Creative tips

I used to think wine tasting rooms were these impossibly fancy spaces that only existed in Napa Valley estates or French chateaux, but turns out you can

I used to think columns were just something old buildings had because they didn’t know how to do better engineering. The Structural Reality of Columns

I used to think mudrooms were a luxury—like, something you’d see in those farmhouse renovation shows where everyone has endless square footage and

I used to think solariums were just fancy greenhouses for people with too much money. Then I spent a winter in a house with one, and—wait, here’

I used to think Albanian interior design was all about those heavy communist-era concrete blocks, you know? Turns out, if you actually spend time in the

I used to think Scandinavian design was just about white walls and minimalism, but that was before I spent three weeks in a Copenhagen apartment that felt like a hug.

I used to think minimalism was just about throwing everything away. Turns out, it’s more complicated than that—minimalist interior design isn’

I spent three hours last Tuesday staring at a backsplash sample in my kitchen, wondering why something so small could cost so much. Turns out, mosaic tiles aren’

I spent last summer watching my neighbor build what I can only describe as a catastrophically expensive mistake—a poolside cabana that somehow managed

I used to think sectional sofas were just big couches you bought when you had kids and gave up on style. Turns out—and this took me embarrassingly long