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Building Your Dream Home

Now bear with me, I swear this is related to custom house design: when I was a kid, I was

Modern Kid-Friendly Backyard With a Small Playground (9 photos)

With three kids ages 5 and under, a Brooklyn couple wanted to make the most of the 600-square-foot outdoor space at their new townhouse. They turned to Houzz and found landscape architect Sasha Newman of Little Miracles Designs for some design help. “The yard was a completely blank slate....
Earth-Friendly Garden Ideas at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2020 (8 photos)

Wildlife-friendly designs, edible gardens and other sustainability-minded concepts were some of the top themes at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, held virtually May 18 to 23, 2020. The live event, normally held in London, was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, landscape...
Kitchen of the Week: Leafy Views and Smart Storage (13 photos)

If you’ve got a leafy backyard anywhere near New York City, you want to enjoy it as much as possible. But this family in Westchester County outside the city was unable to do so — the kitchen inside their 1910 Queen Anne home felt cut off from the greenery of several mature trees in the backyard. In...
New This Week: 5 Dashing Dining Rooms (9 photos)

Choosing a bold color or pattern in a home isn’t easy. But sometimes you’ve got to close your eyes, trust a designer’s instincts and go for it. The owners and designers of the following dining rooms did just that. Bright colors, dark colors, wild patterns and other standout details are what makes these...