Lauren is a writer and architectural designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to being a writer at Forbes, she works as a freelance architectural designer specializing in residential ...

If utilized to their greatest potential, basements can add ample space to your home. While most are below ground level and sometimes are windowless, dark and dingy, there are ways to lighten and ...

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If you've ever been let down by a paint job that didn't meet your expectations, it's time to revisit a color concept that ...

You're ready to give your home a refresh. Maybe you've been staring at greige office walls for far too long, or you're moving kids into their own rooms or just want a new color for your living room.

NEW YORK — The calm gray-blue sky in an otherwise agitated Vincent Van Gogh painting. The flesh of a nude woman as painted by Amedeo Modigliani. Or the vibrant yellows, blues and chartreuse in a Franz ...

You may have decorated your home according to feng shui, the traditional Chinese practice of arranging your home's furniture and decor to promote harmony, balance and peace. The way you decorate your ...

The HelloNation feature concludes that the right paint color brings harmony to a room, but getting there requires more than a quick decision. By testing paint samples, observing them under real ...

Each week Mansion Global tackles an interior design topic with an elite group of designers from around the world who work on luxury properties. This week we lookat how to incorporate two colors of ...