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Everyone’s dream home looks different. But there are certain elements most people would agree belong in the perfect house. Browsing photos from the Best of Houzz 2025 award winners offers plenty of inspiration for home features that will remain stylish and functional for years to come.
When a homeowner saves photos to Houzz ideabooks, it helps pros earn a Best of Houzz Design award, giving them recognition for their compelling designs. When homeowners leave reviews on a pro’s Houzz profile, it helps that pro earn a Best of Houzz Service award. There’s also a new category this year: the Innovator award. Pros earning a badge in this category have won a service award this year, use Houzz Pro software and are Houzz Pro certified. So if you see a Best of Houzz badge on a pro’s profile, you know their work is popular among homeowners, their customer service is well-liked, they are using the latest software tools to streamline the design and construction process for their clients, or all of the above.
Here, we highlight 15 enduring design ideas from photos that won a Best of Houzz Design award. In some cases, the pro also won a Best of Houzz Service award or a Best of Houzz Innovator award. Strive for some or even all of these home design ideas and you’re bound to end up with a home that will never go out of style.
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Whether you have a full house, visiting folks who like to stay the night or kids of any age, a backyard cottage is your friend. Not only does it offer breathing room and privacy, but it has the feel of a getaway, even if it’s just a stone’s throw from the main house. All the better if it’s flexible enough to serve multiple purposes.
The four outbuildings below — whether you call them guesthouses, studios, accessory dwelling units or something else — offer lots of ideas on how to incorporate spaces for working, playing, sleeping and eating in a small footprint without creating a tight squeeze. Have a look, and if you have a backyard cottage of your own, please tell us about it in the Comments.
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6. Silver Sparkles
Magnolia leaves, evergreen branches and bell cups (available at florists and craft stores) create a stylish base for this container in New York by The Inspired Garden. Pops of silver from the painted lotus pods, berry baubles and carefully placed decorative bird in the background give the design a personalized look that will still be timely and celebratory in the new year.
Designer Laura Janney, who created this container, says she’ll often use white to stand out against a dark house or backdrop, with gold and silver accents adding a festive sparkle. “People should have fun with it. Little birds are so cute. I think [the design] can really reflect your personality,” she says.
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3. Display Decor in Cloches and Apothecary Jars
Display any leftover holiday decor or seasonal ingredients — pine cones, string lights or ornaments that didn’t make the tree — into clear class containers, apothecary jars, cloches or cut crystal bowls. Place the containers on a bar cart or anywhere else you could use a little holiday decoration.
Tip: To fill a cloche, place all of your baubles in the upside-down cloche, put a piece of cardboard over the opening, flip over the cloche, place it on the table and carefully slide out the cardboard. Use the same technique in reverse to empty it.
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Designer Lionel Jadot at the What’s New? In Hospitality exhibit. Photo by Anne-Emmanuelle Thion
Designer of the Year
In another sign revealing the importance of including more sustainability in design and our homes, this edition of the show was led by Belgian designer Lionel Jadot, who is based in Zaventem near Brussels and was awarded Designer of the Year by Maison & Objet. This title recognizes a remarkable career, marked by an inventive and committed approach ever since he began working in the family factory at the age of 18.
Supported by a collective of local designers who are fully on board with this process, Jadot showcased his working methods through scenography entitled What’s New? In Hospitality. His inspiring hotel suite highlighted the use of sustainable materials, recycling and upcycling.
“Each object or material used in this project has already had another life traced back to other projects we’re currently working on in the hospitality sector,” he says.
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Appliance garages conceal countertop appliances such as blenders, coffee makers and toasters while keeping them easily accessible and organized. While they’ve been around for decades, they’re enjoying a resurgence in popularity as homeowners incorporate more gadgets into their kitchens — and as pros design better-looking and harder-working options.
We scoured recent uploads to the Houzz photo feed for examples of smart and attractive appliance garages in a variety of kitchen styles and sizes. Keep scrolling to get some ideas and tips for integrating one into your own kitchen design.
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1. Make It Feel Like an Extension of the Home
If you’d like to create an outdoor space that feels as comfortable as a room in your home, it’s worth considering the flooring. A soft material underfoot can tempt you out, even before you’ve put on your shoes.
The owner of this yard had a dream of being able to walk out barefoot and be surrounded by plants. “I said, in that case, we need to build you a deck,” landscape designer Pippa Schofield says. Two levels of the soft wood planks are roughly split into dining and lounging areas. “The top deck is nice for having breakfast, then, the way the light goes, the owners use the sofa and lower deck for afternoon and evening entertaining,” Schofield says.
Wood decking was used in this project, but for added durability and ease of maintenance, you could consider composite decking. These wood particle and plastic boards look the same as the wood versions, but without the need to clean off mold or repair areas that have rotted.
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“Uh-oh” moment. “We were set on using Patagonia quartzite for both the countertops and the full-height backsplash, but with such a bold, dynamic stone, matching the patterns across multiple surfaces was no small feat,” Harrison says. “The veining is incredibly distinctive, and we knew any mismatch would be obvious. We ended up securing five slabs to give us the flexibility we needed for a cohesive layout. Even with that, templating was a challenge. It took careful planning and layout work to ensure the most dramatic sections aligned perfectly across the island and backsplash. The result is seamless and showstopping, but there was definitely a moment of, ‘How are we going to pull this off?’ in the middle of it all.”