25 Ideas for Kitchen Appliance Garages (26 photos)
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...
Start the Season Right With Some Fall Cleaning To-Dos (8 photos)
A once-a-year massive spring clean may not be everyone’s cup of tea. If you’d rather break up the work, here are some ideas for sprucing up your space this fall. From updating your book collection to cleaning up outdoors, pick and choose from these eight to-dos to create a fall cleaning plan that works...
6 Bathroom Remodeling Trends Everyone Should Know About (15 photos)
Knowing the latest bathroom remodeling trends can help you plan for a successful project. You can make better decisions about which features to include, where to spend your remodeling dollars and which pros to hire for the best results. The just-released 2023 U.S. Houzz Bathroom Trends Study...
8 Exceptional New Living Rooms (8 photos)
A focal point is an important consideration when designing a living room. If a fireplace is present, it naturally becomes the dominant feature. But coordinating furniture around a fireplace isn’t always straightforward. Sometimes competing interests such as a TV, traffic paths or a picturesque view vie...
The 5 Layers of a Well-Lit Kitchen (7 photos)
When planning a lighting scheme for a client’s kitchen, I like to think about cake. Let me explain. On my birthday, a red velvet cake always comes my way, and it includes four layers plus a cherry and icing on top. Just like that cake, a well-lit kitchen should also have multiple layers for different...
Yard of the Week: Native Prairies Inspire a Designer’s Landscape (16 photos)
“My wife is a country girl, so it was her idea,” landscape architect Bob Hursthouse says, referring to the couple’s move from a Chicago suburb to the Kendall County countryside, about 60 miles west of the city. Their country homestead is about 1½ acres...
5 Design Trends Rising Now (one photo)
To find out which design features people are asking for right now, we reached out to more than 50 home design and remodeling pros on Houzz and asked them to tell us the colors, materials, styles and other trends homeowners have been asking for. Here are five trends everyone is talking...
25 Stylish Ways to Improve Your Outdoor Storage (26 photos)
Even a minimalist outdoor space generally benefits from some storage options, whether that’s a spot to tuck in your bike, stash clippers for the potted herbs or keep fuel for the barbecue. Plenty of out-of-the-box options are available that will work well. It’s even better, though, if you end up with...
Kitchen of the Week: New Layout in a Classic Wood-and-Green Style (13 photos)
Sometimes finding more space to expand a kitchen is like moving pieces of a puzzle around to see what fits. That’s what designers Alicia Held-Morris and Jillian Lare faced when these homeowners tasked them with enlarging their U-shaped 1990s kitchen. The couple wanted more room for entertaining and a...