Creative tips

I used to think copper pipe was just for plumbing. Then I visited a friend’s loft in Brooklyn—one of those converted warehouse spaces with exposed

I used to think minimalism meant cold, sterile spaces—until I spent a month in Punta del Este. Uruguayan interior design has this weird way of feeling

I used to think concrete planters were just those boring gray rectangles you’d see at corporate office buildings. Turns out, concrete is actually

I used to think good lighting was just about making sure you could see things. Turns out—and this took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out—that

I used to think Mediterranean design was just about whitewashed walls and blue shutters. Then I spent three weeks in Malta last summer, sleeping in a converted

I used to think building a fire pit was one of those weekend projects that required, like, actual construction skills—the kind where you show up with a

Open floor plans were supposed to fix everything. I remember the first time I walked into one of those gut-renovated brownstones in Brooklyn—probably 2014

I used to think vertical gardens were just for people with too much time and those weird Instagram accounts where everything’s aesthetically curated

I used to walk into my apartment and drop everything right there—keys on the floor, coat on a chair, shoes kicked somewhere near the wall. Turns out, I’

I used to think staging a mountain property was just about throwing some rustic furniture around and calling it a day. Turns out, the buyers walking through