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Before and After: Open, airy cottage

A tiny Santa Monica home gets a new, right-size lease on life
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Inspired cabin

Simple design and humble materials add up to an affordable retreat
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Find room for a tub ― outdoors

Get ideas for turning a backyard shed into a soothing garden spa
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Backyard office

A Pulitzer Prize–winning writer creates a workspace of her own just steps from her back door. Here's how you can, too
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19 garden cottages

Creative ideas for backyard retreats, detached home offices, and reinvented sheds
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Before & After: See a sunny makeover

Victorian remodel opens to a rooftop garden and family-friendly flow
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Then and now: Midcentury update

See how a winning 1966 home was renovated for today
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A kitchen for entertaining

Readers chose every design detail to optimize this kitchen for easy entertaining
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Before and After: Outdoors

Gain curb appeal and outdoor living space with fresh ideas for your porch, deck, and garden
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Budget-friendly makeover ideas

Quick ways to remake a room with new paint, materials, and affordable finds
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