Marlon and Jace, of house tour fame, combined forces in Jace's spacious 1-bdrm apartment, making aggressive updates and adjustments along the way. One of their many innovative moves was to embrace t...
For some the kitchen is sacred in its purity of color and materiality. But for others, it is another opportunity for whimsy and fun. Here are a few examples of people who weren't afraid to use thei...
The room divider keeps coming up--in the form of a bookcase, a screen or a huge wonderful piece of fabric. Axel and Sylvia have a home that morphs into a gallery space at times. To achieve the smoot...
It's that time of year again, when we go crazy for color. For me, it's a time to think about stripes. LJ's effort, seen above, is a great example of a way to leave your mark on a room with a little ...
Anyone who has ever visited a chateau has probably been met with the fleeting sentiment that they could move right in, possibly followed by the crushing reality of their walk-up apartment. But Colette...
Mirka McNeill's renovated Victorian is a bold study in mixing vintage and contemporary styles, but we also love the striking simplicity of her backyard in Barnes -- the essence of a tranquil garden es...
One notable detail of our recent tour of Marianne's Paris apartment is her toilet library. This space-exploiting idea is a common sight in Paris apartments, where toilets often occupy their own room.....
The vibrant blue, red and yellow seating in Patrick and Julian's Montmartre loft grounds the high-ceilinged, white-walled living space in this stylish home... ...
Robert and Wowa did a great job renovating their Krakow loft. But they have more space than they actually use and haven't yet put a guard rail on the interior staircase, resulting in a death-defying d...
Our recent house tour of Patrick and Julian's Montmartre loft showed a home full of high design that wasn't just for show. Like this adjustable Le Corbusier classic that the men use as a home gym in t...
The roofs of these Indonesian miniature cardboard houses lift up, making them a charming receptacle for unsightly odds and ends by the bedside as seen in this recent house tour of Patrick and Julian's...
One of our favorite elements of Claire's London apartment is the hot pink chair that gives her pale, calm Victorian living room a shot in the arm. ...
Claire has turned an otherwise plain bathroom in her London flat into a display space for artwork and souvenirs.. ...
Wallpaper can be fun, but it can also be a pain to put up and take down once we're tired of looking at it. Géraldine decided to cut corners and simply staple some inexpensive IKEA fabric remnants to ...
The dark taupe paint that Géraldine used as an accent on a single wall in her attic apartment in the 19th arrondissement gives the small room surprising depth. ...
Our recent house tour of Nina Van de Goor's Den Bosch, Netherlands apartment revealed her taste for multiple colors and patterns. Her favorite DIY element of the decoration was a wallpaper patchwork t...
When Chris decided to paint the living room ceiling in her colorful Gothic family house in North London, she just grabbed a tin of Colman's Mustard and took it down to the paint store. ...
To give the airy rooms of The Main House hotel in London an even more spacious feel, owner Caroline Main mounted large vintage-framed mirrors on the walls, doubling the space and capturing the light. ...
In reviewing some favorite house tours, like Amélie and John's Converted London Warehouse from last week or Raphaëlle and François's lovely Parisian flat, something jumped out: the use of easy oran...
One of the most important considerations in Muriel and Ed's renovation was how to brighten up their classic Parisian apartment whose one too many walls blocked the light, while preserving separate bed...
Véronique has exceptionally high ceilings in her house in the 15th arrondissement. So she and her husband decided to take advantage and go vertical, building a suspended library high in the sky above...
One of the most striking elements of Barbara's Paris apartment is the classic armchair covered in on-trend purple velvet that sits in the window. ...
One of the most eye-catching elements of Nathalie & Keith's Paris apartment in a converted factory in the 11th arrondissement is their kitchen and dining room -- especially the faded oriental rug on t...
Aesthetically minded choices combined with pragmatic needs elicit inevitable ooh's and aah's in a visitor to Copenhagen.......
Day 2 in Copenhagen is complete design immersion... first stop Normann Copenhagen. If the name doesn't ring a bell, think about those cool products you may have played with and possibly purchased at ...
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