Creative tips

I used to think bonus rooms were just awkward leftover spaces—too small for a bedroom, too big for a closet, hovering in that architectural limbo where

I used to think staging an older home meant hiding everything that made it worth buying in the first place. The real estate agent would show up with a

I used to think two-tone furniture was something only professional designers could pull off. Turns out, the whole thing is less about precision and more

I used to think three season rooms were just glorified porches where grandparents stored wicker furniture and dead plants. Then I spent a week in northern

I used to think wine country meant Tuscany or Napa, until I spent three weeks in Moldova’s Codru hills. The thing about Moldovan wine regions—places

I used to think Montenegrin design was just another Balkan variation—stone houses, rustic wood, maybe some Orthodox iconography thrown in for good measure.

I used to think glass extensions were just about letting light in. Turns out, designing a glasshouse dining room is more like orchestrating a very complicated

I used to think sunrooms were just glorified porches—places you’d use maybe three months out of the year before retreating indoors when the temperature got serious.

I used to think yurts were just those trendy glamping structures rich people rented for weekends in Montana. Turns out, the real thing—the Kyrgyz boz üy