Creative tips

I used to think Tuscan design was just about terracotta and sunflowers. Turns out, the real soul of an Italian villa lives in its contradictions—the way

I used to think color in a home was mostly about picking what you liked and slapping it on the walls. Turns out, there’s this whole other layer to

I used to think vintage lighting was just about slapping an old chandelier into a room and calling it a day. Turns out, the whole thing is way more complicated—and

I used to think orangeries were just fancy greenhouses for rich people who wanted to show off their Meyer lemons. Turns out, the whole enterprise is more

I used to think reading nooks were for people with enormous Victorian homes and unlimited throw pillow budgets. Turns out—and I’m still sort of processing

I used to think tropical architecture was all about bamboo and open-air pavilions, but Cambodian interiors taught me otherwise. The first time I walked

I used to think staging was just about throw pillows and fake lemons. Then I watched a colleague spend $8,000 on a three-bedroom ranch in Cleveland and

I used to think staging was just about hiding the weird wallpaper. Turns out, the psychology behind it runs deeper than I expected—like, considerably deeper.

I used to think Georgian architecture was just about those perfectly symmetrical facades you see in Bath or Dublin—you know, the ones that look like they

I used to think prayer wheels were just decorative. Then I spent three weeks in a cramped workshop outside Kathmandu watching a seventy-two-year-old artisan