Cottages and Bungalows
COLORFUL Coastal Cottage
Beach-loving homeowners take on two seaside home renovations, adding their personal coastal style to a new home and a short-term rental.
3 min |
August - September 2022
Cottages and Bungalows
Waterfront Farmhouse
A self-taught husband-and-wife team slowly renovates a home for their family as they live in it, turning it into a coastal farmhouse cottage.
4 min |
August - September 2022
Cottages and Bungalows
Tiny, BUT MIGHTY
At just 200 square feet, this 1905 cottage kitchen received much-needed functional updates while incorporating the charming original features and thoughtful custom touches
3 min |
August - September 2022
Cottages and Bungalows
Paradise Point
If coastal colors and amazing views of a bay float your boat, you're going to love this Delaware beach house.
4 min |
August - September 2022
Cottages and Bungalows
A Slice of Paradise
A designer's lifelong wish and unique sense of style influenced her search for the perfect vacation home.
2 min |
August - September 2022
Cottages and Bungalows
A Blooming Business
Everything's coming up roses for this interior designer.
2 min |
August - September 2022
Cottages and Bungalows
Beauty at the Beach
A newly built cottage's design flows as naturally as the waves in the ocean.
6 min |
August - September 2022
House Beautiful US
The Road to Butterfly Beach
A designer and his family put down roots in idyllic Montecito, California,
5 min |
June - July 2022
House Beautiful US
Sweet Relief
OUR LIVES LITERALLY REVOLVE AROUND THE SUN, BUT NEVER MORE THAN ON BALMY DAYS THAT beg for a dip in the pool or a round of lawn games. Just as essential as getting outside is having a shaded place of refuge from the heat-call it a pool house, pavilion, or cabana. The goal, says architect Stan Dixon, should be to "design a space that feels enclosed yet is full of light." Screens, slats, big windows, and canopies allow a breeze to drift through and may offer some UV protection, but they won't encumber a view of the action. (Ideal for, say, parents taking a time-out while their kids play!) Flip through these designer-approved ideas for poolside living, and picture yourself reclining with a good book and a canapé. -Hadley Mendelsohn and Amanda Sims Clifford
1 min |
June - July 2022
House Beautiful US
PLAY IT AGAIN
This North Carolina beach house has all of the groove of a 70s classic—without any of the cliché.
4 min |
June - July 2022
House Beautiful US
The Garden Magician
Your vegetable garden should be an extension of your home, says writer and principal designer at Damour Drake, Maryline Damour. Here's how to make it an outdoor dining area, larder, or living space.
3 min |
June - July 2022
House Beautiful US
The Lazy Homeowner's Guide to LIVING GREEN
It's shockingly easy to make your home radically more earth-friendly, says editor in chief of Business of Home Kaitlin Petersen. All it requires is creative thinking and a little commitment.
5 min |
June - July 2022
House Beautiful US
The House next Door
When a 1920s Spanish Colonial with tons of outdoor space suddenly went on the market, the neighbors across the street saw the light.
5 min |
June - July 2022
House Beautiful US
SECOND CHANCES
This Santa Monica Mountain home managed to survive two tragedies abandonment and fire-only to emerge more beautiful than ever.
4 min |
June - July 2022
House Beautiful US
Open Calm and ALIGNED WITH NATURE
Every tiny detail—including its interaction with the lush surroundings— was painstakingly considered in this serene Hamptons retreat.
4 min |
June - July 2022
House Beautiful US
An INVITATION to PARADISE
A thoughtful Hawaiian vacation home where everything—friends, family, and even the lush surroundings—are welcome inside.
3 min |
June - July 2022
House Beautiful US
Earthly Delights
A 1930s cottage is designed to embrace nature, heritage, and the occasional 30-person dinner party.
3 min |
June - July 2022
Elle Decor US
The Dream Is On
An all-star team creates a bayside home where art, design, and landscape are perfectly aligned.
3 min |
Summer 2022
Elle Decor US
THIS IS PARK AVENUE
Ashe Leandro brings downtown cool all the way uptown.
3 min |
Summer 2022
Elle Decor US
The Words Will Come to Me
A novelist on deadline seeks solitude in a vacation rental but finds she can't keep it all to herself for long.
3 min |
Summer 2022
Elle Decor US
PERFECT CIRCLE
Ishka Designs bridges history and heritage to forge a harmonious Brooklyn brownstone.
3 min |
Summer 2022
Elle Decor US
New Age d'Or
Ascendant French design star Hugo Toro's youthful exuberance adds high drama to a Paris pied-à-terre.
3 min |
Summer 2022
Elle Decor US
HERE SHE GROWS
An Ivy League-trained lawyer pivots to garden designs that feed the eye and nourish the soul.
2 min |
Summer 2022
Elle Decor US
Balancing novelty and understated luxury is key to what les vacances mean now.
Designer Luc Berger is a soft-spoken 30-something with an unassuming demeanor that belies his accomplishments: We are, after all, taking coffee at Le Meurice, a hotel that is at least partly his own design.
2 min |
Summer 2022
Elle Decor US
Bom Dia, Bonita!
On Portugal's Comporta coast, Jacques Grange fashions a relaxed getaway for his effervescent friend Florence Grinda.
3 min |
Summer 2022
Elle Decor US
Arcadian Rhythms
For Thomas Woltz, a visionary architect of public landscapes, home is a Queen Anne in Virginia with an intimate garden of his own making.
3 min |
Summer 2022
Elle Decor US
A Bigger Splash
These days, having a pool should be as much about artful personal expression as keeping cool.
4 min |
Summer 2022
Ocean Home
The Art of the Craft
Cortney Bishop fills the interiors of a Kiswah Island home with fresh, artisanmade furniture and wallpaper patterns pulled from the past.
3 min |
June/July 2022
Ocean Home
SIMPLE AND SERENE
WHERE THE BUILT AND NATURAL WORLD INTERSECT, A MODERN MARTHA'S VINEYARD HOME RESPONDS TO ITS ENVIRONMENT.
3 min |
June/July 2022
Ocean Home
JUST BREATHE
A MIX OF SILHOUETTES IN A MEDLEY OF WARM WHITES MAKES FOR A BEACH HOUSE INTERIOR THAT'S SUPREMELY PEACEFUL BUT FAR FROM PLAIN.
3 min |