AvatarHouse BeautifulAvatarAvatar17 hours agoA Woman Discovered a Secret Apartment Under Her Stairsverified_publisherHouse Beautiful - Kelsey MulveyIt's basically the plot of a horror movie. As people who love renovations and spine-tingling viral moments in equal measure, we've seen a lot of spooky surprises hidden in homes. ( Creepy crawl spaces? Secret messages? Entire ancient cities? The list goes on.) That said, TikToker Erin Cloudy found …
AvatarHouse BeautifulAvatarAvatar23 hours agoJeremiah Brent Reimagined This L.A. Home for Stylish Entertainingverified_publisherHouse Beautiful - Kelly AllenThe powerhouse designer and Queer Eye cast member balanced traditional details with current materials and conveniences. For interior designer Jeremiah Brent, updating a family's Westlake Village, California, residence with good bones was about redefining spaces. "The goal was to find the balance …
AvatarHouse BeautifulAvatarAvatar1 day ago12 Timeless Ceiling Designs to Give Your Room Characterverified_publisherHouse Beautiful - Alyssa LongobuccoIncorporating another color or texture is as easy as looking up. Every item on this page was hand-picked by a House Beautiful editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. There's a good reason why designers often refer to ceilings as "the fifth wall." The often-overlooked …
AvatarHouse BeautifulAvatarAvatar3 days agoThis Long Island Home Proves an Open-Concept Floor Plan Can Be Cozyverified_publisherHouse Beautiful - Elyse MoodyClever nooks for entertaining, dining, and watching TV make it work. Open-concept homes can get a bad rap for being too, well, open. In the past few years of work-live-learn from home, we've all been appreciating the privacy one gets from a few walls and thinking harder before knocking them down. …
AvatarHouse BeautifulAvatarAvatar5 days agoWhat Do Asking Prices Even Mean Anymore?verified_publisherHouse Beautiful - Lesley RotchfordThey're more of a starting point than an end goal. Asking prices used to be fairly straightforward. If someone wanted to sell their home at a certain price, that's the number they listed it for—no clever strategies or gimmicks. Asking prices were based on comps (the price that comparable houses in …
AvatarHouse BeautifulAvatarAvatar6 days agoThe Essential Guide to Brutalist Designverified_publisherHouse Beautiful - Ashlyn NeedhamThe midcentury style emphasizes functionality, honesty, and natural materials. Brutalist design was (and still is) a style critics love to hate. Known for its unapologetic use of raw materials like concrete and metal and geometric shapes constructed at a gigantic scale, the Brutalist movement is …
AvatarHouse BeautifulAvatarAvatarA Floating House in Sausalito Is the Ultimate Escapeverified_publisherHouse Beautiful - Olivia HoskenColleen Dowd Saglimbeni designed a floating home with the area's colorful history and unique charm in mind. They call it the “Venice of the west.” It’s a quasi-sensical moniker, well-suited to the neighborhood of roughly 400 floating houses in Sausalito, California. The community was first …
AvatarHouse BeautifulAvatarAvatarThis Nantucket Home Is Designed for Epic Family Hangoutsverified_publisherHouse Beautiful - Carisha SwansonFrom the pool deck to the den, every room is relaxation ready. Nobody wanted to touch this house—except me!" remarks designer Michael Ellison of the 20-year-old Nantucket home he encouraged his clients, a family of four with two teenage boys, to buy. "People here tend to knock down and build bigger, …
AvatarHouse BeautifulAvatarAvatarA Jersey Shore Retreat That's All Coastal Vibes—And No Clichésverified_publisherHouse Beautiful - Jennifer FernandezSteal this designer's tricks to master the modern beachy aesthetic. While California designer (and former Jersey boy) Joe Lucas was designing his sister's home in Mantoloking, New Jersey, he had a running joke with his family, who held firm ideas on what a beach house should look like. "I just kept …
AvatarHouse BeautifulAvatarAvatarAn Equestrian-Inspired Home in Wellington, Floridaverified_publisherHouse Beautiful - Kathryn O'Shea-EvansThis vacation home was designed with barn life in mind. When a New York–based family decided to build a ground-up getaway home in Wellington for trips with their daughters—both competitive equestrians—designer Tom Scheerer looked to the sport as his muse. "Without being too obvious, we used certain …
AvatarHouse BeautifulAvatarAvatarA Serene Midcentury Modern Home on Long Islandverified_publisherHouse Beautiful - Hadley MendelsohnA quiet, but decidedly not boring, waterfront retreat. Born and bred in the heart of London before relocating to New York City, Susannah Charbin—founder and creative director of the multidisciplinary creative studio The Beaux Arts—ardently identifies as a city person. So when she found herself …
AvatarHouse BeautifulAvatarAvatarThis Lake Michigan House Is Full of Hidden Conveniencesverified_publisherHouse Beautiful - Elyse MoodyDesigner Frank Ponterio incorporated high-tech perks without ruining any vibes. Every home is a balancing act, and the new owners of a stretch of Lake Michigan waterfront admittedly had some conflicting priorities. They wanted a comfortable full-time home for themselves, with plenty of room—indoors …