Home Tours
Step inside the homes shaping modern American design — from Brooklyn brownstones and Texas ranch retreats to Santa Monica hillside modernism. Each tour is an unhurried walk-through with the designer, the architect, and the homeowners who live there.
A 1920s Pasadena Bungalow, Rewritten in Plaster and Oak
Designer Mira Chen took one of Pasadena’s most original Craftsman bungalows and asked a question few of her peers would: what if the home wasn’t a museum? The answer is a residence that honors its 1920s bones while making room for a young family that cooks, hosts, and occasionally paints murals on the walls.
Read the Full TourFifty-Two Weeks. Fifty-Two Rooms.
The Prewar Reimagined
Architect James Holbrook gives a Park Slope four-story a quietly radical makeover — preserving every inch of original millwork while installing a modern kitchen the original builders would envy.
Read the TourA Texas Ranch Retreat
Outside Austin, a Dallas family commissioned a 3,400-square-foot retreat built for heat, light, and the long summer evenings that demand a porch.
Read the TourHillside Modernism, Softened
A 1960s John Lautner–adjacent hillside home gets a textile-forward refresh that proves modernism need not feel sterile.
Read the TourThe Single House, Studied
A husband-wife designer duo restore a Charleston Single House with a contemporary twist that respects the verandah without embalming it.
Read the TourA Prairie Revival
In Oak Park, a Frank Lloyd Wright–era home finds its second act with a kitchen renovation that honors Prairie School principles.
Read the TourAdobe, Re-Earthed
Deep in Santa Fe, a traditional adobe gets a ground-up reboot that makes the case for earthen architecture as the future, not the past.
Read the TourNever Miss a Tour.
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