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A Rhode Island farmhouse that’s beachy without being ‘overly nautical’
The project started with a lucky meeting between homeowners and an architect
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A Back Bay brownstone that’s “highly, yet invisibly” functional
The exterior is historic, but the interior was a blank canvas for mixing, blending, and composing
House Calls
Curbed's weekly original tours series takes you inside homes with eye-catching style and big personality—from modern tiny homes to pedigreed midcentury gems and everything in between.
Bringing pattern and color to a ‘simple box’ of a home in upstate New York
The playful design—just look at that floor!—brought the community in.
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A curated midcentury home amid winding hills
Eclectic collections of furniture and objects fill the classic post-and-beam space.
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A renovated farmhouse curated to perfection
The expanded farmhouse in Connecticut mixes minimal style with vintage finds.
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A spirited midcentury ranch returns to its roots
The Bay Area home’s restoration mixes original elements with features suited for the future
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Feast your eyes on our favorite Los Angeles home tours
From a midcentury modern in Echo Park to a Tudor Revival in West Hollywood.
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A New Mexico furniture maker’s rental property becomes a custom home
"By the time it was done, I realized nobody was ever going to live in here but me."
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A contemporary Asheville home with serious ’70s vibes
Curves and plants soften the geometric space.
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’70s beach house becomes minimal family retreat, with a terrazzo twist
In a quiet corner of the Hamptons, a designer-artist couple saves a 1972 gem and turns it into a year-round family home.
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7 ways to bring ‘modern farmhouse’ charm into your kitchen
From an Instagram-ready setup to a kitchen in a real 1880s farmhouse, here’s a big load of inspiration for indulging in your modern farmhouse dreams.
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Inside New York City’s best homes
From a converted factory in Gowanus to a designer’s own apartment on the Upper East Side
7 ways to create a lush oasis with houseplants
Find inspiration inside gorgeous homes where plants work their magic.
A designer’s guide to holiday entertaining
Jean Lee and Dylan Davis of Ladies & Gentleman Studio make their gatherings interactive, informal, and creative.
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Bringing new life to a design pioneer’s quirky Old Town home
Walter Netsch designed the house as a showcase for art. The new owners’ revamp spotlights the architecture.
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Making room for dinner with friends
The author of The Friendsgiving Handbook offers a few simple hosting how-to’s.
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Starry-eyed first-time homebuyers fall for a Victorian—and land in a massive remodel
The warm renovation reflects the Hudson Valley home’s history.
Refreshing a classic home in an English village
The 19th-century stone house is a masterful blend of old and new.
A home from the ground up, built with nature in mind
An architect’s home brings a New Zealand mindset to Vancouver’s coastline.
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Unbungling a classic California bungalow
Architects do some back and body work to create a photographer duo’s indoor-outdoor haven.
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Seattle chef Renee Erickson cooks up warmth at home
Her Ballard bungalow is a mélange of antiques, art, and travel finds.
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A home for four centers around one river—and 200 plants
Cultivating calm, a duo designs a respite in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
24 bathroom decor ideas for your next refresh
Big or small, all white or bursting in color, the bathroom is a great place for experimentation in the home.
21 living room ideas to inspire you now
Whether you’re after rustic warmth or midcentury-inspired perfection, we think you’ll find some valuable living room furniture and decor ideas in these homes.
In Fort Worth, a home resembles two friends in conversation
A sympathetic addition creates a dialogue between old and new in an art-filed Arlington Heights abode.
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A black metal house lets in Seattle’s light
The clever reno emphasizes its sprawling gardens.
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A family’s San Francisco building becomes a home to grow in
Purchasing and renovating a three-unit property was a risk—but it paid off.
Creating an indoor-outdoor haven in the marshlands
On Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina, a couple brings modern style to a country home, while adding a chicken coop and gardens to the property.
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Our favorite California wine country houses
Full-bodied, earthy, and sparkling homes from our weekly original series, House Calls.
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Renovated Bridgeport cottage is an ode to the ’80s
From colorful, graphic walls to a large hand-shaped sofa, this Bridgeport home is a bona fide visual feast.
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Inside a beekeeper and business owner’s idyllic home
Entrepreneur Claire Marin opens the door to her home near New York’s Catskill Mountains.
Inside 11 of our favorite homes across the U.S.
Just in time for the July 4th holiday
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‘The apartment was an ugly duckling’
An architect-author couple embraces their new home’s quirks—from porthole windows to exposed pipes—with a few clever tricks.
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A 1950s house’s ‘quirky, mad-hatter’ revamp
Leela Cyd and David Kilpatrick left Portland, Oregon, for Santa Barbara, California—and brought their sense of fun with them.
Renovating a 19th-century house, plus the shop next door
In Charleston, the enterprising owners of Sugar Bakeshop now have "a seven-step commute."
Plant life, indoors and out, anchors a creative couple’s Berlin home
The high ceilings and broad windows don’t hurt, either.
An American design wiz in Copenhagen makes the most of ‘Denmark’s Craigslist’
And the finds are as good as you’d expect.
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A family makes an I.M. Pei townhouse their own in Society Hill
A couple relishes the challenge of restoring a midcentury modern gem in Philadelphia.
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For an artist couple, a Brooklyn home offers a rich canvas
Brooklyn artists Lisa Hunt and Kyle Goen reconcile their differing tastes with texture and color.
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A midcentury gem gets a polish in LA
Architect Doug Rucker designed this dreamy 1964 house in Laurel Canyon, and one couple set out to update it.
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A Chicago loft fit for a dinner party—and a disco
Inside artist and restauranteur Nate Chung’s plant-filled apartment.