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A beautiful living room with a tiled fireplace, a white pendant lamp, curved wall sconces, a wood sideboard, blue art, a wooden chair, a white sofa chair, an armless blue chair, a deep green sofa, a beige sofa, and a wooden coffee table with a vase of flowers and books

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A red painted living room with red curtains on high windows. There is a zebra print carpet that extends over the whole room. There are multiple sitting ares with a blue sofa, green fringe accent chairs, and floor to ceiling bookshelves.

Design Ideas I Identified My Home's 'Confidence Zones' — Now I've Found the Perfect Place for My Most Out-There Decorating Ideas

a neutral living room with wood sofas and chairs, a patterned footstool, and a fireplace, with two doorways leading to other rooms

Design Ideas What’s Next for Our Homes? The 14 Defining Interior Design Trends That Will Shape the Way We Live in 2026

a modern kitchen with stianless steel counters, wooden cabinetry and sage green cupboards. The kitchen island is curved and separates the kitchen

Kitchens I Decided to Break This Golden Kitchen Design Rule... Now My Space Works So Much Better

Three powder rooms in varying designs and colors from orange to dark ocher to blue

Design Ideas 18 Powder Rooms by Interior Designers That Are a Masterclass in Styling These Tiny Rooms, Whether You Want a Neutral Sanctuary or Something a Bit Wilder

Image of a dimly lit dining room as seen through a white and gray marble doorway. There are dramatic, semi-sheer curtains on the back wall and a large wooden table in the center with white, fabric-covered chairs around it.

Design Ideas The 5 Biggest Dining Room Trends for 2026 Suggest We're Starting to Embrace "Smaller Moments Within Larger Spaces" — Here's How to Do It

Expert Advice Don't Ask AI, Ask an Interior Designer — Layered Neutrals, Accent Colors, and Patterned Headboards

A kids bedroom with pastel walls, floor-length orangey-pink curtains an abstract wallaper on one wall, an unused fireplace in the middle with an oval mirror above, a hanging swing chair, a daybed and a bed and desk with a jute flower-shaped rug and cushion on the floor

Design Ideas Oh, To Be a Child Again — These 10 Homes Prove That Kids' Rooms Can Be Just As Stylish As the Rest of the Home

An upstairs area with an open concept staircase and skylight. The ceiling is wooden with a cluster of lantern pendant lights hanging by the staircase. There is art hung on the walls on both the upper and lower levels.

Expert Advice There's Hanging Art, and Then There's Hanging Art Like an Interior Designer — Here's How to Do the Latter

A kitchen with pastel tones used throughout. There is also a mini kitchen island/ dining area in the kitchen.

Expert Advice 9 Kitchen Layout Myths Designers Say You Can (Sometimes) Actually Ignore

Image of a luxury yet cozy living room. The walls are a white limewash, there is a large olive green sectional that wraps around the room, and the floor is a dark black wood. There is a marble fireplace in the corner with a TV above it.

Expert Advice Oh, so This Nature-Inspired Color Rule Is the Reason Your Home's Scheme Isn't Working

A broken plan kitchen diner with a peninsula island, banquette seating, and an armchair in the foreground

Expert Advice Here's Why Your Open Plan Layout Isn't Actually Working — 5 Mistakes You're Probably Making and How to Fix Them

Living room with cream walls, purple, pink and rust rug, lilac armchair, green and rust stools, rattan chairs and burl wood sideboard

Design Ideas This "Tantilizingly Cozy" Living Room Scheme is Soft Yet Rich — Here's How Its Dreamlike Organic Colors Work

The corner of a modern living room with a floor-to-ceiling window with a peach colored curtain with an abstract red print. A large dark blue corner sofa with warm rust-colored cushions and throws.

Expert Advice I Asked Interior Designers How to Layer Fabrics to Make My Living Room Cozier for Autumn — These Are the Tricks They Lean on Most

a kitchen come dining area with a colorful piece of art above the mantelpiece in front of the dining table with a black pendant light hanging above and blue kitchen cabinetry and wooden cabinets either side of the fireplace filled with decor and plants

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