Articles by Becky Harris

Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Roanoke, Virginia, this 1970s split-level had great bones, but its finishes were dark and dated. A busy working mom purchased it to make a fresh start with her two young boys. She contacted design-build firm Circ…

After retiring, this couple swapped their cottage in Manhattan Beach, California, for a new contemporary home in the hills of Eugene, Oregon. They had admired one of the homes of Jordan Iverson, a designer and design-build-firm owner, and wanted him …

A confluence of events prompted the full renovation of this 1980s kitchen in Littleton, Colorado. The homeowner, a mother of two high schoolers, needed to replace some major appliances about the same time she got a gander at her neighbor’s open-concep…

Every Friday evening in the winter, this young Massachusetts family hops in the car and drives three hours to ski in Stowe, Vermont. “They told me that when they walked into this home after the drive, they wanted to feel like they were checking into a…

After their three daughters had grown up and left home, this couple wanted a lifestyle change. They moved from a house to a smaller condo in their beloved Chicago neighborhood of Lincoln Park. “Their prior home was a totally different aesthetic, and t…

Summer is almost here. And with it come flip-flops, rackets, goggles, damp towels, fishing equipment, hats, bikes — the kinds of things that can wind up in unruly piles if we don’t have designated spots for them. Here are 10 mudrooms that are ready to…

This Maryland couple were well-prepared for their first meeting with interior designer Kirsten Kaplan, whose work they’d admired on Houzz. “These clients had really done their homework before we even met,” Kaplan says. They presented her with photos o…