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We're entering a pattern-on-pattern renaissance. See five bedrooms created in 3D that embrace layered patterns, colors, and textures.

August is Black Business Month. To celebrate, designer Beth Diana Smith reflects on the power of using work by fellow Black creatives—and then invites other Black designers to share their favorite Black-owned sources.

Courtesy of Kiyonda Powell Six months pregnant with her first child and working from home, Kiyonda Powell wasn't exactly jumping at the idea of turning the one extra room in her condo into a nursery. "It used to be my home-office-slash-storage-space, and I couldn't wrap my head around transitioning it at the time," recalls Powell, the founder of DC-based Kiyonda Powell Design Studio. "I thought, 'I'll just do a bassinet in my bedroom.'" Plus, it was a rental apartment—and she was considering a move. But on the heels of some good press from her room at the nearby Aspire Design and Home show...

Is This What the Family Home of the Future Will Look Like? Hadley Keller © Kendrick Daye Spoiler: This family home includes a sanctuary, home brewery, and in-home doctor's office. “How can a response to despair be hope?” That, says architect Nina Cooke John, was the foundational question behind the Black Artist + Designers Guild's Obsidian Virtual Concept House>>>P, an interactive virtual showhouse debuting today. In it, 25 creators—architects, interior designers, artists, makers, and more—have conceptualized the Black family home of the future in a project that ser...

If you feel like your house is bursting at the seams, you’re not alone. People are looking for more space and some are finding it in their basements. Basement renovations are one of the most requested projects right now, says Anthony Wilder of Anthony Wilder Design/Build in Maryland. “You can’t imagine that people would really want to be in their basements,...