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Home Work

Home Work

The home as "incubator building," and other office ideas.

Trend Watch: Double Master Suites

Trend Watch: Double Master Suites

House plans with two master suites are becoming more popular.

Learning from Floating Homes & Houseboats

Learning from Floating Homes & Houseboats

Tight quarters on houseboats ensure that every inch counts. Joyanna reports on adaptable ideas for landlubbers.

Interior Design Ideas from the Saarinen House at Cranbrook

Interior Design Ideas from the Saarinen House at Cranbrook

Boyce finds interiors lessons in the Art Deco house that Eliel and Loja Saarinen designed for Cranbrook Academy of Art in the late 1920s.

Kitchen & Bath Tips from an Expert

Kitchen & Bath Tips from an Expert

David asks architect Maurice Levitch what he has learned from his many years of designing kitchens and baths.

Smaller Luxury Homes

Smaller Luxury Homes

Smaller homes of roughly 2,600 sq. ft. or less can have mansion-like luxury with amenities like window walls, walk-in closets and pantries, mud rooms, laundries, and the use of high-end materials and finishes.

WSJ and Houseplans.com

WSJ and Houseplans.com

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal describes Farmhouse designs from Houseplans.com.

The First Modern California House?

The First Modern California House?

Touring the Kings Road House in Los Angeles by Rudolph Schindler, which is considered an early California example of modern living.

House Plans With Pools

House Plans With Pools

House plans that work with water features, though maybe the pool you really need is for your pet!

New Craftsman Plans

New Craftsman Plans

Browse our latest plans -- with wide porches, home offices, laundries, and mudrooms -- by Home Patterns, LLC.

Lessons from Bucky Fuller's Dymaxion House

Lessons from Bucky Fuller's Dymaxion House

An early experiment in prefab design by the futurist Buckminster Fuller -- using recycled airplane parts -- offers inspiration for today.

Accessible Homes

Accessible Homes

Design writer Cheryl Weber reports on how to make a home comfortable and safe so we can live there longer.