Interior Design

Fall does something to the way I see a room. It is not an urge to start over. It never has been. It's quieter than that more like an instinct to add something. To go looking for the one piece that feels like it has always belonged there, even though you found it yesterday. The homes I love most were never built in a single weekend, from a single catalog, in a single style. They're layered. Shaped over years by what was inherited, what was stumbled upon, and what was chosen

Some of the smartest design decisions have nothing to do with what you add. These are 5 things to stop buying for your home to save you money and sanity. We love buying things for our homes. We buy things to make them prettier, more organized, more functional, more seasonal, more us. And sometimes we buy things because HomeGoods put a red sticker on them and we apparently lost all ability to reason. Here’s the problem: more stuff doesn’t necessarily make a better home. After

College friends turned design professionals come full circle as Joni Laycook prepares to send her oldest off to college. Here are her five practical tips for making dorm move-in easier and creating a space that actually works.