Before and After: 3 Dramatic Living Room Makeovers (9 photos)

Whether you hang out and watch TV in your living room or use it mainly for entertaining guests, you want its design to look and feel intentional and inviting — a recipe that, admittedly, is hard to get right. Below, see three living room makeovers whose designers, including one found on Houzz, mastered...

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Start Your Landscape Renovation Off Right With a Master Plan (10 photos)

A successful landscape design starts with a detailed and well-thought-out plan. While it can be tempting to dive right in to your renovation, investing the time and budget upfront to map out your entire space will help ensure a cohesive, long-lasting design — and often save time and money in the process....

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Houzz Tour: Modern and Vintage Mix Beautifully in a Period Home (16 photos)

Taking the time to get to know their new home was hugely important for Vanessa Bold and her young family. “We only wanted to make thoughtful changes that would stand the test of time,” she says of their terrace house at the end of a row in London. They lived in the home through every season before...

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Pros Share 6 Must-Have Kitchen Design Features (15 photos)

Countless decisions go into designing a beautiful and functional kitchen — so many that it’s hard to know what to focus on. We asked several design and remodeling professionals what they consider the must-have features in a kitchen, and the following elements came up again and again. Give these...

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Yard of the Week: Lush Retreat for Gardening and Gathering (12 photos)

After a year of living in this 1931 Spanish Colonial Revival home in Palo Alto, California, these homeowners hired Verdance Landscape Architecture to make over its landscape. The yard was pretty much a blank slate at the time, featuring a thirsty lawn and some overgrown foundation...

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5 New Kitchens With Clever Island Designs (5 photos)

A simple rectangle is the most common kitchen island design. While effective, it’s not for everyone, nor every kitchen. Here, designers share details about uncommon kitchen island designs that create specialized storage and function.

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Kitchen of the Week: Family-Friendly With European-Inspired Style (14 photos)

This house in North Vancouver, British Columbia, had quintessential 1990s style, and its new homeowners were looking for something more streamlined and European-inspired. “When I first asked them about their style, they said, ‘Whatever this is, we want the opposite,’ ” designer Lori Steeves says. In...

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The (Lost) Art of Laziness (13 photos)

Do you find yourself lying awake at night thinking of everything you need to do the next day? Checking your emails before you’re even out of bed? Talking about how busy you are? Hard work and having a work ethic can be great things, but we all need a break. So give yourself...

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Pros Share How They Increase Productivity and Save Time Each Week (14 photos)

When your workload gets heavy and things start to slip through the cracks, it may be time to find new ways to optimize your productivity, work smarter and get more efficient. Rethinking how you structure each workday can help you find better flow and ease stress.
Twelve design and remodeling pros

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The 10 Most Popular Home Offices of Spring 2023 (10 photos)

This Trending Now story features the most-saved home office photos uploaded to Houzz between March 15 and June 15, 2023.
Whether you’re teleworking, writing the Great American Novel or just paying the bills, it’s helpful to have a designated office space in your house. Depending on your

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Attract Hummingbirds and Bees With These Beautiful Summer Flowers (16 photos)

Including nectar- and pollen-rich native flowers in the summer garden provides essential pollinators, including bees, hummingbirds and some butterflies and birds, with valuable food sources they need to survive. The following summer-blooming native plants hail from coast to coast. Consider adding one...

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5 Home Design Trends Taking Off Now (one photo)

If you want to predict the near future of home design, just look at what people are searching for now. That’s what we did for our 2023 Houzz Emerging Summer Trends Report. We reviewed Houzz search terms from this year and compared them with last year to see how design preferences have changed. Here are...

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Bathroom of the Week: Light and Open With a Style That Wows (7 photos)

After raising two sets of twins, this couple decided it was time to update their bland and basic narrow guest bathroom with a more inviting style that would charm visiting family and friends.
To get started, the couple hired Brittney Heiser, who removed a wall separating the

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How to Support First-Time Remodeling Clients During Project Work (7 photos)

Homeowners remodeling for the first time may require more preparation and guidance through the process than experienced remodelers. In part one, general contractors and design-build pros shared their advice for helping...

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How to Pare Down and Pack Up Your Kitchen for a Remodel (11 photos)

One task you’ll likely face when embarking on a kitchen remodel will be packing and temporarily relocating your kitchen items. This is a great opportunity to edit your belongings and fill your new kitchen with only the things you love and need.
I recommend starting the decluttering and packing

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Houzz Tour: Restoring Period Features in a Childhood Home (17 photos)

Marta Moreno spent her childhood in this house in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, a port city on the largest of the Canary Islands. She now lives with her own family in the home, which she decided to renovate. The 1932 structure — which is listed on Spain’s historical heritage...

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10 Ways to Make Your Home Feel More Joyful (11 photos)

A home bursting with joy is something you can feel the instant you walk in the door. But what is it that makes a home joyful? Certainly the mood we bring with us has a bearing on our experience of home, but the spaces we inhabit also have the power to influence us. If you want to feel more joyful...

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4 Ways to Create Healthy Habits at Home (5 photos)

When life gets hectic, it can be easy to sacrifice our health. Neglecting sleep, exercise and nutrition can be the path of least resistance. But there are small steps you can take at home to keep your health on track in stressful times. I recommend you get started on these now.

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