House Beautiful

The House Beautiful reader is someone whose home is her bedrock. She is always improving it because the process – and result – delights her. Happiness in her home comes from easy luxury and highly personal style. Her home is a gift to share with family and friends.

House Beautiful

BEAUTIFUL THINGS

THE BEST HOME STORES IN AMERICA • From sprawling warehouse sales to chic boutiques in big cities, the country’s top shops on our editors’ radar will make you want to road-trip.

Impressive Gifts • Our man-about-town, Robert Rufino, scoured the Best Home Stores to find gifts your friends won’t soon forget.

Go With the Flow • What if you could grab fresh, filtered water from any room in the house? Hydration is about to get so much simpler.

MUST-HAVES • Today’s home essentials work harder and smarter, featuring hidden functionality and serving more than a few purposes. Here are the homewares you can’t live without.

Guiding Lights • Add an architectural element to any open nook or unlit corner with floor lamps that reflect your design point of view.

Table Toppers • Once evening sets in, perfectly placed table lamps will fill your home with flattering, warm light.

Task Masters • With a perfect size and plenty of focused light, these petite lamps will make your home offce a place you actually want to work.

Space Makers • Finding the perfect area rug is like hitting the design jackpot—it can inspire a whole room.

Sleep Walkers • Whether you have hardwood floors or wall-to-wall carpeting, adding a plush bedroom rug will make hopping in and out of bed a dream.

Square Meals • You’ve got to eat. With a great dining room rug, the space will look polished from top to bottom (even post-mealtime).

The Right Rug for Every Room • To celebrate her new Angela Rose x Loloi collection, the Pinterest sensation and design influencer shares secrets for choosing wisely.

Sleeper Hits • Today’s sofa beds hide well, with sophisticated silhouettes and customizable options that allow you to turn any room into a guest suite.

Hidden Talents • Multifunctional low storage offers accessible cabinetry and drawers, and they work in almost any space.

Gather Around • Great pedestal tables are all about that base. Find one that looks good without a single chair nearby.

Try It Before You Buy It • The furniture of your dreams is now for rent. Business of Home’s Kaitlin Petersen investigates how, in an era of major life indecision, a stopgap industry became the smartest way to shop.

AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE • A Canadian design duo translates the Arizona landscape into a soothing retreat.

GARDEN VARIETY • A 19th-century Virginia home becomes a haven filled with botanical inspiration.

Great EXPECTATIONS • When you have a stodgy Brooklyn townhouse and a baby on the way, you call in a clever designer and set the bar high.

Primary SOURCES • An American designer takes inspiration from the Union Jack—of all things—for her London pied-à-terre.

Wizards of Waverly Place • Power design couple Cortney and Robert Novogratz have renovated nine New York City homes for their family of nine. But this mansion in the West Village—with a storied past—may be their most ambitious yet.

HOLDING PATTERNS

She’s a RAINBOW • A colorful apartment high above Manhattan becomes a happy gathering place for family.

THE HEIRLOOM ESTATE • A variety of antique treasures mingle with ease at this weekend home in Texas Hill Country.

THE PERFECT CANVAS • A longtime lover of art finds a home to showcase her collection.

DESERT FLOWER • Reviving a traditional adobe home in Santa Fe required a healthy dose of ingenuity—and florals.

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