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Step Inside the Pacific Northwest Island Home of Two Winemakers | Architectural Digest

Interior designer Heidi Caillier needed little direction on a new guesthouse project on Fox Island in Washington state. Caillier had already worked with the clients twice before, creating interiors for the young couple’s forever home on the property—a hilly tract with gorgeous views of the Puget Sound—and conceiving a luxe tasting room in Tacoma, Washington, to expand their family’s thriving …

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Get Interior Design Advice Without Hiring a Full-Service Interior Designer | Architectural Digest

Help! You’re trapped in a Pinterest loop and can’t get out. You’ve decided to try your hand at interior design—you have a sense of what good design entails, plenty of ideas (and TikTok tutorials), even sleek furniture or art. But before you know it, you’ve fallen down an internet rabbit hole of ideas upon ideas. This creative spiral explains why …

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9 Black-and-White Interior Design Ideas to Master | Architectural Digest

Black-and-white interior design has the power to give your home a lasting impression. Designers regularly incorporate this two-tone color theme in their designs to wake up interiors. The beauty of using black-and-white is that the palette is flexible and can look mod or classic, depending on how you use it.   “I always like to inject glamour into a space, …

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Inside Vanessa Carlton’s Magically Cozy Rhode Island Home | Architectural Digest

“We found it on Zillow, just like everyone did during the pandemic,” musician Vanessa Carlton says of her charming Federal post-and-beam house. She and her husband, fellow musician John McCauley, even purchased the Rhode Island home—which was built during the first few years of the 1800s—without ever seeing it in person. “We did a FaceTime walk-through,” Carlton says. “I know, …

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It’s All About Functional Shapes in This Abstract Painter’s Los Angeles Live-Work Loft | Architectural Digest

At the entryway of her Los Angeles studio-loft, Hannah stands surrounded by her creations, featuring one of her mirrors and a burl wood diptych—her latest material of choice. It’s clear that the ubiquitous conversation around work-life balance isn’t a dialogue that artist Hannah Polskin entertains. To the contrary, the abstract painter prefers full immersion of both worlds in her West …

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10 Gardening Mistakes to Avoid at All Costs | Architectural Digest

The idea of digging up your backyard can be intimidating. If you’re a green-thumb novice who is not sure how to start a garden, the fear of making a mistake can make you quit before you even start. “Gardening is not always a cheap hobby,” says Lara Hermanson, gardener and co-owner of Farmscape, an urban farming company in San Francisco and …

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Upstate New York: Tour a Heavenly Modern Farmhouse Compound | Architectural Digest

Beverly Kerzner first met architect and designer Niels Schoenfelder over 20 years ago. At the time, he was 24 years old and had already built a stunning hotel in Pondicherry, India, that caught her eye. After tracking him down and initiating a fruitful conversation, she tapped him to build her dream home. “Right from the start, Niels and I pushed …

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Brad Pitt Home: Inside the Actor’s Properties | Architectural Digest

Among Brad Pitt’s many accomplishments—seven Academy Award nominations, a successful wine label, the title of People’s Sexiest Man Alive—is his ability to invest in some truly trophy real estate. The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor has spoken before about his affinity for all things architecture and interior design, telling Oprah Winfrey in 2004, “I love that architecture is …

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