This story is sponsored by SICOTAS. Finding the perfect New York City apartment is tough, but decorating it might be even more difficult. With so many options on the market, it can feel overwhelming to sift through endless coffee tables and couches, especially if you’re not looking to spend five figures furnishing your space. Enter SICOTAS, … Read more
Americans are striving for harmony at home more than ever — transforming the backyard into a sanctuary has been named the biggest outdoor trend for 2025. A survey of 2,000 homeowners explored their home aspirations and goals for 2025 and found the most popular exterior home trends people are looking to implement this year are … Read more
Last summer, the 150-year-old Maidstone Hotel, located on Main Street in East Hampton, reopened its doors under the leadership of LDV Hospitality, the group behind NYC’s Scarpetta restaurant and famed for its Italian luxury. The hotel, since renamed LDV at the Maidstone, introduced a daily aperitivo hour in the garden and rebooted the elegant restaurant … Read more
Diamonds, for some, are a girl’s best friend. Other luxe lovers dig designer finery. But Kristi Hemric, a married Upper East Side mom of four, adores décor — and you sure can’t miss it. With the façade of her five-story townhouse on 78th Street as her canvas, she artfully beautifies the building with faux flowers, … Read more
Don’t let your marriage go down the drain for this silly reason. Polly Blitzer Wolkstein remembers sharing a bathroom sink with her husband in their old New York City apartment as “a dance of choreographed negotiation,” she told Yahoo. As a beauty writer, the mother of two has a lot of products that pile up … Read more
There’s nothing like a woman’s touch — but sometimes that touch can be taken a little too far. A husband took to Reddit to share how his wife transformed his former bachelor pad into a plant oasis. And that might be putting it lightly because based on the pictures, there’s so much greenery in the … Read more
Interior designer and stylist Jonny Carmack has a “fruit room” in his Danbury, Connecticut, home. Colorful faux produce bedecks every inch, from the cherry-shaped ceiling fixture to a strawberry side table and a bunch of other juicy gems in decorative forms. He’s part of a trend: Love for fresh fruits and vegetables is showing up … Read more
Two sisters brought a house together at auction and saved $10,210 renovating it themselves by using ChatGPT. Heather Roberts, 25, and Anya Hughes, 21, took on the mammoth task after purchasing their first apartment in May 2024 for $178,686. The inside needed ripping out completely and to save money the women taught themselves DIY skills … Read more
A graduate student who moved into a 77square-foot micro-apartment says she has found the minimalist lifestyle liberating. Lydia Rouka, 27, is an international graduate student in Seoul, South Korea, where she studies business. The 8 ft. x 9 ft. micro-apartment, also known as a goshiwon, consists of a single bed, a desk and chair, shelving, … Read more
A farming family in rural New South Wales have given Australia a rare look inside their unique 10-story house after an intrigued passerby’s video of the high-rise went viral. The stunned stranger, who captured the footage from the main road, asked if they had just spotted an apartment building in the bush. The clip attracted … Read more
Emily Motayed Lancaster knows personally and professionally how important maximizing nursery space is. “The minute you get pregnant, the temptation to start buying ‘stuff’ kicks in,” said Lancaster, a mother of two and co-founder of Nurture&. But, “the reality is that babies start out very small and don’t need very much.” The essentials are a … Read more
Choosing blue can help you see green. Real estate expert Terry Fisher from We Buy Any Home reveals that painting your front door a specific color can help you sell your home much faster. “First impressions are everything when it comes to property and the color of your front door can significantly impact a potential … Read more
For a quarter of Americans, keeping their home clean is more difficult than their full-time job, according to a recent survey. The survey of 2,000 Americans looked at their cleaning habits and challenges, especially when it comes to hosting, and found that keeping a tidy house is harder than their nine-to-five for nearly one in … Read more
She makes the season really bright. An Ohio woman has 727 Christmas trees in her home, and they are attracting visitors from around the world. Barbara Hardesty of Columbus welcomes guests every Saturday and Sunday to her Christmas Tree House. “I just had a couple here from Hawaii. We’ve had people from Spain. Some drive … Read more
This Swift-mas tree was Taylor-made. A Taylor Swift superfan owns every single one of the 103 ornaments the pop princess has ever released — and has them all on a single tree. Manhattanite Molly Swindall started seriously collecting the ornaments in 2020 to fill the “Blank Space” on her Christmas tree, managing to keep up … Read more
It’s time to clean up and do some redecorating — doctor’s orders. Dr. Julia Adamian, an internist with NYU Langone, told The Post which five things she’d never keep in her own home because they can mess with your health, your sleep and your safety. Dr. Julia Adamian says she’d never have clutter in her … Read more
An electrician is keeping busy this festive season with a new side hustle — putting up other people’s Christmas lights. Josh Thornton, 28, came up with the business idea last year after he helped a family decorate their house for Diwali. They said the dad usually put the lights up himself but was ill and … Read more
‘Tis the season to be “tacky” — and millennials are fa-la-la-la-loving it. Merrymakers of the 1990s are jingling all the way back to the gaudy Christmastime décor of yore, reviving maximalist tree trimming with big red bows, baubles and blinking bulbs. But the yuletide throwback trend is garnering mixed reactions from the oft-Grinchy Gen Zers, … Read more
Let New Year’s Eve be the only ball dropped this holiday season. Ashleigh Barger, who goes by @ashleighbarger_ on TikTok, revealed a Christmas ornament hack to prevent children from shattering holiday trinkets. In a clip with over 2.2 million views, the mother of four confessed that she uses clear rubber bands to hang ornaments on … Read more
These are the do’s and don’ts of decking the halls. Interior design experts have revealed the holiday decor that many believe is trendy — but is actually tacky. “The festive season is a time where it’s easy to make decor mistakes that immediately cheapen your home,” Chloe Barrow, an interiors expert at the UK-based furniture … Read more