A midcentury-style kitchen needs stained wood cabinets with flat-panel doors and antique accessories like bulb chandeliers. For midcentury style, designer Michelle Lord provides her money-saving tips.
In this project, Jamie Hamilton and Greer Nelson of Oliver Simon Design used space-saving methods to make rooms seem larger. Despite its modest size, we wanted this dining area to be bright and intriguing.
Even a fresh or renovated room may seem period and lofty with salvaged furniture and materials. A faded antique desk, industrial lamp, and chair are set against deep green walls in Chip and Joanna Gaines' Fixer Upper home office.
Friendly warmth in open-layout floorplans is important but often hard to produce. Sydney designer Brett Mickan used color in this kitchen. "The deep green tint recedes the walls, highlighting the room's components.
This quirky dining area by Hannah Crowell shows how loft rooms may be polished even in rough-hewn and industrial surroundings. "I picked a charcoal gray with a hint of purple for my new construction to provide depth and character.
Good news: Open shelving with exposed supports, like the black plumbing pipes in this Martha's Vineyard mudroom, adds storage and industrial style without costing as much as cabinets.
Artists and artisans typically live-work in lofts. Make your rooms multifunctional to relive this past. This bedroom becomes a home office with an eye-catching workstation and adaptable freestanding storage cabinet.
Loft design generally distinguish "rooms" via material change rather than barriers. This strategy helped Vita Design Group architect Gary Chase construct a free-flowing workspace.