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Plants are a beautiful addition to bathrooms. They bring a touch of nature into the space and give anyone who enters an immediate sense of calm and well-being — perfect for a room that’s all about cleansing and relaxation. Plus, they soften the lines …

Doug Towle considers old homes his children. The lifelong bachelor has spent much of his adult life restoring antique buildings, including one of his most recent: a 1665 Pilgrim house that had been in the same Billerica, Massachusetts, family for 12 g…

The owner of this Brooklyn, New York, apartment was a bit of a hand-me-down magnet. And she realized that some of her belongings — oversize furniture, lots of accessories and heavy pieces — were weighing her down. “My client looked around and realized…

Struggling to lay out a backyard design that would make sense in their awkwardly shaped lot, this couple enlisted Princeton Design Collaborative, the firm that had helped them with renovations inside their house in the past, to help. “The first time I…

The largest annual gathering of landscape architects in the world, the Conference on Landscape Architecture, took place recently in San Diego. More than 6,300 trade professionals attended the American…

We don’t just prepare food in our kitchens, we host our friends, have family discussions and simply hang out in them as well. Enhancing the organization and functionality of your kitchen will allow the space to feel open, appear tidy and look great wh…

Showering has come to embody so much more than making oneself clean. The solitude, the steam, the whoosh of the water — it’s an experience that can invigorate the start of a day or calm things down at the end. So it’s no wonder that some homeowners ch…

Jim and Noriko Whittaker moved into their Colonial home in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, in 2005, and for almost 14 years they lived with the existing open kitchen and its light-oak cabinets and pink-and-beige color scheme. The empty-nest couple knew…

This Thanksgiving, learn to embrace imperfection for a less stressful and more meaningful holiday. Whether it’s setting a simple table and preparing dishes ahead or finding mindful moments throughout a busy day of cooking and socializing, these 10 ide…