Articles by Julie Sheer

Many homeowners are living in places experiencing drought conditions. The West and Southwest have been hit particularly hard. About 95% of California is in severe or extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. And as the summer months appr…

This three-level home in the Pacific Northwest is nestled in trees yet sits in the middle of a large city. The owners of the home in Seattle’s Central District had great views but craved even more. They wanted to create a kind of urban treehouse, and …

Having renovated a young family’s midcentury home several years earlier, architect Colin Flavin was summoned once again by the homeowners, this time to create additional space to house guests and serve as a home office and yoga studio. An existing gar…

Interior designer Jana Valdez and her homebuilder husband, Armando, owners of Haven Design & Construction, gutted and remodeled a San Antonio, Texas, home built in 1959, maintaining its midcentury aesthetic while modernizing its design and feature…

The new flooring on display at this month’s The International Surface Event trade show reflected the continuing dominance of luxury vinyl, porcelain and laminate wood-look flooring, with stone imitations popping up all over. In general, flooring color…

Serenity and a connection to nature continue to be themes in tile design this season, an apparent response to two years of spending so much time indoors. The International Surface Event 2022 revealed new patterns, colors, shapes and sizes of tile that…

A retired couple near Minneapolis love hosting their children and grandkids. Their spacious deck was a perfect space for entertaining, but it was open to the elements. It would bake in the summer heat, and mosquitoes were a nuisance. They also wanted …

This Trending Now story features the most-saved entry photos uploaded to Houzz since Jan. 1, 2021.An entryway is important for setting the look and feel for the rest of a home. And if you’re looking for ways to update a formal foyer, casual mudroom or…

This Trending Now story features the most-saved home office photos uploaded to Houzz since Jan. 1, 2021.Working from home became the rule rather than the exception for many people in 2021. And that launched a hunger for clever ways to set up productiv…

This Trending Now story features the most-saved bathroom photos uploaded to Houzz between June 15 and Sept. 15, 2021.Nature and the outdoors were on a lot of minds this summer. And the proof is in this countdown of the most-saved bathroom photos of su…