House Beautiful US - January - February 2023/Winter 2023

In this issue

REIMAGINE YOUR ATTIC
The best way to add square footage to your home may be right upstairs.

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO MURPHY BEDS
Everything you need to know about stowaway sleepers.

THE END
Whether you seek privacy—or a better Zoom view—these screens have your back..

Time to Add a Guesthouse

In response to housing shortages in big cities, states are making it easier for you to build an accessory dwelling unit (or ADU-a stand-alone living structure on the same property as your main house). Here's how to plan for one.

3 mins

The Cottage Next Door

How do you redesign a fixture of your childhood? For one architect, the answer came easy: You don't.

2 mins

Welcome to the Clubhouse

How one firm turned a boxy, cramped 100-year-old house into a gentleman's lake retreat.

2 mins

Wild Thing

Perched on a snowy New York mountaintop, this quirky 1970s A-frame is the sort of retreat you'd never want to leave.

1 min

Shades of GRA

A cheerful designer gives a white-box new build a surge of life.

2 mins

The GALLERY on the 17th FLOOR

An art-stocked pied-à-terre overlooks Houston's Museum District.

2 mins

DEALER'S CHOICE

An unexpected upsizing leads a pair of furniture-thrifting obsessives into a curated new home (and career path).

1 min

"It Moves..with the Trees as They Sway"

A treehouse overlooking Puget Sound offers a winsome escape for multiple generations.

2 mins

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House Beautiful US Magazine Description:

House Beautiful Makeovers - The House Beautiful reader is someone whose home is her bedrock. She is always improving it because the process – and result – delights her. Happiness in her home comes from easy luxury and highly personal style. Her home is a gift to share with family and friends.