How-To & Guides: Design and ideas for modern homes & living

I Built a Sauna in My Tiny New York City Front Yard in Just One Weekend

A Guide to Preapproved ADU Plans in Your City

Forget Gatekeeping, Annie Meyers-Shyer’s “This Oak House” Shares Every Single Source for Her Home

How Food Influencer Dan Pelosi Built an Upstate New York Garden Where Everyone’s Invited

Do Plywood Interiors Hold Up?

You Should Try a Gravel Garden

Laminate, Chrome, and Plenty of Curves—How One Vintage Seller Digs Up Floridian Furniture Treasures

What to Expect If You Want to Be a Backyard Beekeeper

Bestselling Cookbook Author Caroline Chambers Did Her Best to Speed-Reno Her Kitchen—With No Regrets

How This Vintage Furniture Seller Went From Trolling Facebook Marketplace to Opening a Storefront

My 2026 DIY Resolution Is to Commit to a Gallery Wall

The 5 Lessons One Homeowner Learned Rebuilding After the Woolsey Fire

Why Homeowners Are Focusing on the Garage Door

How to Build a Modernist Garden According to the “Mother” of the Genre

4 DIY Muralists on How They Turned Bare Walls Into an Artistic Moment

Where Do I Put My Dang TV?

Do You Need a Home Energy Audit?

Where Other People See Trash, They See the Light

The Vintage Furniture Seller Whose Brooklyn Store Cycles Through Aesthetics Every Six Weeks

What’s the Actual Difference Between Paint Finishes?

Turn Your Ugly Radiator Into Something Beautiful—a Functional Seat

For Furniture Flippers, Posting Is Where the Money’s At

How to Make a Neon (Yes, Neon) Interior Work

Stumped on What Hue to Paint Your Boring White Walls? You Might Need a Color Consultant

How to Buy a Vintage Stereo That Looks as Good as It Sounds

How to Find a Good—Not Great, Not Awful—Rug

Who’s Afraid of a Colorful Couch?

All It Took Was $3,000 and a Bit of Imagination to Bring This See-Through Vermont Cabin to Life

How TikTok-Famous Chefs Hailee Catalano and Chuck Cruz Designed Their Dream Kitchens—Yes, Plural

Why Do Homes These Days Have So Much Recessed Lighting?

Cloak Your Interiors in Darkness

Can Wayfair’s Decorating AI Help Me Reimagine My Living Room?

If Your Monochromic Room Feels Flat, Here’s How to Fix It

If Your Walls Feel Too Boring, Don’t Just Repaint—Add Some Texture

Go Ahead, Paint the Trim!

A Guide to Shou Sugi Ban and 8 Homes Featuring the Japanese Technique