An airy open-plan home with tall ceilings, white walls, pale beige stone floors with seagrass carpets, bleached wood coffee table with pale blue pots and baskets on top, beige and white striped sofa, basketry on floor, taupe kitchen cabinetry, a beaded chandelier, and in the distance, an open grand piano.
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Coastal Interior Design

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Maybe you’ve spent a weekend in a beachside retreat and thought, “I wish I could live like this all year long.” But what is it about that coastal cottage life that most appeals to you? The great views, the sounds of the sea, the quality of the light? Perhaps you love the relaxed colors, weathered […]

A single very rustic looking barn door of reused pale wood planks crossed diagonaly by another plant is suspended from black rail and rests on black metal wheels in a very industrial looking home. The floors are poured grey concrete; the walls appear to be concrete as well. There are two plans on the floor, but otherwise the only things in the room are three bare-bulb pendant lights, a black and grey artwork in an industrial style framed and hanging next to the barn door, a small table with some books, and more books and rocks on the floor in the room beyond the door. There is a multipaned industrial-looking window at the back of the room seen through the door.
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Barn Doors—Yes or No?

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Q: I like rustic design elements like basketry and wrought iron, neutral pottery, and raw wood. I don’t want a lot of small stuff filling up my house, though. My place is a friendly house in the country. It should look put together over time, with things made and collected by hand. I don’t want […]