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What's in a Name?

When it comes to the difference between decorator and interior designer, maybe everything.

Soulful Settings

A Loving Table unlocks the stories behind top hostesses’ treasured family traditions.

Stepping into the Sunshine

In a vibrant salute to Palm Beach’s historic architecture, jewelry designer Mish Tworkowski and decorator Katie Ridder polish up a 1920s treasure.

The Book of Esther

Shades of Lancaster and English aristocracy ripple through Esther Cayzer-Colvin’s redo of a centuries-old Wiltshire estate. But it’s her easygoing, singular style that proves a most powerful pedigree.

Shape, Snip, Prune, Repeat

Famed British garden designer Arne Maynard trumpets the ornamental majesty of the topiary. Plus, a look at the showstopping forms throughout history and the master topiarists behind them all

Mediterranean Reverie

BROOKE AND STEVE GIANNETTI CHANNEL SOUTH OF FRANCE ROMANCE IN AN OPEN, GARDEN-FACING HAVEN IN LOS ANGELES.

FANCY and friendly

This place may be full of kids, but it's also packed with style.

skirting around

LONG BELOVED AS A WAY TO CONCEAL THE UNSIGHTLY, THE ONCE-HUMBLE SINK SKIRT IS HAVING A SERIOUS STYLE MOMENT. HERE'S HOW TO EMBRACE PRETTY PLEATS AND ROLLICKING RUFFLES IN THE KITCHEN, MUDROOM, POWDER ROOM, AND MORE.

Our house is kind of famous

A California couple scored a late '50s stunner and did it up in all its mid-century glory.

EXTREME PET HOMES

Stunning architecture, deluxe details: Life in the doghouse is pretty awesome.

Creature Comforts Finding My Flock

Writer Alissa Hessler learns the meaning of friendship from a steadfast woolly companion.

Life in the Country American Picker

A former travel writer puts down roots-and a whole lot of flowers-on a 10-acre farm nestled on Washington's Bainbridge Island.

Picture Yourself In...A Folk Victorian Cottage

If a welcoming porch and gingerbread detailing leave your heart all aflutter, then look no further than one of these jewel box charmers.

COTTAGE TO THE CORE

Lifestyle blogger Rebecca Lovatt's 17th-century thatched cottage in the English countryside springs to life with a romantic blending of rugged good bones and layers of well-loved vintage treasures.

Hiding in Plain Sight

Last spring, Jim LeBlond woke in the middle of the night gasping for breath. As his wife, Jeanne, rushed him to the emergency room, they never suspected that the cause could be anything other than the respiratory disease that had the world in its grip. It turned out the threat to his life was more mundane - and much closer to home.

Just LOOK UP!

Let high-impact ceilings capture your gaze with these genius ideas for embracing color, pattern and texture.

A Toast to the Hunt

The road to roundtop goes through Jan Showers’s Hillsboro, Texas, home, with a spring luncheon for fair-bound friends.

HOW MUCH sleep DOES YOUR FAMILY REALLY NEED?

The right answer is key to feeling your best. Experts reveal the easiest ways to find out.

From scratch PESTO

This herby sauce comes together in no time and gives pasta, soup and much more a hit of fresh flavor.

Got climate Anxiety?

There's an antidote for that. Read on for how to turn fear and paralysis into motivation that'll help your mental health- and the planet.

Easy Weeknights

Make a fresh and delicious dinner in less time than you'd need to order takeout.

Texas Swagger in a Tiny Saltbox

For a California couple, a dilapidated 1,000-square-foot Hill Country farmhouse proves the perfect spring antiquing score.

Does It Matter If Your Kid Is Popular?

And is that even the right goal? Experts weigh in on the differences between status and likeability and why the latter can put your child on the path to success.

Cottontail Confections

Decorate sugar cookies with icing and, before it has set, sprinkle on shredded coconut to create fuzzy tails.

A New Dawn in the Delta

Interior designer Heather Chadduck hillegas awakens an ancestral arkansas farmhouse with a flourish of pattern, verdant color, and youthful gusto.

PAINT THE TOWN

When a pair of coastal bon vivants visit their elegant a pied-à-terre in Atlanta, colorful cocktail parties are on the menu.

LONG ROAD HOME

Dozens of trips around the world inspired one family to give their Dallas house the feel of a boutique hotel.

Find Your True Colors

What if personality and lifestyle, rather than aesthetic preferences, dictated the palette of one's life? Kaitlin Petersen, editor in chief of Business of Home, reveals why choosing hues has become more personal than ever.

FORCE of NATURE

After painstakingly restoring this 1895 Colonial Revival outside Boston, one daring designer went all out for the interiors.

IT'S ALL RELATIVE

In the center of Milan, the city's quintessential design clan shares a centuries-old palazzo renovated by their forebear, the legendary architect Piero Portaluppi.