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Art Deco homes trade the floral curves of Victorian cornices for stepped, geometric trim, and a good share of it is built…
Herman Miller launched the Eames fiberglass shell chair in 1950, and the first colors on offer were Parchment, Greige and Elephant Hide…
Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore, Glidden and Valspar all picked an earth shade as their 2026 Color of the Year. A tan, an espresso…
Walk into a bohemian maximalist room and nothing is trying to hide. A kilim covers the floor, a suzani hangs over the…
Whether a conversation pit needs a guard comes down to one number. The International Residential Code (International Code Council, 2021 edition) requires…
The 1925 Paris exposition gave Art Deco its name, but the flowers were already there. The Met records Paul Iribe’s stylized rose…
IKEA garage storage ideas start with four product lines: BROR, IVAR, HYLLIS and KOLBJORN, chosen by shelf load rating and by the…
The Home Renovation Cost Calculator takes the guesswork out of planning your next remodel. Whether you’re refreshing a bathroom or gutting an entire basement,…
The floor decides almost everything in a traditional Korean room. Heat rises from the ondol, so furniture stays low, the space stays…
Design roundups tend to favor wood when they talk about Art Deco floors, but the best-documented survivors are terrazzo. Miami Beach’s Sovereign…
A brass lamp next to a woven pouf looks like a decision or an accident depending on what else repeats in the…
Hans J. Wegner drew the wishbone chair in 1949, and Carl Hansen & Son has built it without interruption since 1950. It…
Walk into an old German farmhouse and you’ll find that only one room was ever properly warm. People called it the Stube,…
Art Deco interiors lean on a small set of geometric shapes. Chevrons, zigzags, sunbursts, stepped forms and fans repeat across floors, walls,…
Art Deco replaced the curved plant forms of Art Nouveau with angular ornament, and the zigzag is the plainest example. It’s a…
Modern bohemian takes the collected, handmade look of boho and trims it down. Global textiles, plants, natural materials and vintage finds still…
Most of what makes a traditional Mexican room look the way it does was built, not bought. Thick adobe walls, lime plaster,…
Walk past a 1930s facade in Los Angeles or Napier and there’s a good chance a chevron is on it, a row…
Nothing fastens the glass to the base on a Noguchi coffee table. The top just sits on two identical interlocking wooden pieces,…
Radio City Music Hall has one famous arch and two stories about it. The National Park Service landmark file for Rockefeller Center…
Put a brass pressure gauge on an exposed brick wall and you’re most of the way there. That’s the core of steampunk…
Ask most style guides what sets traditional interior design apart and they’ll say ornate detail. The Georgian sources behind the style say…
Art Deco paint starts with saturated jewel tones. Emerald green, navy, deep teal and plum do most of the work, with black…
Most Scandi-industrial rooms start with something raw that was already there, a brick wall or a concrete floor, and get softened with…
Art Deco color is built on high-contrast darks (black, deep navy) with metallic and jewel-tone accents (gold, emerald, burgundy). The combination took…
Walk into a converted New York loft and the shell is the first thing you see. Exposed brick and concrete floors, with…
Minimalist industrial style takes the exposed structure of a converted factory and strips out everything else, so surfaces stay clear and every…
Waterfall furniture has no sharp corner where the top meets the front. The surface curves down in one rounded line instead, a…
Atomic age decor takes nuclear science and space imagery and puts it on furniture, lamps, wallpaper and dinnerware. It ran from the…
Ruhlmann’s ebony cabinets and Warren McArthur’s aluminum chairs sit under the same label, and the label never came with a style brief.…