FORMAL BUT whimsical, the dining room in Chris Barnes and Maisha Closson’s home in Los Angeles’s West Adams neighborhood bursts with wildly disparate design references. How did local designer Dee ...

When an equestrian family purchased this 1886 painted lady Victorian in Saratoga Springs, NY, a horse-racing town, they wanted to design it in a style that’s an established winner: the patterned, ...

Pictured Above: By keeping the palette restrained, designer Greg Natale demonstrates how a mix of subtle patterns can still read as appropriately soothing for a bedroom. As people grow increasingly ...

Decorating is about two things: style and comfort. Nowhere in your house are these two considerations more important than in the bedroom. Comfort in the bedroom means getting a good night’s sleep, ...

For design duo Cloth & Kind, pattern mixing has become second nature. But while most people associate the sensibility with large, sprawling spaces, where it can be used to break up visual heft, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Greek key pattern design breaking up a red and white wall - zcblck/Shutterstock In home décor, there are some patterns that feel ...

As a child, Jennifer Bunsa spent many happy hours on the shag rug of her Miami bedroom, building elaborate Lego houses. More than 30 years later, it’s this same bedroom where Bunsa—now an interior ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Pictured Above: By keeping the palette restrained, designer Greg Natale demonstrates how a mix of subtle ...