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8. Optimize the Potential of a Small Space
A defining theme at Chelsea is that we should optimize our outside spaces, regardless of size. The show provided several uplifting examples.
The Cleary Gottlieb “Time for Creativity” garden by Christina Cobb championed the idea of dedicating space to hobbies, free of distractions. A walk-through greenhouse featured books and craft materials — including paper, paints, fabrics and threads — inviting visitors to choose an activity as they passed through to a table and chairs. Flowers surrounded the seating area, shaded by a multistem weeping common hornbeam (Carpinus betulus ‘Pendula’, zones 4 to 8).
All five balcony gardens, measuring around 6½ by 16 feet (2 by 5 meters), packed in interesting details and activities. These included “A Little Garden of Shared Knowledge,” which reflected a lifetime of learning, travel and mentorship. Similarly, the “Tales From the Riverbank” showcased outdoor living with a Big Green Egg grill standing ready to cook the homegrown harvest.
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An outdoor space — whether a yard, patio or deck — is high on many homeowners’ entertaining wish lists. Whether you like to have a crowd over for cocktails, a few friends for dinner or a small gathering for drinks around a fire pit, the right lighting helps extend outdoor enjoyment after sundown.
Solar-powered, battery-powered, or wired lighting, and even candlelight, can all work nicely. Choose warm white LEDs (2500 Kelvin to 3000 Kelvin) for a cozy feel, and be sure the fixtures are rated for outdoor use. It’s also worth choosing lights that are easy to switch off once the party is over, to help protect wildlife at night.
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An outdoor space — whether a yard, patio or deck — is high on many homeowners’ entertaining wish lists. Whether you like to have a crowd over for cocktails, a few friends for dinner or a small gathering for drinks around a fire pit, the right lighting helps extend outdoor enjoyment after sundown.
Solar-powered, battery-powered, or wired lighting, and even candlelight, can all work nicely. Choose warm white LEDs (2500 Kelvin to 3000 Kelvin) for a cozy feel, and be sure the fixtures are rated for outdoor use. It’s also worth choosing lights that are easy to switch off once the party is over, to help protect wildlife at night.
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6. Consider a Bottom Cabinet Drawer
Vanity drawers beneath a sink are often more complicated than they appear. Plumbing usually limits the space, forcing designers to create shallow or U-shaped drawers that wrap around pipes. Many experts, however, advocate for going big with a full-size drawer below a cabinet, a solution that maximizes storage without compromise. In this Bridgeport, Connecticut, bathroom, Design by the Jonathans implemented a full-size bottom drawer, providing generous room for towels, toiletries or other commonly used items while keeping the space feeling seamless and functional. Design by the Jonathans won a Best of Houzz Design award for this bathroom. The firm also won a Best of Houzz Service award.
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4. Open Things Up With Open Shelves
Open shelving offers a welcome pause from solid cabinetry. It introduces breathing room, keeps go-to items close at hand and gives homeowners a chance to layer in personality through curated displays.
In this Indianapolis kitchen by Compendium Group, three floating shelves on the sink wall introduce a lighter, more open feel. Matching single shelves flanking the range echo the look, breaking up the cabinetry while providing space for display or easy-to-reach essentials. The kitchen earned Compendium Group a Best of Houzz Design award. The home builders also won a Best of Houzz Service award.
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1. An Elegant Soiree
Whether you want to celebrate with just that special person in your life or fill your house with friends, New Year’s Eve is the perfect excuse to pull out all of the stops. Champagne and oysters? Why not?
Indulging in these luxuries at home is far more cost conscious than ordering them in a restaurant. A note on the invitation to dress “to the nines” should be enough encouragement to get people in their party clothes.
For extra amusement scatter an assortment of fun props across a console table — boas, tiaras, hats, noisemakers, horns — and invite guests to help themselves. As always, be a thoughtful host and provide festive nonalcoholic beverages for your guests who do not drink.
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10. Winter Blossoms
Flowers that bloom when the rest of the garden is quiet in winter can have an uplifting effect in the landscape and in containers. Camellias (Camellia spp.), as seen in this photo uploaded by Le jardinet, can be reliable winter container options in regions with mild climates. Most camellias fall into zones 7 to 9, while some are hardy to Zone 6.
Other winter-flowering container plants to consider in warm areas include winter daphne (Daphne odora, zones 7 to 9), winter skimmia (Skimmia japonica, zones 6 to 9), hellebore (Helleborus spp., zones 4 to 9) and cool-season annuals such as pansy (Viola spp., winter-hardy in zones 7 to 11) and florist’s cyclamen (Cyclamen persicum, zones 9 to 11).
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A sunroom filled with light is often a favorite space in the house, especially during chilly winter months. With windows that wrap three sides of the room, these bright spaces blur the lines between indoors and out. A sunroom can be a pleasant spot to have a cup of coffee in the morning, catch up on some reading midday, enjoy a cup of tea in the late afternoon and entertain friends at night. Whether you have a sunroom, plan to add one or want ideas to make another space feel like one, check out these 10 sunrooms to inspire ideas for your own home.
1. Think Summery Thoughts
A sunroom is a place that can evoke the feeling of summer, even during a freezing February. Woven furniture, green accents and pops of floral patterns lend a summery feel to this Chicago sunroom by Third Coast Interiors all year long.
2. Go Dark
Of course, summer isn’t the only vibe for a sunroom. In Miami, where it feels like summer outside almost every day, a cozy room with a wintry feel can satisfy a longing for seasonal changes. That’s the case in this Geoff Chick & Associates sunroom, where the walls and ceiling are drenched in rich plum paint and a custom sofa is adorned in deep golden velvet. Lighter colors on the window treatments, light fixture, coffee table and rug provide balanced contrast.
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3. Take Notes From Screened-In Porches
Some sunrooms enjoy a screened-in porch feel, yet they’re protected from the elements by windows. The extensive tree canopy views and the wood ceiling and floor give this northern Virginia sunroom a porch look. But because the room has windows instead of screens, the homeowners were able to furnish it with plush indoor furniture and elevated finishes that won’t be damaged by pollen, rain or snow.
4. Bring In Plants
To enhance the indoor-outdoor feel of a sunroom, add life with plants. Sunrooms like this one by Kyle Hunt & Partners are also ideal spaces to store potted or hanging plants like ferns that live outdoors during the warmer months but need to winter indoors.
6. Set Up a Home Bar
A well-appointed sunroom will draw in guests at gatherings, so it can be a prime location for a home bar. In this Long Island, New York, design by Christine McGovern Homes, it’s also easy to access the bar from the patio, the family room and the dining area.
7. Think About Flooring
Often closed off from the rest of a home, a sunroom can offer an opportunity to make a statement on the floor. To complement this Minneapolis home’s 1913 roots, N Baker Interiors recommended a tile befitting the home’s historic architecture. This tile infuses the room with color, pattern and era-appropriate style.
9. Add Transom Windows
To maximize the natural light, consider adding transom windows. In this sunroom by Niedfeldt Home Remodeling, transom windows above windows and doors expand views, make the ceiling feel higher and enhance the architecture.
10. Find the Right Window Treatments
At certain times of day, some sunrooms are bathed in too much direct sunlight. In this San Francisco sunroom by Along Came Lennox, natural woven shades filter out direct sunlight without overly darkening the room. If your sunroom windows extend out of reach, there are motorized shade options that can be raised and lowered via remote control.
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The right wallcovering can take a basic bathroom from forgettable to fantastic. Color, pattern and texture instantly boost character, often for far less than a full tile job. And with today’s moisture-resistant, easy-clean wallpapers and other treatments, designers have more flexibility than ever to create standout spaces. See how pros used wallcoverings to dial up personality in these fashion-forward baths.
1. Puzzle Perfect
When designer Harmony Weihs of Design Harmony remodeled her Seattle home for her blended family, she turned a pandemic pastime into decor. Completed puzzles now top the walls of their simple powder room, sealed in Mod Podge, trimmed to fit and mounted with tiny brass nails. To keep the look from feeling overwhelming, moody millwork anchors the bottom, creating a striking contrast that balances whimsy with sophistication.
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2. Blooming With Style
In this Minneapolis-area bathroom for a retired couple, designer Jami Ludens of Studio M Interiors and contractor Ben Garvin of Garvin Homes brought personality to the walls with Thibaut’s Indian Flower Ceylon wallpaper in Spa Blue. The floral pattern ties together soft blues, creams, whites and grays, adding charm and cohesion to the serene, spa-inspired space.
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3. Marbled Magic
Kaitlin McQuaide of McQuaide Co. gave this coastal Nantucket, Massachusetts, powder room a moody, modern makeover with Rule of Three Studio’s hand-marbled Stone Plume wallpaper. Applied to the top half of the walls, the dramatic pattern pairs perfectly with trim, doors and wainscoting lacquered in Benjamin Moore’s North Sea Green, creating a striking, contemporary contrast.
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4. Whimsical Wings
Designer Christy Mancera of Cera Construction brought a fairy-tale vibe to this Henderson, Nevada, bathroom for two young girls with butterfly wallpaper (HappyWall’s Enchanting Dried Wildflowers Meadow 1). Paired with a pale pink double vanity, brass bow-shaped drawer pulls and a scalloped toekick, the space feels dreamy, playful and full of sweet, whimsical style.
Mancera and the rest of the design-build team used Houzz Pro software during the entire process, from the beginning of the design phase until construction was complete. “It helped us keep all the communication between the clients and all the team members organized and efficient,” Mancera says.
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6. Splash of Inspiration
In their Texas Hill Country vacation cottage, designer Lauren Lowry and her husband, Joel, used a playful fish wallpaper as the style springboard for the entire home. In this remodeled bathroom, the aquatic motif nods to nearby lakes and rivers while the vintage rustic pink sets the tone for a warm, welcoming vibe throughout the renovated cottage.
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9. Vintage Charm
Designer Tammara Stroud, discovered by the homeowner on Houzz, brought vintage flair to this 1904 Seattle bungalow powder room with a William Morris botanical wallpaper. Paired with glass-and-brass sconces, crystal hardware and a hammered brass mirror frame, the wallpaper amplifies the Craftsman-style charm while adding sophisticated, timeless style to the small space.
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Owners of beautiful edge-grain wooden island countertops might think twice about using them as cutting surfaces. New Orleans-based NOLA Boards, which made this T-shaped one from century-old cypress logs pulled from the bottom of a river, addressed that reluctance by insetting a designated cutting board. It’s made from the same sinker cypress wood but in end-grain block construction, which shows knife marks less readily and is easier on blades than edge-grain. The best part? The board is removable, making cleanup, maintenance and serving a breeze.
Design note: The long end of this T-shaped island is supported by hand-turned legs, making it look more like a farmhouse table than cabinetry.
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