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BIOGRAPHY OF A ROOM

BE IT VIA GOSSIP GIRL, SEX AND THE CITY, OR REAR WINDOW, we all have our fantasy versions of New York City.

SNOW in Every WINDOW

IN MONTANA'S EXCLUSIVE YELLOWSTONE CLUB, COMMUNE DELIVERS A WEST COAST GROOVE TO A HOME WITH PRISTINE VIEWS OF BIG SKY COUNTRY.

VIENNA WAITS FOR YOU

DESIGNER BEN PENTREATH RECOUNTS HOW HE BROUGHT A VIBRANT ENGLISH SENSIBILITY TO A QUINTESSENTIAL AUSTRIAN TOWNHOUSE.

IT'S HUMAN NATURE

SHEILA BRIDGES DRAWS FROM VERMONT'S HISTORY AND WILDERNESS TO BRING LIFE AND CHARACTER TO A SPRAWLING NEW HOME.

MIAMI? MINIMAL.

DESIGNER MARTIN BRÛLÉ MAKES FABULOUS UNFUSSY IN A SOUTH FLORIDA PIED-À-TERRE.

ALESSIA in WONDERLAND

IN THE ITALIAN SKI RESORT OF CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, A MILANESE HOMEOWNER TAPS HER ARCHITECT SISTER TO BUILD AN ALPINE CHALET WITH FANTASTICAL FLAIR.

DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER DRAMA?

Cinemas were once dazzling architectural statements. Now, after decades of the pictures literally getting smaller, there's a renewed appetite for Golden Age glamour.

The Life of Bath

The ancients invented them, the Enlightened brought them home, and the Victorians gave them feet. Tubs continue to evolve but are as much a luxury today as they've ever been.

IT'S SO VERY YOU

So what if it's a rental? Swap out the curtains, put up new wallpaper, go crazy. It's your home after all, so own it - even if you really don't.

CIAO, MADISON

A new 12-story building offers a blueprint for how to live like Armani.

When Can We Move In?

Your next out-of-office email could be sent from one of the world's most beautiful hotel rooms. Go ahead, sign off early.

SEIZE THE DAY

Twenty-four hours in the life of good gifts.

MORE, PLEASE

Eric Hughes joins forces with Standard Architecture to transform two neighboring homes into a sprawling family compound.

SIZED TO FIT

Designer Nannette Brown reimagines a new-build apartment with unexpected depth, character, and texture.

Play It Cool

In balmy Texas, Ashe Leandro brings urbane style and a chill vibe to a home in a historic district.

Mic Drop

For former talk radio star Tom Joyner, Studio Roda creates an oceanfront pleasure pad with out-of-sight views and disco-era glamour.

EYE IN THE SKY

How do you cozy up a Manhattan high-rise? Call designers Hendricks Churchill.

THE JOY OF KØKKEN

In Brooklyn, a writer transforms her kitchen into a space of warmth and connection, blending personal memories with Scandinavian design.

CURTAIN RAISER

ELLE DECOR partners with designers Christine and John Gachot to refresh an iconic lounge at a New York institution, the Metropolitan Opera House.

The Empire Strikes Back - A 19th-century gem in Cambridge, Massachusetts, gets a tour-de-force restoration thanks to Frances Merrill of Reath Design.

Is it possible to simultaneously go back in time and leap forward? This was the challenge a couple set for themselves upon purchasing a salmon-pink 1869 house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, not far from Longfellow House, the National Historic Site that served as George Washington's headquarters during the revolution. We loved all the beautiful old details of this house, the homeowner says.

Just Like That, But Cheaper. -One writer tried to replicate a classic ELLE DECOR interior in his apartment. Could he do it for $500?

It was all about the green curtains. In 2008, to my great surprise, I was offered a ninemonth fellowship based in New York City. I had lived there twice before, both times unsuccessfully, meaning I had failed to create any kind of significant social life, and so this was a chance not only to do research for my new novel, but also an opportunity to get things right. I swore I wouldn't let the city break me a third time.

And How! - Decorator Nick Olsen transforms a Sag Harbor home into a Hamptons retreat with an irreverent humor.

If you must go to the Hamptons, however-because it is devilishly good fun, after all-you may notice an apparently modest, low-slung cottage on Sag Harbor's Main Street and think, with a comfortable sort of feeling, Now that is how a house should look. Nestled amid the Botox bars, helipads, and club-staurants, it could almost set the sordid world aright both a rebuke and a solution to the chaos that surrounds it. A real home.

You Stay Here

At a Martha's Vineyard compound, Steven Gambrel and Tom Kligerman have made a guest retreat so good, visitors may never want to leave.

WHAT'S IN THE MIX?

Rayman Boozer brings his mastery of color and pattern to the renovation of a Harlem duplex for a young family.

Now You See It

A modernist beach house's discreet profile hides killer views and knockout interiors by Rafael de Cárdenas.

CIRCLE D'AMOUR

For an object lesson on how to design a Paris love nest, look to Pierre Yovanovitch.

PARK AND RECREATIONS

With the rise of electric vehicles and a fresh focus on design, the once overlooked garage is becoming a future-forward source of joy and energy at home.

But This is My Home - One writer discovers that living in an architectural icon can be a blessing and a curse.

One writer discovers that living in an architectural icon can be a blessing and a curse. My husband and I moved into the Kallis House in Los Angeles six years ago. It was designed in 1946 by the modernist architect Rudolph Schindler, and it's believed by many, including Frank Gehry, to be among Schindler's best. The house is eccentric, perched on the lip of a hill, with a butterfly roof and a shaggy exterior made of grape stakes. The interior is an unfolding series of surprising angles, with a wonderful wide view of the San Fernando Valley.

A SISTER STORY

Jewelry designer Brent Neale Winston and her decorator sibling, Ramsey Lyons, recast a historic Long Island home.

GEM OF A PLACE

A jewelry designer and an architect transform their Manhattan apartment with dazzling color and pattern.