Architecture and Design

Tearing out the old flat ceiling helps a closed-in kitchen live and breathe easierby Charles Miller

Clever lighting strategies and creative cabinetry energize a contemporary kitchen and bathby Charles Miller

With a perfectly placed mirror, a small kitchen opens up to a bird’s-eye bay viewby Charles Miller

Learn the five-part strategy for achieving good lighting in the bath, and you'll be able to highlight both your own beauty and the room'sby Russell Hamlet

In New York state, a new house combines compound curves and energy-saving detailsby Kurt Ofer

By paying attention to scale and siting thoughtfully, you can transform a storage shed into a garden shedby Roxana Vargas Greenan

A prize-winning deck, art in the garden, a house with a waterwheel, and more. . .

The phrase "flipping a house" means something entirely different to one Minnesota architect and his familyby Michael Roehr

The best designs have pleasing proportions and harmonize with the houseby Paul DeGroot

We asked for photos of your best kitchen and bath remodels, and you delivered

Defined by a mosaic of indoor and outdoor spaces, a new house tames the sun and adapts a traditional Southwest style for an established neighborhoodby Murray Silverstein, Barbara Winslow

Even a small addition can make your house live and look its bestby Lynn Hopkins

A new family room and master suite, improved entries, and an updated building envelope saved this home from the wrecking ball, againby Michael Klement

In a dense urban neighborhood, this remodeled bungalow goes green with recycled materials, solar energy, gray water, and room for the owners’ day jobsby Geoffrey Holton

21st-century technology and a classic look come together in a shingle-style house that produces more energy than it consumesby Bill Heigis, Hobie Guion

In one of the D.C. area’s most desirable neighborhoods, a potential teardown gets reworked for modern livingby Brian Pontolilo

A first-time home designer nails it with an updated farmhouse that includes double-duty spaces, a serious mudroom, and a five-star energy ratingby Diane Kolak

Moving the main living spaces into a second-story addition reenergized a house for a family of fourby Michael Roehr

An 1890s bungalow is returned to its original beauty by an ambitious husband-and-wife remodeling crewby John Hawthorn