This Tampa House Is Like a Vibrant, Color-Drenched Oasis
Color Month House Tour
See inside this Florida house that’s been decorated with vibrant, tropical colors in nearly every room.
Adrienne Breaux
Jul 27, 2023
8 Ways to Refresh the Look of an Existing (Old/Boring/Not You) Dining Table
You are not stuck with a dining table you don’t like, even if you can’t afford to buy a new one or have to stick with the one you have for some reason. There are things that can be done, of the DIY variety, that can spice up a dining table and add a little delight to your dining room. Peruse this list of makeover options and decide if one might fit your dining style!
Adrienne Breaux
Jul 27, 2023
This Colorful NYC Home’s Design Is Packed with Renter-Friendly and Budget Ideas
Tours
Maitri Mody, also known as @honeyidressedthepug, decorated her one-bedroom Brooklyn Heights apartment in a renter-friendly, budget, colorful way.
Adrienne Breaux
Jul 26, 2023
A Colorful North Carolina Home Is an Homage to Jamaican Roots
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A 10-year-old fiddle leaf fig named Glory takes center stage among the many plants.
Adrienne Breaux
Jul 25, 2023
A Vintage Furniture Seller’s Home Is the Ultimate “Barbie Dream Ranch”
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Vintage furniture finder, Jonny Carmack of Show Pony, decorated his Danbury, Connecticut, home to be “very Barbie meets Miami meets The Golden Girls with a touch of Space Age and Postmodern.”
Adrienne Breaux
Jul 24, 2023
Every Day Feels Like Spring in This Colorful, Hygge-Inspired Norwegian Home
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If you want to add vibrancy to your space, homeowner and ceramic artist Anette Colbjørnsen suggests grabbing a color wheel.
Adrienne Breaux
Jul 21, 2023
Barbie Might Give Up Her Dream House for This Colorful English Bungalow
Tours
Pink reigns supreme in this English pastel-infused bungalow.
Adrienne Breaux
Jul 20, 2023
A Wallpaper Designer’s Dream Home Reflects Her Pastel-Positive Attitude
Color Month House Tour
Not even the United Kingdom’s grey weather can dim the light of this pastel-colored home.
Cullen Ormond
Jul 19, 2023
Brightly Painted Murals, Scallops, and Stripes Cover This U.K. Home
Color Month House Tour
Painted murals, scallops, and stripes ... oh yes!
Cullen Ormond
Jul 18, 2023
This Colorful 450-Square-Foot Hollywood Studio Is Magical
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It’s a maximalist space with a “generous sprinkling of bohemian influences.”
Cullen Ormond
Jul 17, 2023
The Inside of This Stunning Stone House’s Exterior Is a Maximalist Space
Color Month House Tour
Homeowner Helen Sellwood urges people to be brave when it comes to brightly coloring their homes.
Cullen Ormond
Jul 14, 2023
A Homeowner Looked to Her Clothes When Designing This Colorful Home
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“Too serious clothes don't suit me. The style is also carried over to my home. It's also colorful, informal, and cozy,” homeowner Aleksandra says.
Cullen Ormond
Jul 13, 2023
This 126-Year-Old London Home’s a Perfect Example of “Color Drenching”
Color Month House Tour
See how the owners of this 126-Year-Old London home have “drenched” the ceilings and walls in rich and cozy colors.
Adrienne Breaux
Jul 4, 2023
This Gorgeous London Apartment Has Discovered the Perfect Green Paint Color
Color Month House Tour
Lusanda and Victor Kula-Szilagyi have decorated their 800-square-foot London apartment using color to create warmth and comfort in every room.
Adrienne Breaux
Jul 3, 2023
A 475-Square-Foot NYC Apartment’s Reno Took It from Beige to Barbie-Inspired
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This homeowner’s style muse is Keely Jones from “Ted Lasso” and Barbie.
Adrienne Breaux
Jun 29, 2023
This Designer’s Chicago Condo Is Packed with Color and Character
Tours
See inside interior designer Jessica Blue’s colorful, maximalist Chicago home with smart storage and decor ideas.
Adrienne Breaux
Jun 21, 2023
A 1920s Portland Rental Bungalow’s Palette Was Inspired by Matisse
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Aspiring designer Anna Cirenza’s favorite piece of art in her home is a Matisse Cut-Outs framed print that was the first thing hung upon move in. “It really informed the direction I wanted to go with styling the rest of my living room. I pulled a lot of colors from there and used that inspiration for a lot of my design!”
Adrienne Breaux
Jun 19, 2023
A Modern Scandinavian-Style Barcelona Home Is Tidy and Cheery
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See inside this Spanish design influencer’s Scandinavian-style Barcelona home that's incredibly warm and welcoming.
Adrienne Breaux
Jun 16, 2023
A Shop Owner Shares a Rental with 3 Teenagers, 3 Pets, and Lots of Plants
Peta Nind owns the Australian plant store Living Gifts Bendigo, and shares this rental house with her sons, dog, cats, and, of course, a lot of beautiful leafy plants.
Natalie Jeffcott
Jun 15, 2023
This Victorian House Built in 1886 Is Utterly Stunning After a Modern Reno
Shop owner Marissa Wege, who owns Au Sable store, says she had the colors for her gorgeous modern kitchen “decided before anything else.”



Adrienne Breaux
Jun 14, 2023
Every Room in This Quirky Queens Rental Is a Beautiful, Bold Color
There's an orange-yellow living room, a light blue kitchen, a bold blue bedroom, a pink dressing room, and more in this interior decorator's beautiful Queens rental apartment.
Erin Derby
Jun 13, 2023
A Cool California Bungalow's Style Is a Perfect Maximalist Eclectic Mix
See inside social media marketer Jessica Kane's maximalist, eclectic, mid-century modern Venice, California, bungalow she shares with her partner, Justin Lehmann, and their Siberian kitties, Mimi and Rosie.
Adrienne Breaux
Jun 8, 2023
This Portland Rental House Is Both a Cozy Home and a Cute Preschool
Amazingly, this chic Portland rental house is both a home for couple Jenny and Chris AND a home-based preschool. But it's not full of garishly colored kids' toys; it's a stylish space for both adults and kids. Although, everything is glued down and affixed to walls — just in case.
Adrienne Breaux
Jun 7, 2023
This St. Louis House Is Full of Nature-Inspired Wallpapers and Dark Paint Colors
Rebecca van Bergen is the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Nest, and the home she shares with her family has rooms decorated to feel like "nests or havens using twig, branch, or tree wallpapers; flora and fauna details everywhere; and dark paints."
Adrienne Breaux
Jun 6, 2023
See How a New York City Apartment’s Renovation Adds Parisian Flair
House Tour
The top floor is bright and airy, while the downstairs is perfect for a good night’s rest.
Adrienne Breaux
Jun 5, 2023
See How Two Photographers Turned an Old Church into an Incredibly Cool Home
Photographer Nikki Ross and her fiancé, photographer and director Matt Barnes, have completely renovated this old church, turning it into an incredibly unique home with a slide, trampoline, fun furniture, art, and more.
Adrienne Breaux
Jun 2, 2023
This Remodeled 409-Square-Foot Manila Apartment Feels Larger
Kenneth Llave designed this apartment to function beautifully despite the small size, transforming an interior wall into a custom window wall, updating cabinets, and reworking a dark bathroom.
Adrienne Breaux
Jun 1, 2023
A 237-Square-Foot NYC Studio Stuns with Smart Storage and Renter-Friendly Style
"Everything I changed in the apartment is renter-friendly and can be un-done," explains Zoe Wetherall, an architectural and landscape photographer. "The biggest challenge was working with such a small space — making sure I could fit everything in and have enough storage."
Adrienne Breaux
May 30, 2023
15 Clever & Unusual Ways Magazine Holders Can Organize Your Life
Magazine holders — whether metal, cardboard, wood or some other material — aren’t just for corralling your issues of Dwell. They can keep papers and magazines neat and tidy, and hold mails, books, newspapers, documents, and files without taking up too much space on your wall or door. With so many ways magazine holders can organize your life, you can get creative and clever in just about every room of the house to make your life a little more organized.
Adrienne Breaux
May 26, 2023
This Fun, Colorful Home Is Completely Unique, Thanks to Clever DIYs
Tour Charlotte's large house she shares with her five kids, which feels completely colorful and one-of-a-kind, thanks to incredible DIY projects.
Adrienne Breaux
May 23, 2023
A Dark and Dated California House Got a Lovely and Light-Filled Refresh
Brooke Abcarian is the the principal designer of Carian Design, and shares this 1200-square-foot house in Redondo Beach with her husband, Scott, and their two kids.
Adrienne Breaux
May 22, 2023
B&A: A Swedish Apartment Went from Bland to Bright After Thoughtful Renovations
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See the bland before photos and the colorful after photos of author, illustrator, and designer Megan McKean's stunning home in Malmö, Sweden.
Cullen Ormond
May 18, 2023
An Edgy Downtown LA Loft Embodies the Style of an Early ‘90s Movie
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Rory Rockmore, celebrity jewelry designer by night, lives in this Los Angeles loft that’s “dedicated to any early ‘90s movie or sitcom with a ‘cool’ character who lived in a 'downtown' loft.”
Adrienne Breaux
May 17, 2023
Organization Hacks Make This 400-Square-Foot Home a "Slice of Heaven"
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See behind the cabinet doors to learn valuable, small-space organizing tips.
Cullen Ormond
May 16, 2023
This Historic New Orleans Home Is Dripping in Creative DIY Projects
"Walking into our current house was like walking into a dream," admits designer Nadia Ramadan. The tall ceilings, woodwork, and built-ins work beautifully with all of the bold design choices and DIY projects that she and husband, Tariq, have incorporated over the past five years.
Adrienne Breaux
May 15, 2023
A Photographer Learns to Let Go, Downsizing to This 650-Square-Foot Rental
"This process can be an emotional one, but also brings clarity and perspective through our attachment to certain objects, memories, and spaces," says photographer Lauren Kolyn.
Adrienne Breaux
May 11, 2023
This 320-Square-Foot Bed-Stuy Rental Is Teeny, but Works
Julie Finn has done tons of things to make her small space work, from a hand-me-down daybed to couch transformation, an easy TV-hiding hack, and creating as much smart storage space as possible.
Darragh Dandurand
May 10, 2023
This 425-Square-Foot Brooklyn Studio Apartment Feels Much Larger
Thanks to the studio apartment's high ceilings and huge windows, as well as Leecy's brilliant small-space styling and organizing skills, her home feels much larger than it actually is.
Adrienne Breaux
May 9, 2023
A Renovated Long Beach Bungalow Is Perfect Eclectic Minimalism
"We were inspired by Australia and the American Southwest when designing and decorating. The area feels like a mix of Byron Bay and Tucson, so we wanted the home to reflect that.," explains designer Travis Wayne.
Adrienne Breaux
May 5, 2023
A Small NYC Rental Stylishly Divides an Open Plan Layout
Photographer and interior designer Natalie Bird shares this 1000-square-foot, open-plan rental apartment in New York City's TriBeCa neighborhood with her husband.
Adrienne Breaux
May 4, 2023
This Dutch Couple Converted an Old Barn into a Pretty Cool Home
Evelyne Klerx and her husband, Matthijs, have converted and renovated this old 969-square-foot barn into a home for themselves, their twin 20-year-old boys, two cats, and two pigs (that live outside in their own barn).
Adrienne Breaux
May 3, 2023
A Renter Added Storage and Style to This 275-Square-Foot NYC Studio
Rachael Harvey, Assistant Membership Director for a synagogue in Manhattan, moved to this 275-square-foot, $1,800-per-month Upper East Side studio apartment eight months ago.
Adrienne Breaux
May 2, 2023
Real Life Design Solutions: TV Camouflage Ideas that Actually Work
For some, the appearance of a television in a living room doesn’t offend. For others, it is essentially a giant black maw that upsets a room’s perfectly designed look. Thankfully, the act of disguising a television is a happy medium that can allow it to quietly visually recede into the background when not in use. These eight rooms are proof that camouflaging a TV can work.
Adrienne Breaux
May 1, 2023
This Bold Designer's Maximalist Style Is the Antidote to Boring, Basic Homes
Interior designer and E-designer Carissa Henderson is the founder and owner of A Bold New Hue, LLC., and has covered every inch of her home with her signature style of bold, patterned, maximalist style.
Adrienne Breaux
May 1, 2023
This Art Collector's 800-Square-Foot West Village Rental Maximizes Every Inch
Alex Bass is more than just an art collector, she's the founder of Salon 21, an art advisory and design firm. And the small home she shares with her boyfriend not only shows off her art curating skills, but also plenty of renter-friendly ideas.
Adrienne Breaux
Apr 28, 2023
Before and After: A Poorly Laid Out Apartment's Colorful, Clever Reno Is Amazing
"As soon as my husband and I got the keys, we began the hard work," begins Justine Guillermou, the founder of Rainbow Shaker, who specializes in "playful, offbeat," and "anti-gloom" designs. "We did everything ourselves from A to Z, except for the plumbing and electricity."
Adrienne Breaux
Apr 14, 2023
A Small-Space Pro Transformed Her Rental into Laid-Back Luxe with Brilliant DIYs
House Tour
Designer Kim White has transformed her cozy Brooklyn rental apartment with smart DIY projects, like using banquette seating to build a custom sectional sofa, using mirrors to make the space feel larger, and more.
Adrienne Breaux
Apr 13, 2023
Reasons to Go Rugless (And Proof Your Room Could Be Better For It)
Considering bare floors? Think every room NEEDS a rug? Here's inspiration for leaving the ground unadorned!
Adrienne Breaux
Apr 7, 2023