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Designer Lookbook: Jackson Thomas Interiors' Classically Coa
A dated home on the James River in Williamsburg, VA was in need of a face-lift and a coastal touch to echo its waterside setting. The home, located in Williamsburg’s beautiful Governor’s Land neighborhood, was gutted and updated with timeless…
DIY Backyard Fire Pit: Build It in Just 7 Easy Steps
Turn your backyard into a cozy camp spot by making your own fire pit. This outdoor DIY project is easy to complete, and you’ll be making s’mores and cuddling up by the fire in no time. Get ready Before you…
Good to Grow: Creating a Custom Gardening Workspace
A garden shed is more than a place to stash your shovel and lawnmower – it’s a gardening workstation where you can plant and repot to your heart’s content. Of course, if you don’t have a shed, you can always…
Designer Lookbook: Deidre Oliver's Streamlined Master Bath
Designer Deidre Oliver, with Niwot, CO firm Oliver Designs, transformed her neighbor’s ’90s master bath into a contemporary spa sanctuary with high-end plumbing and beautiful finishes. Oliver reconfigured the 432-square-foot bathroom’s layout to better utilize the center of the room,…
9 Fire Pit Designs to Fuel Summer Fun (Plus One You Can Build You
Summer evenings are made for spending time outdoors, and what better place to gather with friends and family than around your own personal fire pit? Whether your taste runs to s’mores and ghost stories or fine wine and romance, a…
How to Avoid a Hot Water Heater Nightmare
A hot water heater isn’t typically something homeowners think much about – until, of course, it fails spectacularly. Hot water heaters warm our showers, help disinfect our dishes, and clean our clothes, but they can also cause very costly and…
Rehabbing a Home? Be Ready for These 5 Costs
So you want to calculate the price tag on a house rehab, but you have no construction background. How do you go about it? Understandably, this is a common scenario that holds many people back from flipping houses. It’s also…
Designer Lookbook: Rowland + Broughton's Aspen Barn Studio
Colorado design firm Rowland + Broughton embraced original architectural elements and added new contemporary finishes to update a beautiful three-story dwelling in Aspen. Located at the base of Red Mountain, the picturesque property consists of four parcels – two developed and…
Bigger Homes and Gardens: Caring for Your New, Upsized Outdoor Sp
When Lance Fort upsized from an apartment to a 2,350-square-foot home in Shoreline, WA, a bedroom community just north of Seattle, he ended up with quite a project on his hands. The rundown split-level needed significant work, and he spent…
Your New, Bigger Space: 5 Ways to Win at Upsizing Your Home
As a new generation graduates from renting to homeownership, they face plenty of uncertainties: How much homeowners insurance is enough? Is a home warranty necessary? How do you fill a 4-bedroom home with the stuff that used to be in…
Designer Lookbook: Kerrie Kelly's Subtle, Sophisticated Dram
At Kerrie Kelly Design Labs, our clients are anything but traditional. Though transitional style prevails in our Northern California neighborhood, we’re seeing more and more people gravitate toward a simple color palette, lots of great texture, and a few statement…
Haylofts to Hardwoods: How One Family Salvaged a Historic Barn By
There’s a century of history woven into the floors of a contemporary home east of Seattle: golden planks, shiny blondes and the occasional knotted gray. It’s just how Amanda Gatlin wanted it – even if she didn’t expect, at first, it…
2017 Home Design Trends With Staying Power
At the end of last year, our Zillow Digs design experts identified a handful of home decor trends we could expect to see in 2017, from jewel tones to built-in home bars. Now that we’re halfway through the year, we’ve…
Good Clean Fun: How to Build an Outdoor Shower
Outdoor showers may seem like a luxury – something that only those with beach houses would need or be lucky enough to have. But if you have kids and pets that love to play in the yard, or if you’re…
Designer Lookbook: Board & Vellum's Second Story Add-on
Bigger isn’t always better. In the case of this West Seattle remodel, the owners were set against a large, looming addition that they feared would overwhelm surrounding homes. They turned to Seattle design firm Board & Vellum, where they found…
Buying Art Like a Grownup (for Investment or Inspiration)
Bare, white walls are usually the reality when you first move into a new home. But if you want to show off your personality, there’s no better way to do it than with original art. A one-of-a-kind piece transforms a…
Designer Lookbook: Rebecca Van't Hull's Colorful Weeken
A room with a view is always inviting, but you can’t overlook its interior. That’s what one family learned after rebuilding a weekend getaway on the West Arm Bay of Minnesota’s Lake Minnetonka. They felt the new property lacked character,…
Quiz: What Type of Bar Should You Build in Your Home?
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