Inside Issue No. 187 — five room features, one trend forecast, and a sourcing guide.
A glimpse at what landed in this Tuesday’s edition. Subscribers get the full archive, the moodboards, and the shoppable-by-vibe shopping notes.
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A Brooklyn brownstone, re-imagined in Quiet Luxury
How a young family traded their builder-grade renovation for plaster walls, raw silk drapery, and a 1970s Italian travertine credenza — with a full before-and-after.
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Trend forecast: the slow death of open-concept kitchens
Three AD100 designers on why 2026 belongs to the re-instated dining room, the breakfast pantry, and the kitchen you can actually close a door on.
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Shoppable by vibe: warm minimalist bedroom edits under $2,400
Twelve room-defining pieces (and the duplicates worth spending on) to build a bedroom that feels like a boutique hotel without the boutique price tag.
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Field notes: a week inside the Austin content studio
Why our stylists shot seven Japandi dining rooms in three days — and the styling trick (a single ochre linen napkin) that ties them all together.
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- One named aesthetic — drawn from our 27-style taxonomy, from Japandi to Maximalist Boho.
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More design styles covered in depth than any competing publication. A selection of twelve — the rest live in the directory.
- JapandiCalm · Minimal · Natural
- Modern FarmhouseWarm · Honest · Lived-in
- Quiet LuxuryRestrained · Tactile · Enduring
- Maximalist BohoLayered · Collected · Joyful
- ScandinavianBright · Functional · Soft
- Mid-Century ModernSculptural · Retro · Optimistic
- MediterraneanSun-bleached · Earthen · Slow
- Coastal GrandmotherLight · Linen · Literary
- English CottageCosy · Floral · Storybook
- Industrial WarmRaw · Moody · Refined
- Hollywood RegencyGlamorous · Lacquered · Bold
- Wabi-SabiImperfect · Aged · Quiet
Most home publications chase the next viral room. We chase the next room you’ll still love in ten years — the one that photographs quietly, ages beautifully, and doesn’t announce itself the second a guest walks in.
Editorial board includes two AD100 designers and a former senior editor at Better Homes & Gardens.