Paint tricks for low ceilings can help make a room feel larger and more open, or more cozy and intimate, without feeling claustrophobic. Just by smartly using color, you can create the illusion of ...
In the series How to Live With a Room You Hate, we ask design pros to solve everyday interior problems. THOUGH THEY CAN MAKE a nap-inducing bunk room or cottagecore Hobbit house feel more snug, low ...
Contrary to popular belief, I think there is something so wonderfully intimate and cozy about a petite living room. A snug space designed for lounging? Perfection. But when I moved into my own small ...
We are enamored with height. Countless people travel the globe to stand in awe before towering natural and human-made monuments. Tall interior spaces evoke that visceral reaction as well, whether it’s ...
The venerable American designer Albert Hadley advised that “ceilings must always be considered. They are the most neglected surface in a room.” Hadley, who in his 70s, covered his own living room ...
Teensy spaces can still pack a big aesthetic wallop, if you play your paint cards right. Just ask Coco Chanel, whose intimate salon at 31 Rue Cambon in Paris had gold walls dripping in rich girl ...