House Beautiful

The House Beautiful reader is someone whose home is her bedrock. She is always improving it because the process – and result – delights her. Happiness in her home comes from easy luxury and highly personal style. Her home is a gift to share with family and friends.

Live in COLOR with HouseBeautiful.com • From picking out paint to exploring new hues, consider us your go-to color consultants.

House Beautiful

Q: Which comes first: The color or the concept? • When designing a new space, coming in with a plan is essential—but it can be diffcult to know where to start when choosing your hues. Here’s how the experts approach this age-old problem.

NEXT WAVE • With 130 years of design leadership under our belts, we know a thing or two about elevating talent. Meet this year’s class of fresh design stars, who have wowed us with their perspective, ingenuity, and ability to redefine what it means to live beautifully at home. The future of design starts here.

Picture Perfect • A gallery may just seem like an easy solution to an excessively large wall, but a thoughtfully planned one can be much more than just a space filler. The new gallery wall is all about connecting unexpected themes, motifs, and objects, and designers are offering a master class in how to do it right. In this bourbon-tasting room, designer Sarah Vaile crafted an eccentric but carefully curated display using an array of objets d’art, including a portrait of President Ronald Reagan underneath a 19th-century oil painting.

Painted Persuasion • A curated mix of pieces for indoors and out that reflect your personal color of the year.

PUMP UP THE VOLUME • A little disco, a lot of color: This Charleston home hits its stride with ’70s vibes and a standout art collection.

MADE YOU BLUSH • Femininity colors every corner of this refined retreat, where a rosy outlook is a permanent state of being.

THE ART OF CONTRAST • A fusion of graphic details and vintage finds satisfies Danish artist Malene Birger’s desire to live in black and white.

Painted Lady • A kaleidoscope of color catapults a restored 1800s Victorian into a bold new era.

PARALLEL LIVING • A reimagined floor plan creates a series of distinct spaces that give every part of family life—quiet, chaotic, and celebratory—room to unfold while maintaining connection.

GLOBAL ENTRY • A well-traveled collector transforms her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, through local craftsmanship and artisanal details.

Color, Cultivated