The Idea Hub: Innovative Home Design

Idea Houses

Welcome to the Sunset Idea Hub

It's like the Sunset Idea House, but literally three times bigger—and better.

September 10, 2020

Idea Houses

How to Design a Boldly Innovative Home

Sunset's Silicon Valley Idea House disrupts the classic Craftsman

October 5, 2018

November 27, 2018

Idea Houses

11 Small-Scale, High-Impact Remodeling Ideas

How our Beverly Hills Idea House brings attainable renovation ideas to the West's most famous zip coded

October 9, 2018

November 28, 2018

Idea Houses

14 Fresh Ways to Mix Vintage Style into a Modern Home

History plays its part inside Sunset’s 2016 Idea House, but the future is calling

October 3, 2016

The Latest From Sunset

Idea Houses

Sunset’s 2019 Idea House Gets Outfitted by L.A. Designer Superstars ETC.etera

Ocean breezes and organic modernism come together when Sunset’s Santa Monica Canyon Idea House gets outfitted by L.A. design superstars ETC.etera

January 13, 2020

February 25, 2020

Idea Houses

Tour Our 2019 Santa Monica Canyon Idea House

See some of the amazing home features up close and watch interviews with designers and artisans who breathed life into our 2019 Idea House

January 27, 2020

Home & Garden

Ask the Expert: Kimberley J. Cooper on Making Great Coffee Drinks

We asked Kimberly J. Cooper, director at Nescafe Dolce Gusto, for her advice on making great coffee drinks at home.

November 1, 2017

December 16, 2019

Idea Houses

First Look: Inside the 21st Annual Sunset Idea House

Sunset tapped East L.A. hotshots ETC.etera to design the interiors of Developer Gary Hewson Jr’s spectacular home nestled into the Santa Monica Canyon

November 25, 2019

November 27, 2019

Blasts from the Past: More Former Sunset Idea Houses

Idea Houses

20 Smart Ideas from a Stunning Mid-Century Remodel

The best of the past meets the future of design in our ranch house makeover in Denver

October 6, 2015

Idea Houses

25 Modern Ways to Style a Home

We enlisted Los Angeles’ top talent to design a new kind of beach house

October 9, 2014

April 10, 2018

Home & Garden

27 Inventive Room Design Ideas

In a small walkable community on the Washington coast, we designed two houses (and one big yard) for a new kind of beach living

September 4, 2013

December 10, 2018

Idea Houses

Our Breezehouse Prefab in Healdsburg, CA

The next generation of our iconic Idea House offers private retreats, gathering spaces, and green innovations—all under a soaring roof

September 5, 2012