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Long-form editorial on the designers, the houses, the renovations, and the ideas shaping residential design right now. Updated weekly.
The Designers Shaping American Homes in 2026
Our annual list of the fifty designers, architects, and landscape architects whose work is setting the tone this year. Five rising names, ten returning, thirty-five first-timers. Each profiled in full, with the project that earned them the spot.
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House Call
One room. One designer. One home worth knowing.
The HDP 50
The fifty names defining American design.
Color Story
What designers are actually specifying right now.
Pro Pick
A designer’s one piece you’d put in every project.
Before & After
The renovation, honestly told.
Small Space Sunday
Apartments, cottages, and cabins under 800 sqft.
Ask a Designer
Reader Q&A with our pro panel.
The Renovation File
One project, annotated week by week.
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 Color Story of 2026: Deep, Quiet, and Warmer Than You’d Think
We polled seventy designers on what they’re actually specifying right now. One color family kept coming up. Here’s the full report.
A Nine-Month Brownstone Renovation, Annotated Honestly
The kitchen came in 22% over budget. The primary bath stayed exactly on spec. A single beam discovery added six weeks.
My Kitchen Has No Window. What Do I Do?
Three designers and one architect respond to a reader’s common-but-solvable problem: the kitchen that gets no natural light.
A 380-Square-Foot Living Room That Seats Eight
A West Village studio solved the what-if-we-have-people-over problem with one convertible daybed and a coffee table with a secret.
The One Floor Lamp Mira Chen Specifies in Every Project
There’s a specific brass-and-linen lamp Mira Chen has put in fourteen different projects. She walks us through why.
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