House Tours

Actors Jessica Parker Kennedy and Ronen Rubinstein loved the layout and high ceilings of their Los Angeles house when they bought it two and a half years ago. Only about 1000 square feet, the couple's biggest challenge was storage, so they hired designer Mandy Cheng to help.

Ginger Curtis of Urbanology Designs converted an old musty shed into a beautiful bungalow and quite an inspiring place to retreat.

Amarachi Ukachu's tropical bohemian New Orleans rental cottage has copper contact paper on the cabinets, a peel-and-stick tile backsplash, and an ingenious lounge sectional made from affordable floor pillows.

Lj and her partner Nick have converted this former bungalow into an airy and light family home thanks to lots of fun ideas, like DIY wood wall paneling, creative wall paint jobs, and even making a lightshade inspired by a higher-end item.

When these two brothers (and their spouses) bought this Colorado cabin, it had maroon cork floors, a clanging burgundy pellet stove, heavy pine paneling everywhere, horrible bathrooms, and a red and green congested kitchen. It all had to go!

Sofie Hepworth loves interiors and works in the world of design, and she wanted to "prove that even the most bland rental could be transformed into a home full of personality, colour, and luxe without breaking the bank or painting every wall."

This home is full of plants, prints, trinkets, and old furniture. The only furniture they bought new for the home are the bed and the sofa.

This plant mama loves to incorporate her plants, and loves art and color, but leans more toward the earthy, warm palette.

Evelyn Bielmann, her daughter, and their pup, Hershey, have decked the rooms of their rental house out for the holidays.

The house has its original windows and wood floors and nook for a telephone.

Jessamyn Stanley is an author, wellness advocate, and co-founder of The Underbelly and We Go High. She shares a tour of her poly family's four-bedroom, two-bathroom rental house as well as a peek into her family's extra meaningful holiday celebrations this year.

Macy and Will's first home wasn't fully customizable, so they have been gradually updating the home as they go.

Hidden among the tree canopy in a historic Baton Rouge neighborhood, is John-Taylor's 800-square-foot rental house that he's DIYed into a personal, warm home.

With their landlord's permission, and some funding, Katherine and her family have made some updates to make this rental feel more like their own home.

Artist Paula Mills' home is filled with vintage furniture and decor, cool collections, and her own beautiful artwork by Paula.

Sue Eggen is an artist and creative director at Urban Jungle, shares this Philadelphia home with and writer and librarian Nathaniel Eddy.

Christian Doble and Alicia Gbur have spent the past seven years updating their coastal-inspired Craftsman house.

Built in 1975, it features incredible wallpapers, wooden feature walls, curved corners, modern floral artwork, and neon signs.

Anna Castles' house is designed around an internal courtyard, which means they have natural light flooding their living area all day; they can look out at their beautiful mural and feel connected to outside.

Erika has always been drawn to bold colors, prints, and a quirky vintage aesthetic. The colorful walls, patterns, textures, and elements in her home reflect the whimsical facets of her personality.

Every room needed to be repainted, the flooring wasn’t great, the color of both fireplaces was not their style, and all of the cabinets had terrible finishes. But the best part about Megann's house glow up is how affordable it's been—no project cost more than a few hundred dollars!

Interior stylist Joyce Wang and her partner Sean took on the renovation of this 200-square-foot 1992 Holiday Mansion houseboat during quarantine.

The cute corner library with ladder is just one of the amazing ways Charlotte and her fiance have packed their UK home full of personality on a budget.

This 1970s bungalow was transformed from top-to-bottom into a special getaway full of unusual details and personal touches, all on a very tight budget, using thrifty alternatives and vintage/salvage elements throughout.

KV Harper, the principal and founder of Kex Design + Build, lives in a renovated 7th Ward double shotgun camelback that's filled with interesting historical objects, but doesn’t feel like a museum thanks to good design and a mix of modern features.

Everything is always changing and moving around in Melanie Raines' remodeled house, it's why she lovingly calls it “the laboratory.”

Shanna is an interior designer and her partner is an artist/illustrator, and their rental home is a reflection of these creative careers.

This house had large and generic rooms—but Catherine and her husband knew they could focus their energies on their own cosmetic renovations that would bring character and depth to transform the blank space.

Melanie and David Raver and their three young daughters travel, live, and homeschool in this 1973 Airstream Argosy.

"When searching for a home, we knew we wanted something with character, a place in which we could manifest our black cat palace style."

And we bet you'll think so, too.

Filled with crumbling brick walls, an eclectic array of furnishings, and lots of character, the creative couple's home is not only one-of-a-kind, but steeped in history, too.

Artist Marta Hutt and her husband DIYed a lot in their Victorian, from replacing the "ugly '70s fireplace" to stripping walls and learning how to plaster, to replacing the flooring.

The house she shares with her two kids, two cats, and two dogs was a blank canvas when she began renting it a year ago. Now it's full of life, color, art, and style!

Rosemary Matkin has been having fun adding personality to this 1940s brick bungalow.

The home is a 1993 tall skinny home, with great windows, a small lot, and a downtown river valley location.

It's also a masterclass in mixing mismatching secondhand finds BEAUTIFULLY.

It's like a sparkly jewel toned movie theater, mixed with a little grandma and a little bohemian.

Sophia Kaplan wrote the book on houseplants. No, really. She and Lauren Camilleri, her business partner at their Sydney-based indoor plant and pot delivery service Leaf Supply, are the authors behind "Plantopedia."

The winner of the first season of "Interior Design Masters" Cassie Nicholas shares this antique-filled Victorian terrace with her husband Edd and their dog Beecher.

This tour is a look into a family of five Inuit-Métis members of Nunatukavut who share an incredibly cute barn house in a small town in Northern Canada.

Julieta Alvarez and family (two kids, husband and dog) share this side-hall Colonial house. While some spaces are colorful; others are neutral and textural.

This cozy shotgun apartment has no shortage of architectural delights that date back to 1896.

Prop stylist and cookbook author Annette Joseph lives in one of the DREAMIEST homes in Atlanta.

Previously a working farm, this house was sold to a flipper and the surrounding land subdivided in 2015. The King family bought it in 2017 and has been trying to add back charm to this antique home.

The house was built in 1910 and has many original features intact, but the best is the floors.

This house was near collapse when a couple bought it, but boy was it a steal! It took them three years to complete the renovation of this 100-year-old house.

Speaker, podcast host, entrepreneur, and Halloween fan Carrie Murray happens to be married to actor Sean Murray, Thackery Binx in "Hocus Pocus." Here's a peek at their home's subtle but spooky Halloween decorations!

This home's style could best be described as Laura Ashley meets Georgia O’Keefe.

With two loft spaces, a full-size kitchen, a comfortable bathroom, and lots of clever storage that includes a washing machine, Dolly has designed and created a beautiful home!

Monique and Aswan designed and built a STUNNING tiny house... and they were crowned the Teeny Tiny bracket winner in Apartment Therapy's Small/Cool contest.

There are vegetable gardens, fruit trees, sprawling forests, solar energy rainwater collection systems, and a truly STUNNING greenhouse/bathroom made from upcycled wood-frame windows, just to name a few of the amazing structures on this 16-acre homestead.

Kick off a week-long series of dream home tours with photographer and graphic designer Sheri Kowalski's STUNNING A-frame cabin in the woods of Michigan.

This charming 1840s Richmond row house from the front with a lush yard/garden nestled in the back, and windows on all sides giving glorious light all day long.

This past year, Robin went through a breakup, and as part of her healing process, she undertook a major redesign frenzy of her rental home.

Artist Melissa Murray created an inspiring home for her whole family.

This tiny house owner pays a THIRD of what he was paying to live in a small studio apartment in the city.

The small house is also proof that minimalism doesn't have to mean boring.

Well, technically it's the bridge of a large ship, currently being used for storage, but there are plans to turn it into an Airbnb!

The cabin was built by hand 30 years ago and is complete with a beautiful wood stove, iron spiral staircase, and cozy loft.

Luke Layfield and his dog Chewy Bear live in a shotgun house in the Bayou St. John neighborhood of New Orleans. Luke's style is best described as... "not minimalist."

Take a look at what two decades' worth of Halloween enthusiasm—and decorating—looks Like.

Interior designer Michelle Martel remodeled this 1904 Victorian fixer-upper, and it's gorgeous!

A local cabinetmaker built the bookshelves (based on a picture from Pinterest) and Sarah and her partner have FILLED them with lots of books.

Designer Victoria Cho spent all her free time outside of work on this house design and space layout. "There were endless nights of researching, reviewing bids, and placing orders for finishes, hardware, etc."

Even though the ceilings are on the low side, this renovated bedroom and bathroom has color and feels cozy.

This young family lived abroad for a few years, just outside of Munich, Germany, and living in Europe turned them onto German architecture and timeless European home design.

After a remodel on a tight budget, this 1950s summer cabin is an incredibly beautiful and cozy home.

With hardly any features, the hallway never felt like it stood up to the rest of the house. And then one day Rachel Edmonds gilded the staircase. "Now it has the wow factor that for 23 years escaped me."

The whole house is stunning, but the laundry room is a dream space to do chores in!

Kate Scanlon has converted an office space into her very own indoor greenhouse in the middle of her home!

Valerie Green's house was renovated just before she bought it, but it wasn’t her style, so she's spent the past few years updating without undergoing too many major renovations.