Some homes quietly work with you. Others seem to require constant effort. One feels calm, functional, and forgiving, while the other needs constant attention in the form of surfaces to clear, lights to fix, furniture to rearrange, or clutter to manage. The difference usually isn’t size or cost. It’s design. Supportive homes are built around how people actually live. They anticipate routines,...
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When a Colorado couple merged their lives later in life, they enlisted designer Rachel Ogburn, who uses Houzz Pro software, in 2024 to refresh the main living areas of their home. A leaking tub soon sparked a full-blown transformation of the dark, heavy primary...
Two of the most important elements in a home are daylight and well-functioning storage, and this Victorian row house in London was in need of both. Some of the rooms were dark, many had haphazard storage, and the decor was tired. So the owners invited designer Sybille Le Mene of Into Interior...
The U.S. government has begun enforcing its first nationwide anti-money laundering safeguards targeting the residential real estate market, closing a long-criticized loophole that allowed illicit funds to flow into property purchases with limited scrutiny. Effective March 1, 2026, the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) implemented the Residential Real Estate Rule (RRE...
Nature abhors a vacuum and does something about it. Homebuilders, their business and channel partners, their investors and lenders and their customers abhor uncertainty. But what can and will they do about it? Other than brace for more bumps. More air pockets. More “buying” of sales rather than selling of American households on houses that fit their dreams of a home. The question arises in the...
Experian is imposing another price increase on credit reports sold to mortgage lenders — an unusual move at this time of year, according to resellers who spoke with HousingWire.“I have never seen a price increase after a price increase in January,” said one reseller executive, who requested anonymity to avoid potential retaliation. “It comes out to about 3% — roughly $3 per borrower.” “We...
Walk into enough newly built homes, and certain things start to feel familiar. The same flush-mount lights. The same basic doors. The same standard trim that does its job but never really stands out. None of it is bad. It just feels expected. Custom homes, on the other hand, tend to reveal themselves in quieter ways. Not necessarily through size, but through detail — the small decisions that make a...
Winter is forgiving. Short days and low, gray light hide a lot, from dull fabrics to dusty corners or styling choices that made sense when everything outside was bare. Spring changes that overnight. Longer days and brighter sun pour into rooms at new angles, hitting surfaces that haven’t seen direct light in months. Suddenly, things look different. That cozy wool throw feels heavy. That...
Winter changes how a home works. Lamps stay on longer. Furniture shifts closer together. Heavy fabrics and layered textures build warmth and comfort while the outside world stays gray. But when spring arrives, those same choices can start to feel slightly off. Interior designers almost always respond to the season; not with full renovations, but with smaller, strategic resets that help a home feel...
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