Where to Put the Laundry Room Unlike the typical 10-foot by 10-foot kitchen or the 5-foot by 8-foot bathroom, laundry rooms have no standard size. That’s why many laundry rooms end up in awkward places or banished to a dark and dingy basement. “They... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/35155424/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g0/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ CES 2015: Inching Toward a Smarter Home Companies that make appliances and electronics for the home will be doing two main things at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on January 6 to 9: exhibiting their smart-home tech products and explaining to... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/37829929/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g1/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ See 6 Yards Transformed by Losing Their Lawns If you’re rethinking the lawn in your yard and looking to do something different, these six yards featured on Houzz in 2014 can provide some ideas and inspiration. Each homeowner left the lawn behind in favor of something... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/35130331/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g2/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ Houzz Call: Show Us Your Best Kitchen Innovation You could make a case for this statement: Where there is work to be done, there you will find innovation. Few (if any) other rooms work harder than the kitchen. We want to see your innovative solutions that have made kitchens... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/35125311/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g3/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ Room of the Day: Grown-Up Style in a Family Dining Room After living in their updated colonial home in Andover, Massachusetts, for a few months, Sean and Audrey Bergan were excited to make over the dining room. 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Here are 12 ways to... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/35274675/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g6/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ How to Use Full-Scale Decor to Make a Small Space Feel Bigger In today’s furniture market, “condo size” (compact) furniture is a common solution for modern small-space living. But I believe you can often achieve the biggest impact, and the most satisfying results, with a less-is-more... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/34520567/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g7/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ A Hidden Charging Cabinet Corrals and Juices Family’s Electronics “Everything tends to wind up on the kitchen counters,” says interior designer Harmony Weihs. While working on a breakfast nook in Jeff and Amy Miller’s Mercer Island, Washington, kitchen, she couldn’t help but notice... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/35171831/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g8/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ Houzz Tour: Urban Remodel Looks to Sweden for Bright Ideas An industrial designer with years of experience in antique restoration and reproduction, Frag Woodall has a keen eye for aesthetic detail. So when he and wife Naomi bought a threadbare 1930s brick house three years ago,... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/35251688/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g9/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ 10 Elements of an Inspiring Workout Zone It’s not so much the size of your workout area that matters — whether you have a corner devoted to yoga or an entire home gym. Finding the motivation to use your workout space is often the hardest part. Here are 10 elements... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/34351266/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g10/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ Ideas for Making the Most of Your Hallway How hard does your hallway work? If it does little more than provide a way to get from point A to point B, consider if you could use your hall for something more. From simple DIY wall-mounted storage to custom bookshelves... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/34930463/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g11/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ How to Make Your Metal House Feel at Home in the Landscape Metal houses are certainly not for everyone, but they are special to those who live in them. They can look out of place, odd or even garish in the traditional neighborhoods that blanket America. In the right setting, however,... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/35255812/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g12/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ Houzz Tour: Lots of Love for a Lightened-Up 1909 Home This 1909 home on a hill above a valley overlooking the Indian Ocean in Perth, Australia, has been renovated many times over the years. The most recent overhaul was by its current owners, interior designer and stylist Kim... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/35251734/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g13/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ What's the Right Wood Floor Installation for You? Installing a wood floor? Whether you’re using hardwood, laminate or even plank tiles, once you’ve picked that beautiful product, you’ll have to make another important decision: which way to install it. While straight... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/34495389/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g14/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ Small Steps for Keeping Your Housekeeping Resolutions It’s January. Oh, the humanity. Perhaps you live in the Southern Hemisphere or some other warm and sunny place where those two words don’t bring a sense of doom so profound it propels one back into bed with a plate of... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/21495295/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g15/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ Houzz Tour: Fresh Ideas in a Former Tomato Packing Shed “We wanted to create a very flexible, adaptable space,” says architect Jamie Falla of the M House on Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands off the northwest coast of France. The former tomato packing shed is now a three-bedroom... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/34260683/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g16/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ Great Design Plant: Mitella Diphylla Provides Snowflakes in Spring The delicate flower stalks and snowflake-like flowers of this underutilized woodland native plant will rustle in the slightest breeze and provide spring interest to your shade garden. Feature bishop’s cap (Mitella diphylla)... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/37022534/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g17/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ Stilt Houses: 10 Reasons to Get Your House Off the Ground Stilt houses date to prehistoric times and can be seen in a variety of forms worldwide. New about them are the innovative and diverse ways in which they are being designed and built. Stilt houses are well suited to coastal... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/35270725/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g18/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ Must-Know Furniture: The Wingback Chair The wingback chair, also known as a wing chair, an easy chair and a grandfather chair, is a late-17th-century piece designed with side wings, also called cheeks. Traditionally ending at the arm, the wings partially enclose... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/35008840/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g19/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ Great Design Plant: Picea Abies ‘Nidiformis’ The winter garden can be a lonely place, as the frills and thrills of summer annuals and flowering perennials have disappeared from the solemn landscape. It’s at this time of year when garden structure, along with plant... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/37368478/MDBlNzU4/n925/v1/nllc/g20/u/MaJXIvjmlJW2xd43iLDfvw ------------------------------ Don't want to receive Houzz updates? unsubscribe here: http://www.houzz.com/optOutEmail/oo=newsletter/uname=jeeproject/t=19/id=925/sid=7d5b4727-6438-418d-894d-b0cd19ad5265/sig=NWIyODllNzAwODYwMmU2NTQ4NzkyOWRmNTAzZmJhZGE=. View our privacy policy here: http://www.houzz.com/privacyPolicy (C)2015 Houzz Inc.