Stripes never go out of style in interior design. Whether bold or subtle, vertical or horizontal, classic or whimsical, decorating with stripes adds instant personality to a space. In Everybody Loves Stripes: Decorating Between the Lines (Monacelli with Schumacher, 2024), … Continue reading
Boston-based interior designer Erin Gates originally said no to writing a third book. It was late 2020 and social media was changing the way her business worked, driving the need for a constant stream of new content, clients, and collaborators. … Continue reading
Superstar designer Tommy Hilfiger and his partner, Dee, have decorated and designed a broad portfolio of residences over the years, including a duplex penthouse at the Plaza in Manhattan; a baronial mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut; homes in Miami and Palm … Continue reading
“I didn’t grow up in a house on the water, but I did grow up on the beach,” writes Phoebe Howard in the introduction to her new book, The Waterfront House: Living with Style on the Coast (Abrams, 2025). Living … Continue reading
Bicoastal interior designer Jeffrey Alan Marks is no stranger to moving around. Following a nomadic childhood up and down the state of California, Marks spent seven years studying design and architecture in London, met his husband and moved into a … Continue reading
“The family quarters are the heart and soul of the house. They are where we live—really live—day in and day out,” writes Alabama-based interior designer Caroline Gidiere in her latest book, Interiors for a Life in Good Taste (Rizzoli, 2025). … Continue reading
Multihyphenate Dani Dazey, a fashion-designer-turned-influencer-turned-interior-decorator, wrote The Maximalist (Abrams, 2025) to “empower even more people to be daring with their decor and express themselves to the fullest.” Throughout her debut design book, readers will discover playful textiles, bold color palettes, … Continue reading
As children, we were taught the difference between warm and cool colors, primary and secondary colors, and how complementary colors sit opposite on the color wheel while analogous colors are adjacent to each other. In the design world as in … Continue reading
Designer and artist Natalie Papier, founder of interior design company Home Ec. and star of the Magnolia Network show Artfully Designed, is unapologetic about her love for funky textiles, eccentric art, colorful wallpaper, and all things others might consider unconventional. … Continue reading
Designers Rodman Primack and Rudy Weissenberg, cofounders of Mexico City–based AGO Projects, live the nomadic lifestyles of celebrated creatives, bouncing from New York City to Guatemala to London to work on new projects and attend to their thriving business. In … Continue reading
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