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Designers Are Creating At-Home Pet Spas for Their Dog-Obsessed Clients

A “Bent House” Fits Into a Staggeringly Tight Tokyo Lot

In This Tokyo Home, a Dramatic Design Feature Takes Center Stage

A Multifunctional Storage Wall Solves a Tricky Spatial Situation

This Home’s Art Storage Area Is What Bob Ross Would Call a “Happy Accident”

They Gave Their Bland Brooklyn Kitchen a “Chef’s Table”–Inspired Upgrade

Monkey Bars in the Hallway? This New Brunswick House Is Designed Like a Playground

Drawers, Shelves, Closets, and Cubbies Pack in the Storage at a Family’s Mexico City Home

She Couldn’t Save the 1764 Farmhouse—But Its Colorful Spirit Lives On

Thanks to a Massive, Jewel-Like Skylight, This Chilean Cabin Glows From Top to Bottom

This Forest Home in Chile Is Elevated to Float Among the Trees

It’s Always Springtime in This Serene Thai Home With an Indoor Tree

This Culinary Couple’s Minimalist Kitchen Is Designed Around One Essential Gadget

This Off-Grid Design Studio Feels Like It’s Floating in a Forest

The Site Was Long and Narrow, So They Cut the Home in Half

The Coolest Indoor Tree House Is Tucked Away in This Stately Tudor

A Firm Cooks Up a New Kitchen With $38K and a Dash of Midcentury Magic

An Eccentric Pop of Blue Accents a Modern Villa in Los Angeles

In the Hudson Valley, a Minimalist Fence Artfully Contrasts a Renovated Farmhouse

Arcs of Concrete Swoop Down Like Curtains in This Crisp Belgian Home

In San Francisco, a “Well-Behaved” Home Hides an Ocean of Blue Behind Its Doors

A Designer’s Catskills Home and Studio Wears a Shou Sugi Ban Skin

This Live/Work Home in Philadelphia Gets Its Layout From the Renaissance

This Battery-Powered House Never Runs Out of Juice

A Wild Garden Leaps Off the Walls of This Backyard Build

This Tiny Warsaw Studio Instantly Changes from Office to Playroom

Bursts of Yellow and Indoor Gardens Are Just Two Reasons to Love This Home

Starry Night: Outdoor Wall Light Installation

Recipes for Success: Three Families Tell Us How They Created a Perfect Kitchen

This Wisconsin Lake House Is Sheathed in Tiles Made of Post-Industrial Waste

In London, a Dramatic Blue Stairway Amps Up the Allure of an Actor’s Apartment