Homestead

Living Magazine’s ‘Homestead’ section offers an abundance of home-related topics and tips, from decorating for the holidays to interior design to gardening and so much more!

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Come Sit A Spell

Ideas for Creating Inviting Porches and Patios
Traditional kitchen in new luxury home with hardwood floors, woo

Heart of the Home

Trends in Kitchen Design
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The Wonderful World of Wallpaper

Add some Whimsy to Your Home with this Delightful Design Element
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Groundbreaking Garden

Burpee’s 2025 Products Bring a New Era in Planting
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Come Sit A Spell
Traditional kitchen in new luxury home with hardwood floors, woo
Heart of the Home
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The Wonderful World of Wallpaper
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Groundbreaking Garden
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Family Ties

A Waxahachie Lake House That’s Built to Bring Family Members Together Architecture, interiors, and ...

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Considerations Before Installing Backyard Storage

Shed Ahead By Cheryl Alexander Garage overflowing? No place to play? Hobbies becoming space-inhibited? ...

Making your home appealing to buyers

Making Your Home Appealing to Buyers

To sell your house in a timely manner, and for an optimal price, you’re ...

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Finding (And Keeping) the Right Real Estate Agent

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average American will change houses 12 times ...

Spring Home Upgrade Ideas

Spring Home Upgrade Ideas After a long winter cooped up indoors, spring is the ...

Switching Sides

By Cheryl Alexander Siding replacement or repair is one of the most important home ...

Keeping tabs on your roof doesn’t have to be difficult

Keeping Tabs On Your Roof Doesn’t Have To Be Difficult

Over Your Head By Mimi Greenwood Knight It’s unglamorously resting atop your house, come ...

Trends in tile and flooring for home design

Tile Style

By David Buice Tile is all around us for everyone to enjoy, and has ...

More Minimal

Taking cues from Moorish architecture, private spaces are openly defined in this relaxed build ...

Home Improvements you should make in 2020

Home Improvements You Should Consider in 2020

Considerable Candidates A few interesting targets for home improvement next year By Annette Brooks ...

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How to Choose a Flooring Company

By Mimi Greenwood Knight So you’re dreaming about installing new flooring. Hardwood, carpet, tile, ...

Keeping your home updated makes it more enjoyable to live in now, and if you decide to move, more marketable. While completely remodeling your kitchen and bathrooms are obvious options, as are large projects like whole-home makeovers, other improvements can also make it more livable and valuable.

A Home Remodel-Addition That Reflects its 50s Roots

  Get Back   Exterior Using a limited palette of materials like brick, white ...

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Simple Ideas for Decorating with Leaves this Fall

Make Like a Tree By Mimi Greenwood Knight Here in Texas, it’s harder to ...

Tip For hosting a dinner party

The Power of Hosting Others for Dinner

By Mona Chavez People often ask me, “how and why do you do it?” ...

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A Little Retreat – Tiny Cabins

  Tiny cabins that pack plenty of coziness in (a lot) less space Projects ...

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Next Generation – The Floyd Residence

When local architect Robert Floyd’s cedar plank home burned down to the slab more ...

Easy home chores you can do in a weekend

Home Chores You Can Knock Out in a Weekend

Home Run While home maintenance isn’t the most glamorous part of home ownership, you’ll ...

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Liven Up Your Home with Art From Andy Blank

  Brooklyn-based contemporary artist Andy Bank is thrilled to be launching his brand in ...

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Swim Season

If you’ve ever wanted to put in a pool, now’s the best time—and here’s ...

Natural Resources – The Norris House in Beautiful Austin, Texas

The Norris House in beautiful Austin, Texas – An avid steel craftsman augments a ...

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How to Finish a Relaxing Roofless Room

Personal Space The key to getting good results is discovering the middle ground between ...

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Home Tour: Hasta Luego

The Creueta House Barcelona, Spain Design, Document, and Architecture by ZEST architecture Photography by ...

Keep an eye on your home and belongings while you are out of town on vacation

Mind Over Matter

Ensuring you and your home can both rest easy when you’re on the road ...

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Rural Resilience – The Hill Country House

The Hill Country House Wimberley, Texas   A Hill Country prototype for a persistent, ...

Elevating An Original

The Treetops House On the west side of Austin, Texas Architecture by Specht Architects ...

Sell High

By Mimi Greenwood Knight One of the most stressful parts of selling your house ...

Granite and marble kitchen counters and backsplashes kitchen trends for 2019

This Year’s Kitchen & Bath Trends

By Annette Brooks Kitchen and bath ideas to inspire Your kitchen is the heartbeat ...

Midcentury Modern Home - Courtyard Landscpaing

Launch Pad

Curves House This Rocks Different types of gravel were used to extend the architecturally ...

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Blossom By The Arroyo

Rubber Ducky Trail House Built in 2016, 4,174 square feet New construction 20 miles ...

Yard to Table

By Mimi Greenwood Knight Landscaping our yards adds to their curb appeal, to say ...

Cozy Up to Danish Hygge

The simple art of feeling content, happy, and comfy

Acute Addition – An Expanded & Updated Residence in Austin, Texas

  Colorful Kitchen Turquoise backsplash tile from Fire Clay Tile adds a happy dash ...

Create a Smarter Closet Experience

BY PAMELA HAMMONDS   Organizing professionals have long dispensed advice on how to control ...

Dwelling in Dallas

Classic Meets Modern The careful design illustrates how contemporary architecture can still flourish in ...

Rethink and Repurpose

By Annette Brooks With the arrival of the new year and the departure of ...

Stoneham Harmony

FULL EXTERIOR Natural wood and black slate on this house newly built for a ...

A House in the Woods

  UPDATED EXTERIOR This mid-century original underwent a comprehensive renovation for its new owners, ...

Rightsizing Your Residence

By Annette Brooks Once the kids have left home, what’s the point of hanging ...

When it’s Winter

  Though it might not feel like it now, winter is right around the ...

Updating A Houston Classic

  About the Designer: Founded in 1991 by principal Jay Baker, Jay Baker Architects ...

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Fixture Upper

Ah yes, the often overlooked yet completely essential faucet. We all have them—and many ...

A Rediscovered Residence

Designed to be a constant center of activity where the owner—a single professional with ...

The Outdoors Inside

Bridge the gap between nature and nest Whether it’s the smell of pine trees, ...

5 Ways to Boost Your Wi-Fi

5 Ways to Boost Home Wi-Fi In today’s connected world, it’s almost unthinkable to ...

Perfectly Perched

The approximately 2,580 square foot Perch Haus rests in the heart of East Dallas ...

Saguaro Oasis

A desert vacation home for four generations of family

Love it and List it (…or not)

Getting your home ready to show—even if you’re the only one looking

Doorway to Heaven

Focusing on the portal to your home’s personality

Your 2018 Renovation Hit List

What to tackle on the homestead this year

Into the Blue

The sea plays a focal role in Ashley Maddox’s home in Cape Town—and not ...

Perfect Potpourri

Natural niceties for the holiday season

Catching Fire

chimney and fireplace maintenance

Winterize!

Prepare your home and car for the cold

They’ll Be Floored

Ways to enhance your floors before holiday guests roll in

The New Holiday Essential

Surviving the season with the benefits of essential oils

A Night in at the Movies

How to pull off the theater feel in your own home

Your Healthy House

Take care of it, and it’ll take care of you

Floating Around the House

Trends in sleek, modern, space-saving furniture

The Texas Touch

Tips to make your home feel like Texas

Home Improvement Movement

This time of year is a great one for showing your home a little ...

Induction Cooking

If a kitchen refresh or remodel nestles nicely into your homemaking horizons (and it ...

Right Under Your Feet

Your stairway has major design potential

Punch Up Your Pool

To own a pool is to have your own personal stay-cation just outside your ...

Fresh Fences

Nothing beautifies quite like a new fence

Financing Your Renovation

6 great ways to make plans into reality

It Lasts How Long?

Facts are facts—nothing lasts forever.

Trending: Terracotta Tile

Terracotta tiles have been used around the world for thousands of years, but are ...

New Bathroom for the New Year?

Ah, the bathroom: a spa-like escape, a personal sanctuary, and a little respite from ...

Your Hot Water Heater

It’s easy to forget what a luxury a hot bath or shower is until ...

The Quirky Kitchen Gift Guide

For the family foodie that has it all, the classic stand mixer or imported ...

Hostess with the Mostest

Being the best holiday host you can be, while retaining your sanity

Vacation Home Value?

The pros and cons of owning a second home

A Breath of Fresh Air

There may not be much we can do about outdoor air quality, but we ...

What’s Cookin’?

Tips and trends to transform your kitchen

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Winterproof!

This fall, prepare your lawn for winter and turn your backyard into an outdoor ...

Roofing Rules

Whether your home has taken recent weather damage or not, it can never hurt ...

Pool TLC

Take it from “meh” to magnificent again

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Might Be Mold?

Don’t put it off—some mold can pose serious health risks

Curb Appeal

Exterior enhancements can make your home look better—and increase in value

Time to Buy? Ready to Sell?

Five of the best reasons to just go for it

Art Smart

By Rita Cook Empty walls beware! It’s time to create a narrative in your home ...

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Weekend Warrior

Simple home projects you can tackle in just two days For most of us, ...

Garage: Reinvented

Unlocking the unlimited potential of your home’s most underutilized space You don’t need to ...

Design a Fresh New Floor

Tried-and-true flooring trends for every room in your home. With home improvement options galore, ...

Fire and Water

Taming the untamed elements in your outdoor spaces Can anything add more drama and ...

Herbalicious!

Sage advice for growing culinary herbs Fresh organic herbs at your grocery store cost ...

Our Natural Habitat

Reprinted with permission from Habitat by Lauren Liess | Introductory text by Brandon Daiker ...