Modern Homes
Take a tour of the world's best modern homes, owned by architects, interior designers and full of decor inspiration
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The Hidden Speakeasy in This 'California Meets Japan' Style Home Is Inspired by a Bar in Tokyo
With its Japanese design influences, this minimal architectural retreat is a serene escape for its owners
By Karine Monié Published
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Embracing This LA Home's Character, Low Ceilings Included, Has Created a Cozy Hideout for a TV Star
In covetable Beverly Hills, interior designer Kara Smith took on the challenge of designing a home for a celebrity who also happens to be a real estate expert
By Karine Monié Published
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In This Minimalist, Neutral Apartment, Carefully Curated Artworks Are the "Protagonists" of the Design
Located on the 78th and 79th floors of a skyscraper with panoramic views over New York City, this spectacular duplex showcases a museum-quality collection of artworks
By Karine Monié Published
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A Color Overhaul Transformed This House in San Francisco Into an Adult Playground
Playfulness and elegance meet in this Californian home with its luxurious yet fun feel
By Karine Monié Published
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This NYC Brownstone's Serene Aesthetic Is a Homage to Dutch Still Lifes That Brings Lived-In Charm
Drawing inspiration from contemporary Belgian design, this historic home has been infused with warmth and character
By Karine Monié Published
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It May Be 10,000 Square Feet, But This San Franciscan Home Is All About "Smaller, More Intimate" Spaces
Each room in this California home is inspired by a travel destination its owners love
By Hugh Metcalf Published
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One Change to This Arizona Home's Kitchen Made It "Feel Twice as Big"
Designer Brittny Smith's approach to this remodel made more sense for the property's owners, and gave them the coolest entertaining feature, too
By Hugh Metcalf Published
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This Designer's "Double Dining Table" Trick Makes a Napa Valley Home So Much Better for Entertaining
A chic, neutral home in California has been instilled with some clever design interventions to make it an ideal place to host guests
By Hugh Metcalf Published
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This Moody New Jersey Brownstone's Color Palette Was Inspired by a Photograph of a Storm
With each room taking on its own monochromatic scheme, this design by Crystal Sinclair is a style forecast of how to decorate with color right now
By Karine Monié Published
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In This Apartment, a Fall Color Scheme Creates Rooms That Feel Cozy and Inviting All Year Round
Hues borrowed from autumn leaves — think yellow, red, and brown — play a starring role in this stylish apartment
By Aditi Sharma Maheshwari Published
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Before and After — This Small Kitchen Diner Reno Went Open Concept With a Clever "Connecting" Feature
See how Amy Courtney Design modernized this vintage home with pretty storage that unites the spaces
By Aditi Sharma Maheshwari Published
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The 4 Secrets That Make This Living Room Feel so Cozy — A Designer's Guide on Recreating Its Feel
We might not all be able to afford a custom curated space, but there are designer secrets to making it look like it. Shop all the ingredients for an artfully cozy living room, as recommended by an interior designer
By Julia Demer Published
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Before & After — This Condo Now Looks Clean and Crisp Thanks to a Fresh Contrasting Color Palette
The once-dated Calgary home is almost unrecognizable after receiving a bright and airy makeover
By Lilith Hudson Published
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Before and After — A Bland Builder-Grade Home "Unflipped" With a Cool and Characterful Color Scheme
The bland and bare rooms of this newly renovated home have been brought to life through color, texture, and artful furnishings
By Lilith Hudson Published
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This Designer's "Room by Room" Reno of Her Own Home Features the Most Magical Glass Furniture
By embracing bold and contemporary glass furniture, designer Sha Wang has brought magic into her 1960s ranch style house made modern
By Hugh Metcalf Published
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Before and After — An 80s Home in LA Renovated With a New Timeless Style
This beautifully-restored Spanish-style villa swapped dated terracotta floors and characterless decor for a tactile, neutral scheme
By Aditi Sharma Maheshwari Published
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Before and After — This Kansas Kitchen Went From Dark and Dated to Open and Bright, Here's How
Thanks to Forward Design Architecture, this once-old-fashioned kitchen now feels breezy and is wonderfully connected to the home's primary rooms
By Aditi Sharma Maheshwari Published
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A Photo of a Vintage Chair Inspired the Whimsical and Eclectic Interiors of This Southern Californian Home
It's not often that it's the homeowner pushing the designer into more daring decisions, but in this home, the unique dynamic worked out masterfully
By Emma Breislin Published
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Before & After — How Emily Henderson Turned an Underutilized Loft Space Into an Inspiring Home Office
Stylist, interior designer, and TV host Emily Henderson takes us through the re-design of this bright, spacious loft
By Aditi Sharma Maheshwari Published
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See Inside Aimee Song's Effortlessly Laidback Coastal-Cool Home in West Los Angeles
In an excerpt from Los Angeles Interiors, the tastemaker shares how a blend of contemporary styles and cultural makeup revived her two-story home that hadn't been updated in a hundred years
By Corynne W. Pless Published
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Three Apartments Were Merged Into One to Create This Calming Family Retreat in the Middle of Manhattan
Every inch counts in NYC, so when this family got to triple the size of their new home, they asked interior designer Annie Leslau to help them make the most of it
By Emma Breislin Published
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Watch the Tour — This Eclectic Tribeca Townhouse Combines Boutique Hotel Charm with New York City Energy
In a video exclusive for Livingetc, award-winning designer Ghislaine Viñas walks us through her redesign of this colorful downtown home
By Brigid Kennedy Published
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Before and After — A Small, Old-Fashioned Kitchen Transformed by Timelessly Elegant Cabinets
Without making any major structural changes, the designers of this small kitchen have made classic, yet style-forward choices that have revolutionized the space
By Aditi Sharma Maheshwari Published
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'A Great Interior Scheme Needs a Bit of Tension' — How a Designer Combined Two Conflicting Styles in This Cohesive Family Home
Deftly blending New England charm alongside Los Angeles' cool led to a cozy-chic home that fits this family just right
By Emma Breislin Published
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Before and After — A Dated Kitchen Transformed Into a Characterful Space With Much Better Storage
This kitchen remodel is the perfect example of how taking your doors to the dark side can really elevate a design
By Aditi Sharma Maheshwari Published
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This Former Artist's Loft in New York Has Been Given a New Life — And a Laundry That Transforms Into a Bar!
Embracing its unique past was key to giving this industrial space its personalized and family-focussed future
By Emma Breislin Published
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Inside a Converted Trailer Turned Garden Guest House With Incredible Interiors
Adding a home office studio and guest house to the property gave this homeowner the chance to build something special in the backyard
By Hugh Metcalf Published
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This Surprisingly Cozy Minimalist Home Has One of the Best Bathroom Lighting Tricks We’ve Seen — It Has Total Wow-Factor
Playing with the material palette and clever use of light helped this modern minimalist home in Houston, Texas put family and friends first
By Emma Breislin Published
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It's Not Another "Bland Modern Farmhouse" — How This Designer and Architect Created a New Home With Old Soul
Looking to preserve the character of this South California neighborhood, you'd think this newly remodeled and extended home had been around for ages
By Hugh Metcalf Published