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This article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links. Colorful interior design is having a moment ...

Some of us haven't been gifted with large living spaces. And it's almost a rite of passage to live in a tiny apartment. As our homes have steadily morphed into superb multitaskers like offices, you're ...

One of the owners of a vintage row house, which had long been a down-at-the-heels rental building, chose the bright top floor as a home for herself and her two children. She hired Warwick, N.Y.-based ...

About 50 percent of the world’s population lives in cities. By 2050, it’ll be 70 percent. More people in cities means less room for everybody, which means we all need to learn how to live well in ...

A passerby might not even notice the windows carved out of the hefty cornice at the top of the brownstone mansion near the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. They belong to two apartments in what used to be ...

IN NEW YORK designer Lucy Harris’s experience, Manhattanites tend to ask for “refined and upscale” décor, a description that suggests the sort of formal, adults-only living room children must ...

Text description provided by the architects. A 55 meters, originally old and run down 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment turned into a luxurious 2 bedroom, 1 bath and 1 guest toilet apartment with an open ...