dwellOutdoor Spaces A Black Timber Tiny Home Brings Attitude to Amsterdamdwell - Laura MaukClad in wax-covered pine, this 645-square-foot dwelling is striking on the outside and endlessly charming on the inside. When Marjon Helder and Martin Blankendaal commissioned Chris Collaris to redesign
dwellHome It’s Always Summer in This Tropical Apartment With a Pool Tile Bedroomdwell - Melissa DaltonA European fashion designer outfits his apartment in Brazil for relaxation and downtime with wood-clad walls and brilliant blue tile. In the Ipanema neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, this 1,722-square-foot
dwellOutdoor Spaces Modern Take on a Texas Farmhousedwell - Emily ShapiroA modern, gabled home in Austin is designed to feel like a "leftover railroad house that had been repurposed." When beginning construction, Austin-based contractor Royce Flournoy hoped that the simple,
dwellOutdoor Spaces A Run-Down Farmhouse Becomes a Sleek Modern Retreatdwell - Laura C. MalloneeJacek Kolasiński took on a massive renovation project in his dream neighborhood. When a dilapidated farmhouse went up for sale in Jacek Kolasiński’s dream neighborhood in Szczecin, Poland, he didn’t hesitate
dwellHome Building Rough and Refined Details Play Nice in This Reimagined Melbourne Victoriandwell - Jennifer Baum LagdameoBehind a traditional facade, textured concrete ceilings combine with svelte surfaces for a deliciously moody effect. Located on the northern fringes of Fitzroy, a lively Melbourne suburb with a bohemian
dwellPrefab Homes Before & After: A Resuscitated Row House in Philadelphia Seeks $825Kdwell - Kathryn M.After gut-renovating a 1918 row home in Center City, a husband-and-wife design team place it on the market. As self-proclaimed design nerds, Chris and Catherine jumped on the chance to remodel a neglected,
dwellOutdoor Spaces Don’t Have a Green Thumb? The Sill’s New Line of Hyper-Realistic Faux Plants Is Just for Youdwell - Samantha DalyNo watering necessary: this fresh collection of fake-but-believable plants makes it a breeze to turn your home into an indoor jungle. Plants make people happy. But for those who haven’t mastered the art
dwellPlants 11 Houseplants That Flourish in Low Lightdwell - Samantha DalyIf you’re an aspiring indoor gardener struggling with low lighting at home, don’t despair—you can still have a thriving plant collection. If your space doesn’t catch enough rays for more tropical foliage,
dwellHome Building Raise High the Roof Beamsdwell - Kelsey Keith Creative bartering and a healthy dose of sweat equity allowed a young Charleston couple to transform a derelict 19th-century structure into an inspired living space.
dwellHome Building Modern Becomes Eclectic in This Renovated Brooklyn Townhousedwell - Elaine LouieA designer couple bring work home, refashioning their home with a studied eye. When interior designer Merrill Lyons and Charles Brill, a cofounder of lighting design company Rich Brilliant Willing (RBW),
dwellHome Building One Couple's Imagination Goes Wild at a 1967 Weekend Retreatdwell - Simon DoonanOffbeat furnishings are kindred spirits to an architectural oddball in the Hudson Valley. Taste is a mysterious, subjective kind of a thing. One person’s "yuck" is someone else’s "aha!" One homebuyer’s
dwellHome Building Before & After: A St. Louis Architect Builds a Perfect Party Pad Over a Brownfielddwell - Melissa DaltonA decrepit gas station was once the only building on this abandoned industrial site, but one architect saw its true potential to become so much more. For about eight years, architect William G. McCuen,
dwellHome Building This Growing Family Maximizes Every Last Inch in Their 850-Square-Foot Apartmentdwell - Allie Weiss"We immediately understood that we needed to erase everything," says designer Roberto Di Stefano, who, along with architect Alessandro Bongiorni, overhauled an 850-square-foot home in Milan. The 1950 purchased
dwellOutdoor Spaces A New Book Explores 25 of the World’s Most Sensuous Buildingsdwell - Mike Chino“The Touch” shows that great design is not just visually appealing—it engages all of the human senses. A perfectly framed photo can provide a visual feast, but there’s so much more to architecture than
dwellOutdoor Spaces Top 5 Cabins of the Week That Perfectly Define “Cozy”dwell - Samantha DalyFall is finally here and we’re itching to get out of the city and enjoy the great outdoors. Take a peek at these cozy cabins pulled from the Dwell community that caught our editor’s eye this week. Featured
dwellOutdoor Spaces In True California Style, This Venice Beach Home Hovers Above a Pooldwell - Alia AkkamAn eager-to-downsize couple with a knack for entertaining fall in love with a tree-surrounded property for their next chapter. In their old Brentwood abode, a carefree Los Angeles couple frequently invited
dwellHome Building Before & After: A Ramshackle Barn in Northern California Becomes a Family’s Rural Retreatdwell - Melissa DaltonIn Sonoma County, Faulkner Architects transforms a neglected barn into a refined guest house with a screened sleeping porch. Glen Ellen, California, is a small village north of San Francisco (population:
dwellPrefab Homes Maroon 5’s Guitarist Lists a Midcentury Stunner in Los Feliz for $3.8Mdwell - Jennifer Baum LagdameoLocated in Los Feliz, the Steel House was built by architect Neil M. Johnson in 1960. Inspired by the Case Study program, the home features a low, rectangular roofline with cantilevered eaves, expansive
dwellHome Building A Tropical Renovation Lifts an Australian Home Into the Treetopsdwell - Kate ReggevA striking addition draws nature, light, and fresh air into a home just outside of Brisbane. The suburbs of Brisbane, Australia, feature many prewar, wood-framed cottages with sheltered outdoor spaces
dwellOutdoor Spaces 29 Ideas for Stylishly Stacking Firewood This Falldwell - Kate ReggevWe have as many ideas for stacking your stash of firewood as we do plans for stoking the fire this fall. With summer now officially over, we find ourselves increasingly ready for the fall and its autumnal
dwellAlaska An Epic Plotdwell - Jaime Gillin Architect Steve Bull designed a high-impact, low-maintenance home for a pair of intrepid clients in Alaska, but that was only the beginning of the adventure.
dwellOutdoor Spaces Modern Addition in Louisvilledwell - William Lamb Working creatively to meet strict preservation codes, architect Roberto de Leon affixes a modern annex onto a historic Louisville house.
dwellOutdoor Spaces This Lake House Is a Living Piece of Architecture Historydwell - J. Michael WeltonA retired couple retreats to the modern masterpiece by Richard Meier. It took nine months before Michael McCarthy and Marcia Myers fully realized what they’d actually purchased in Harbor Springs, Michigan.
dwellOutdoor Spaces Slat Happydwell - Jordan KushinsBudget supplies become modern design gold in this Omaha home. When is a wall more than a simple way to split up spaces? In Randy Brown’s Omaha, Nebraska, home, sculptural transparency reigns over opaque
dwellOutdoor Spaces This Chef’s Home in Australia Uses Budget-Friendly Materials That Don’t Sacrifice Strengthdwell - Lucy WangIn Byron Shire, simple, cost-efficient materials like fiber-cement sheets cut down on construction waste and time. When Tom, an Australian chef who co-owns a taqueria in Sydney, inherited a 5,400-square-foot
dwellOutdoor Spaces 7 Supervillain Lairs Set in Deviously Well-Designed Homesdwell - Duncan NielsenA new book seeks to answer the eternal question: “Why do bad guys live in good houses?” It’s hard to find a Bond villain who doesn’t live in a bold, imposing dwelling. They tend to plot their world takeovers
dwellHome Building Designer Lauren Rottet Thinks Outside the Box to Renovate Her Montauk Retreatdwell - Lauren JonesHexagonal rooms and interior shingles are just part of the charm—and challenge—in this rare home originally designed by architects George Nelson and Gordon Chadwick. Completed in 1962 for Rudolph and Johnson,
dwellOutdoor Spaces An Angular Cabin Is Perfectly Poised to Soak Up Breathtaking Forest Vistasdwell - Melissa DaltonSet on a forested Vancouver Island lot nestled between mountains and ocean, this sculptural house follows the contour of the land. Around 2015, architect Javier Campos of Campos Studio ran into his next
dwellArchitecture This Coastal Prefab Stands Tall Above Rising Sea Levelsdwell - Lucy WangRES4’s modular approach provides a Brooklyn family with a beautiful weatherproof retreat on Long Island. After discovering Resolution: 4 Architecture’s (RES4) modular designs in Dwell Magazine, a Brooklyn
