Latest articles by Charlotte Olby
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Designer Chloe Heath Suggested Muted Green for This Santa Monica Forever Home, But Her Client Wanted More – Here’s How She Made Bold Color WorkThe result is a playful, pattern-filled family home where every room has its own palette
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Who Says the Humans Are in Charge? – Inside Beautiful Homes Designed Around Their Four-Legged ResidentsFrom the chicest built-in dog beds to clever feeding stations, our weekly series A Dog Lives Here explores stylish spaces designed around the cutest member of the family
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This Tiny New-Build Cottage by Hommeboys Breaks One of the Biggest Small-Space Rules – And the Result Is Utterly InvitingWith no original architectural character to work with, Hommeboys created a richly layered home that feels as though it has evolved over generations
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An Elegant Halloween – The Homes & Gardens WayFrom hauntingly chic decor guides to the best scary season collections to shop right now, here’s everything you need to style your home for Halloween
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This San Francisco Pied-à-Terre Takes Its Cues From the 1920s – But Its Designer Had Much More Playful Ideas in MindA moody caramel bedroom, a green-marble bathroom and a diner-inspired kitchen bring a playful edge to this Pacific Heights pied-à-terre
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You’d Never Guess This Elegant Texas Home Was Once a College Rental With a Terrible LayoutAfter a full gut renovation, this 1967 Denton ranch is now a colorful home layered with midcentury finds, vintage patterns, and playful surprises
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This English Country House Was Designed to Make Staying Home More Exciting Than Going AwayBORONKAY Studio transformed this historic Surrey estate into a richly layered family home, balancing intimate rooms with two spectacular new wings designed for gathering and entertaining
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Your Fall Decorating Guide – Seasonally Chic Inspiration, Designer Tips and Must-Have Finds from our Style EditorsFrom room-by-room decor guides to the best collections to shop right now, here’s everything you need to style your home for fall
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How to Decorate Every Room for Fall – 25 Ideas to Create a Cozy and Welcoming Home This AutumnYour complete room-by-room guide to creating a warm, inviting home this fall
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13 Fall Color Schemes Designers Swear By for a Cozier Home This SeasonFrom heritage navy blues to the colors of the moment, these stylish hues will provide you with the utmost comfort for the fall season and beyond
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This Tiny Montecito Cottage Wasn't Designed for a Family of Five – Until Its Awkward Attic Was Transformed Into a Magical 'Treehouse'When wildfires destroyed their Los Angeles home, this family of five made their 1,300-square-foot Montecito cottage their new home – with help from some seriously clever design
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'She Wanted Personality, Not Perfection' – This 1903 Victorian Home in Pasadena Refuses to Be PredictableFrom a custom stained-glass front door to a wallpapered kitchen ceiling, House of Honey filled this historic home with details designed to be discovered
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This Tiny Lot Became a Dream Family Home That Ticked Every Box on the Wish List – Without Feeling CrampedAfter 20 years in their beloved neighborhood, the owners chose to rebuild rather than move – creating a characterful family home designed for the next generation
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This 1920s Minneapolis Mansion Was 'Like a Lady Who Hadn’t Been Listened To' – Liz Gardner Let the House Tell Her What It NeededNow both home and creative studio, this 1920s Minneapolis mansion was carefully stripped back, restored and reimagined without losing the layers of history that give it soul
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This English-Inspired Home Uses 18 Warm Colors to Give Its 2015 Interiors New Life – Almost 90% of the Furniture Was Already ThereRather than renovate, designer Kate Crespi transformed this 2015-built home with English-inspired color, pattern, antiques, and a clever rethink of what the family already owned
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'Cocktail Hour Has Never Looked So Good' – How Uns Hobbs Used Rich Red Walls to Create a Living Room That Beckons You in for a DrinkThis month, we look at a living room designed by Uns Hobbs – where grandeur and comfort live side by side
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After a Questionable 1980s Remodel, Every Room in This Victorian Home Finally Has Its Own PersonalityA thoughtful renovation by Kate Stuart of TOM Design Collective transformed this 1890s Toronto Victorian into a home where every room tells its own story
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This Designer Didn't Start From Scratch – She Balanced 'Polish and Grit' to Make This New Georgian House Feel Generations OldFrom Belgian oak floors to patinating stone, every material in this Mississippi home was chosen to become more beautiful with age
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Nothing Is Quite What It Seems Inside This Milan Apartment – 3 Clever 'Micro-Architectures' Changed EverythingA curved wall, a mirrored volume, and a reimagined pillar transform a dark 1930s apartment into a light-filled Milan home inspired by London
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Move Over Sofas, Sculptural Fire Pits Are Becoming the Focal Point of Every Stylish Backyard – Shop 16 of the ChicestOne house in Santa Barbara was all it took to convince me that fire pits are worth the investment
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'The Details That Appear Simple Require a Lot of Thoughtfulness' – Inside a Santa Barbara Home Where Everything Was Designed to Feel EffortlessRestoring this Spanish Revival home wasn't about adding more – it was about refining what was already there
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This Historic Family Summer House Couldn't Be Saved – But Its Brand New Blue-and-Green Rooms Are an Ode to Nostalgic Summers Gone ByWhen an unsalvageable Victorian home on the shores of Lake Michigan had to come down, Tom Stringer reimagined it as a light-filled retreat layered with nostalgia
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This Designer Refused to Make This Historic Colorado Cottage Bigger – Her Philosophy Was 'Better Space, Not More Space'When much of this historic neighborhood was embracing bigger builds, Emerson Bailey took the opposite approach
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Nothing in This 'French Farmhouse' in Texas Was Chosen for How It Looked on Day One – 'We Wanted It to Feel Like It Had Always Belonged'Blair Burton Interiors designed this family homestead to feel collected, lived in, and deeply connected to the landscape from day one
