12 Smart Designs for Small-Space Living In a compact living space, each piece of furniture should earn its keep. These 12 ideas — including adjustable tables, sliding bookcases and nesting and expanding furniture — make the most of small-space living. http://www.houzz.com/r/1/34663907/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g0/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ Houzz Tour: Modern Farmhouse Emerges From Hurricane Sandy Devastation After Hurricane Sandy destroyed Mary Jane Liu’s home in Westport, Connecticut, she found herself with the opportunity to build a house perfectly suited to her family’s needs. It was also a chance to build a house that... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/39050159/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g1/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ How to Find and Hire a Great Landscape Contractor You’ve approved your landscape architect’s final site plan for your landscape design, and now it’s time to get the project built. You can pay the landscape architect to select a contractor for you, or you can hire one... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/39417194/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g2/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ Mixing Vintage and Modern in an Urban Family Kitchen If Emily and Ian Allison’s kitchen looked like it was thrown together on a whim, that’s because it kind of was. When previous owners converted their 1888-built home into a duplex, they put together an ad hoc kitchen on... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/39711425/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g3/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ Bungalow Bathroom Gains New Accessibility Navigating a poorly designed bathroom is a nuisance for anyone. But if you’re in a wheelchair, trying to use a poorly designed bathroom that was never intended for a person with a disability can mean an incredibly diminished... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/40297096/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g4/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ Top Design Trends From the Winter 2015 Las Vegas Market Designers from 76 countries and all 50 U.S. states have descended upon Las Vegas this week to check out the newest offerings from the leading home decor manufacturers, lines and brands at the winter 2015 Las Vegas Market... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/41671935/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g5/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ Clever Ways to Rethink the Linen Closet If you’ve been living with a linen closet crammed too full or jumbled and messy, bring order to the chaos by rethinking this hardworking space. From dividing and conquering (towels in the bath, sheets in the bedroom) to... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/39488388/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g6/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ My Houzz: A Tranquil Place on a Busy Street “Nothing is yelling at you,” Anne Muller says. “It’s what we both wanted.” Anne, a documentary photographer, and her husband, Thomas, hired interior designer Michael Merrill to help transform their 1930s San Francisco... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/38962277/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g7/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ Room of the Day: Classic Black and White for a Victorian Bathroom You really can’t go wrong with a classic black and white bathroom, and for a row house built toward the end of the Victorian era, it’s hard to come up with a better way to go. “This row house wasn’t a grand Victorian,... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/40240255/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g8/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ Houzz Call: Show Us Your Hardworking Home Office Not all home offices are created equal. A desk and chair and file cabinet or two can do in a pinch. But when you work at home or spend a lot of time on your computer, you need an office space — it doesn’t have to be... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/40551517/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g9/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ The 2015 Best of Houzz Badges Have Arrived! The people have spoken. Or in the case of the Best of Houzz awards, the people have clicked. We recently counted how many times the more than 25 million monthly Houzz users clicked to add a photo to an ideabook in 2014. The... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/41802167/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g10/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ How to Make Your Mudroom Shine A recent Houzz Call for your mudroom photos drew a lot of praise for this drop-it-all zone off the entryway — and some strong opinions. Perhaps the highest praise came from reader lake1114, who said, “The mudroom is one... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/37837077/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g11/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ Room of the Day: Changes Come at the Speed of Life Life isn’t static, and neither is interior design. With this Chicago family, interior designer Julia Buckingham found herself going with the flow. She started designing the house for a newly single woman with kids, switched... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/35133022/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g12/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ How to Sneak In Creative Guest-Room Storage If you’ve been using your guest room only to house overnight guests, you might be overlooking some prime storage space. Check out these ideas for putting your space to work 24/7 with storage over and under the bed, creative... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/36692083/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g13/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ My Houzz: Dream Home a Labor of Love and Passion “I am an interior designer and decorate according to my tastes,” says Liz Murtagh. “I love neutral colors with the occasional pops of color and a mixture of vintage and modern furnishings for that unexpected twist.”... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/35090042/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g14/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ 8 Essentials for Healthy Indoor Plants Nothing gives me more pleasure than having my indoor plants refreshed, repotted and repositioned, ready for a new year ahead. All too often we either love our houseplants or neglect them to death. But with some common sense... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/40329329/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g15/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ Aussie Style: Enduring Appeal of the Classic Queenslander Veranda Walking into a Queenslander is like stepping into a bit of Australian history. These homes are found in Queensland — Australia’s northeast state, bordering the Pacific Ocean and the Coral Sea — and neighboring areas.... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/39709619/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g16/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ Great Design Plant: Pinus Thunbergii ‘Thunderhead’ Pines, like red wine, can be an acquired taste. Many of us played in pine forests as children, never giving a thought as to what makes these trees special. But there are certain pines that can do for your garden what no other... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/39645511/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g17/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ Decorate With Intention: 12 Remodeling Sanity Savers It's easy to get excited about a home project at the beginning, when the work seems theoretical and you hear yourself saying things like, "Oh, we could just knock all of these walls out, no problem!" Then reality sets in.... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/2641770/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g18/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ Great Design Plant: Olneya Tesota Offers Desert Shade Ironwood (Olneya tesota), a member of the pea family, has flowers similar to those of sweetpea blossoms in shape. Like many desert trees, ironwood easily handles extreme drought, hot temperatures and full sun, all while providing... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/38363040/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g19/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ Guest Picks: To the Moon and Back Your love may stretch all the way to the moon and back, and luckily, there’s plenty of decor inspired by that pie in the sky that’s just a click away. I have my eye on more than a few lunar discoveries from the Houzz... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/33507954/MTE4ZDQ1/n955/v1/nllc/g20/u/dpYm-A85glcbI3cO2bWCKg ------------------------------ Don't want to receive Houzz updates? unsubscribe here: http://www.houzz.com/optOutEmail/oo=newsletter/uname=jeeproject/t=19/id=955/sid=3d6b3907-38e7-4ec4-8b37-d393e7eb1d8e/sig=M2JjMGM2OTVlZDRjMjIxODBmZGE0ZGYyZDgwMjBjMjU=. 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