Even in the midst of a trend of pale neutrals in home design, color and pattern matter. A solid-color sofa — whether it’s white or gray or tan — always looks better with a pop of color somewhere ...

“When working in historical houses, I love to create a balance of color and light— often painting the walls a soft neutral white (Farrow & Ball’s All White is a favorite) and then punching the trim, ...

FORMAL BUT whimsical, the dining room in Chris Barnes and Maisha Closson’s home in Los Angeles’s West Adams neighborhood bursts with wildly disparate design references. How did local designer Dee ...

This latest installment of our quarterly series with the designer takes a deep dive into how materials and shapes add spice to multifamily. Think of pattern and texture as a spice that is one part of ...

This is Jeanne Finnerty’s second go-round with this living room. These clients loved what she did for the previous owners, so they hired Finnerty to put their own stamp on it. The designer even had a ...

Thankfully—finally!—color has been cropping up on lists of the latest trends in home decor. Pantone’s heart-bursting Color of the Year, Viva Magenta, may have helped usher that in, and maybe the ...

It's not that Frances Merrill never met a color or pattern she didn’t like. Not at all. “It just has to be the right color, the right pattern,” says the wildly imaginative founder of the Los ...

Layering prints and patterns is a design approach that creates a sophisticated look full of depth and dimension. When done incorrectly, however, the result can be a distracting and scattered space. To ...