cute Plant Shelf Solution for a Windowless Bathroom
Tons of light pour in to the bedroom and living room of this small NYC apartment, and the two owners have filled those rooms with plants. But the bathroom had no window and they had to get creative!
May 19, 2020
Before and After: Jeremy Renner Transformed His Mom’s Kitchen From ’70s Cramped to Modern and Spacious
Just wait until you see the massive kitchen island.
May 19, 2020
This is the New “It” Sofa
Small/Cool Experience at Home
When three different professional designers give their seal of approval to a sofa, you should pay attention.
May 19, 2020
The Best $25 DIY Decor Projects You Can Do This Week, According to Design Pros
These projects pack a lot of bang for not a lot of bucks.
May 18, 2020
Hilary Duff Is Giving the Internet Major Kitchen Envy with Her Bold Tile
In a May 11 Instagram video, Duff set up shop in front of her black-and-white patterned backsplash that takes up the entire wall behind her gas range.
May 18, 2020
14 Smart Tips for Decorating Your Small Space, According to Designers
Small/Cool Experience at Home
The very best tips we learned from the Small/Cool Experience at Home.
May 18, 2020
A Bold New Jersey Home Shows How to Add Personality to a New Build
Spoiler alert: There's some of the best wallpaper and fabric patterns in here ever! You'll be inspired to play with print in your own home.
May 18, 2020
I Worked From Home For A Year Before Coronavirus—But Here Are 6 Things I Needed to Switch Up
I saw people panic about how difficult working from home may be, and part of me thought, “OK, I’ve got this handled.” But then... I didn’t.
May 15, 2020
The Genius Hack for Squeezing a Vanity into a Tiny Bedroom
Small/Cool Experience at Home
It's about "making your pieces work really hard for you."
May 17, 2020
How One Designer Made Heirloom Furniture Work in Her Modern Home
Small/Cool Experience at Home
Her grandparents' "orangey pine" vanity didn't look quite right in her own home, but this designer had a trick up her sleeve.
May 17, 2020
Before and After: A $1000 Kitchen Redo With a DIY Island Surprise
This rental kitchen redo is packed with ideas worth stealing for your own home.
May 17, 2020
You're an Adult—It's Time to Kick These 6 Things Out of Your Bedroom
Don't worry, the fixes are easy and budget-friendly.
May 17, 2020
The One Unexpected Thing That's Driving Buyers Out of Your House
Put the baking sheet down.
May 17, 2020
This California Home Is Bursting With Bold Color and Pattern Inspiration
Neha and her husband have transformed almost every corner of this house in some way or the other.
May 17, 2020
This Common Dusting Mistake Could be Ruining Your Furniture
You might not notice immediate damage when you wipe down your coffee table or counters, but there are much better ways to dust.
May 17, 2020
The Work-From-Home Spaces of 5 of Our Favorite TV Characters, Imagined
How Jess Day, Liz Lemon, and others might be taking their Zoom meetings.
May 17, 2020
IKEA Released Instructions for the Perfect Blanket Fort
Some assembly required.
May 16, 2020
If Your Home Renovation’s Been Put on Pause, Here’s What to Do
Renovation stalled because of COVID-19? Don't stress.
May 16, 2020
The 7 Best Bedroom Decorating Tips, According to AT Readers
We see—and hear—you!
May 16, 2020
This $7 Target Candle Smells Just Like Harry Styles, According to Fans
Target’s customer service even referred to it as the “Harry Styles candle.”
May 16, 2020
This Chicago Apartment Is a Perfect Mix of Modern, Classic, Eclectic and Colorfu
It includes an eclectic mix of modern, mid-century, traditional, and bohemian pieces that represent the couple and fits their needs perfectly.
May 16, 2020
5 Designers Showed Us the Smallest, Coolest Decor in Their Homes
Small/Cool Experience at Home
Small items, big impact!
May 15, 2020
Before and After: An All-New Bathroom Perfectly Suits Its 130-Year-Old Home
What's old? What's new? It's hard to tell in this space—in the best way.
May 15, 2020
How to Totally Transform Your Current Furniture—Without Paint
Get ready to embrace one of the best trends of the '90s.
May 15, 2020
A Sunny Minimal 588-Square-Foot Apartment Seems Larger Than It Is
Keeping the furnishings minimal makes this small rental apartment feel quite airy and spacious.
May 14, 2020