Articles by Annie Thornton

This Trending Now story features the most-saved living room photos uploaded to Houzz between Dec. 15, 2022, and March 15, 2023.Living rooms reflect the lifestyles and style needs of their owners. Some spaces are bright and lively. Others are dark and …

An edible garden can be both beautiful and productive given the right planning and design. In the following three makeovers, landscape designers turned lackluster dirt plots into bountiful and beautiful outdoor spaces for growing fruits and veggies, g…

When you step inside someone’s home, you open a window into their life and experience. In the case of the eight homes shown here, you can see where the foremost figure of the civil rights movement was born, how a philanthropist and America’s first fem…

When the longtime owners of this San Francisco Bay Area home sent their kids off to college, they realized it was time to transform their family-friendly yard into a space that would better fit their style and stage of life. “The idea was to turn it m…

A small yard can provide a surprising amount of outdoor living space, given the right design and an attention to detail. In the following three projects, landscape designers transformed underused outdoor areas into inviting spaces for entertaining, lo…

Enjoy the serene beauty of winter with a tour of 25 homes and landscapes in snowy settings, including a chalet in Austria, a mountain retreat in Lake Tahoe, California, and an outdoor spa and patio in Big Sky, Montana. Which one of these scenes upload…

Winter containers can do a lot for a home and garden, adding interest to sleepy landscapes and creating a festive atmosphere outside. While you have a lot of options when it comes to seasonal arrangements, we’re focusing on high-impact design ideas th…

A porch can provide the perfect blend of indoor comfort and outdoor connection. Add screens, and your porch enjoyment can extend even longer into the year. The pros who designed and built the following three screened-in porches maximized the spaces’ p…

After living in their 1960s San Diego home for more than 10 years, this family was ready to make some changes. They enlisted designer Melissa Prevost to help them renovate their home inside and out. Prevost started with the underused outdoor areas, wo…

As summer winds down, it’s easy to want to turn our attention toward fall, focus on what’s next. But before we do, let’s take a moment to savor one of summer’s joys — more time with our pets! We asked you to share your best photos of your pets……