Articles by Mitchell Parker

There’s no denying the appeal of farmhouse-inspired style these days. We spend so much of our time staring at digital screens, who wouldn’t want to come home to no-fuss interiors and simple, easy-on-the-eyes material and color palettes? The following homes mix farmhouse-inspired details with modern-day…

Architect Suzie Van Cleave faced a big problem when tasked with creating an Arts and Crafts kitchen for her clients in Shorewood, Wisconsin. The kitchen style she was going for didn’t really exist. “There wasn’t such a thing as an Arts and Crafts kitchen,” she says. “Living and dining rooms…

Sisters Cathy Surianello and Debbie Scofield spend a lot of time together, which means their husbands and kids spend a lot of time together. So after years of joint vacations, holidays and weekends, the two families thought that living in separate houses was a bit inefficient. “All of a sudden…

Ashley and Mike Carpenter bought their first home about two years ago in a big tract-house development just outside Bozeman, Montana. While thrilled, they began eyeing the gloomy kitchen and its basic off-the-shelf finishes. “The darker cabinets with the beige-greenish wall color made everything…