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8 Top Design Ideas of the Week

January 15th, 2018
Urbanism Designs 1. Pair blue with warm tones. If you’re not a designer, finding colors that complement one another can feel like a daunting task. One classic combo that never goes out of style is rich, warm wood pieces paired with any shade of blue. Here, bold hexagonal-pattern tiles brighten the floor below a custom midcentury modern-style vanity. See more of this bathroom ...

3 Kitchens With Beautiful Blue Cabinets

January 13th, 2018
Despite its popularity, white kitchen cabinets are a non-starter for many homeowners. If you’re one of these, consider going with warm blue or blue-gray cabinets. The following three kitchens show how refreshing, warm and joyful the color can be. Steinberg Custom Designs 1. Traditional Designers: Sarah Steinberg of Steinberg Custom Designs (kitchen design, layout and cabin ...

Take a Peek at This Sexy, Mostly Black Bathroom

January 11th, 2018
A master bath with almost-black walls that’s wide open to the master bedroom. On paper, it sounds a little scary (especially to those of us in the U.S., where en suite bathrooms are not as common as in other countries). But by mixing travertine and oak and adding a few well-edited curves, ample lighting, Moroccan screens and bronze finishes in a thoughtful layout, Australia designer Kim Duf ...

8 Kitchen Storage Ideas You Might Have Missed This Week

January 5th, 2018
Jim Martin Design 1. Utensil drawer insert. If you care about getting your flatware and serveware in order, check out designer and Houzz writer Yanic Simard’s column from this week. He looks at nearly two dozen solutions and tips for organizing drawers and decluttering utensils, such as the tiered drawer insert shown here.Find kitchen drawer organizers Forrester Robe ...

A Shot of Color in the Bathroom

January 2nd, 2018
While bathrooms decked out in neutrals such as black, white, gray and taupe are trending these days, plenty of spaces are taking a different approach and inserting a shot of color into the bathroom.There are many examples among the 50 most popular new bathroom photos uploaded to Houzz from April through June 2017, as measured by the number of people who saved them to ideabooks. Here are nin ...

Contemporary Home in the Woods Turns Nature Into Art

December 20th, 2017
SALA Architects Photos by Troy Thies PhotographyHouse at a Glance Location: Lake City, Michigan Size: 2,600 square feet (241.5 square meters)Designers: Bryan Anderson and Katherine Hillbrand of SALA ArchitectsA professional couple living in Boston have long owned a piece of property in Michigan near their family. When they decided to move back home, they envisioned a contemporary ...

Where to Put Holiday Pots, Pans and Platters the Rest of the Year

December 19th, 2017
My husband loves to cook and has a passion for accumulating large roasting pans, cooking pots and serving platters to use for our big holiday feasts. Unfortunately, his habits meant that the one-bedroom apartment where we previously lived eventually started to look like a restaurant-supply store. So when we moved to a new home and decided to renovate the kitchen, planning for sufficient sto ...

See What Gives These 10 Bathrooms Their Spa-Like Feel

December 18th, 2017
My clients are always asking for a master bath that feels like a relaxing spa. After all, such a peaceful, pampering environment makes a great setting in which to prepare for the day or unwind from its stressors. People often are surprised to learn that one secret of designing a luxurious bathroom is to layer in multiple types of lighting. Whether you’re building a new bathroom from scratch ...

Before and After: A Sporty New Hangout for a Family of 4

December 17th, 2017
Stuart Nordin Design “After” photos by Matthew KleinrockBasement at a GlanceWho lives here: A family of four with kids ages 9 and 12Location: Chevy Chase, MarylandSize: 320 square feet with a 28-square-foot bathroom (29.7 square meters with a 2.6-square-meter bathroom)Designer: Stuart Nordin of Stuart Nordin DesignThe backstory: This Maryland family loves everything sports: gear, ...

10 More Smashing Black Kitchens

December 16th, 2017
It’s been two years since our first roundup of smashing black kitchens incited a big conversation. We’ve got an amazing array of new black kitchen photos from around the world to peruse since then. I think it’s high time to take a look at the dark kitchens that the pros have added to their portfolios — here are 10 fabulous standouts. Riccardo Gasperoni 1. The Fashionista I ...
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