The 15 best luxury home and design gifts for 2023

The 15 best luxury home and design gifts for 2023

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. With remote and hybrid work now the norm, gifts for the home are both more relevant and welcome than ever before.  Treat those on your list (or even yourself) to an upgrade of everyday essentials: designer espresso cups, … Read more

Millennial ‘beige Christmas’ is over — Gen Z wants gaudy holiday nostalgia

Millennial ‘beige Christmas’ is over — Gen Z wants gaudy holiday nostalgia

Gen Z won’t be dreaming about a beige Christmas this year. Lifeless minimalism — spearheaded by millennial influencers who designed their decor and wardrobes to fit the aesthetic of their Instagram feed — is now falling to the wayside thanks to Gen Z, who are desperately seeking the spark of joy that comes from a “more … Read more

Pre-holiday feng shui purge: 5 items you need to throw away today 

Pre-holiday feng shui purge: 5 items you need to throw away today 

As winter looms, days darken and temperatures lower, we retreat inside our homes and deeper into ourselves. Now, more than ever, our homes become our sanctuaries, and we have a few key ways to encourage positive chi, interior flow and abundant good energy. Feng shui away my babies. Feng shui is the practice of arranging objects … Read more

I’m an interior designer and having one Christmas tree isn’t enough anymore

I’m an interior designer and having one Christmas tree isn’t enough anymore

Christmas isn’t Christmas anymore. As each festive season comes and goes, we are seeing more and more people going above and beyond with their home decorating. I swear each year, the neighbors across the road add a giant new inflatable something to their front garden and everyone in the street feels the need to “keep … Read more

You’re apparently making your bed wrong — expert on how you should really do it

You’re apparently making your bed wrong — expert on how you should really do it

Sheet happens. An interior designer says she was shocked to learn that she’d been making her bed the wrong way her entire life after watching a tutorial from a fellow stylist. The unnamed decorator shared the story on the official TikTok account for design firm, Havenly. In the clip — which has clocked up 115,000 … Read more

Now even your home is aging you: Interior designer says Gen Z judges you about your decor

Now even your home is aging you: Interior designer says Gen Z judges you about your decor

Mason jars, fairy lights and chevron patterns, oh my. The formerly Instagram chic pieces, once a hallmark in millennial interior design, are out — and if you still rock them, your decor could be aging you. Instead, an architecture and design expert has revealed the swaps necessary to Gen Z-ify your home. Mushrooms are akin to … Read more

Feng shui fail: 5 ways your Halloween decor is bringing in bad energy 

Feng shui fail: 5 ways your Halloween decor is bringing in bad energy 

It’s the season of the witch — when we decorate with death and cover ourselves in costumes — but what if our Halloween home decor is inviting the ghosts of bad vibes to take up residence? According to the ancient Chinese practice of feng shui, how we decorate our homes, on the daily and for … Read more

‘Girl hammers’ go viral as women share items they use instead of tools

‘Girl hammers’ go viral as women share items they use instead of tools

You’ve heard of girl dinner and girl math — get ready for the latest trend in girlhood: girl hammers. TikTok’s For You pages are full of DIY interior design projects, but not all of them are suitable for beginners who might not have a legit toolkit at home. Lack of tools, especially hammers, have led … Read more

7 ideas to upgrade your home office for $250 or less

7 ideas to upgrade your home office for 0 or less

If your home office serves as the full-time setting for your career — or if you only work from home a few days a week or in the evenings or weekends — having a space for work that’s organized and that fosters creativity and productivity is likely your top goal.  Do you have aspirations of upgrading your … Read more

I’m an interior designer — the pink Barbiecore trend has gone way too far

I’m an interior designer — the pink Barbiecore trend has gone way too far

Life is not so fantastic in rose-colored plastic. Despite the Barbiecore bonanza ahead of the highly anticipated “Barbie” flick, which premieres Friday, July 21, not everyone is thinking pink. Fuchsia fanatics have drenched their wardrobes and homes in a swath of magenta hues ever since the movie’s titular stars, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, were … Read more

HGTV’s Tiffany Brooks on the secret to a real Barbie Dreamhouse

HGTV’s Tiffany Brooks on the secret to a real Barbie Dreamhouse

Barbie-mania is in the air, thanks to the hotly anticipated summer blockbuster “Barbie” starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. HGTV is onboard too, with its new reality competition show “Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge,” which counts HGTV star Tiffany Brooks among its judges.  “My immediate reaction [to being asked on the show] was ‘Of course.’ I didn’t … Read more

Haters say my house is ‘tacky’ — but it costs a lot to look ‘poor’

Haters say my house is ‘tacky’ — but it costs a lot to look ‘poor’

It’s curtains for these trolls. An interior decorator named Karissa Barker is hitting back at a troll who called her home “tacky” — and declaring that it’s all “subjective” in a resurfaced video on TikTok. She responded to a comment that read, “This is what poor people say to make themselves feel better. Tacky homes … Read more

The cringiest home decor decisions revealed

The cringiest home decor decisions revealed

The ‘70s nostalgia is over — 42% of Americans regret ever thinking shag carpets, conversation pits and wood-paneled walls were ever trendy. A new poll of 2,000 US homeowners found 75% admit some of their past home improvement choices aged poorly over the years, and 69% are embarrassed to have people over to their home … Read more

A-list interior designer Kelly Wearstler on how to host in style

A-list interior designer Kelly Wearstler on how to host in style

A glamorous through-line connects designer Kelly Wearstler’s projects: from the BG Restaurant at Bergdorf Goodman, Proper hotel interiors and the upcoming Ulla Johnson boutique in Los Angeles to homes for Cameron Diaz and Gwen Stefani. Her exuberant approach to combining sumptuous color and pattern with contemporary and vintage finds makes her spaces — as well … Read more

These are the scents people associate with their childhood homes

These are the scents people associate with their childhood homes

More than half of Americans (51%) experience “scent-stalgia,” missing the comforting scents of their homes after being away for a couple of days.  Interestingly, 66% of people said that they can recognize the unique scent of their own home, according to a survey of 2,000 Americans.  For many, that aroma brings feelings of comfort — … Read more

I’m a luxury designer — these things make your home look so cheap

I’m a luxury designer — these things make your home look so cheap

This luxury interior designer can help you turn your house from drab to fab. Bilal Rehman, owner of Bilal Rehman Studio, has taken to social media to share his tips to ensure that your home doesn’t look “tacky” or “cheap.” In his videos, which have garnered millions of views, he claims that many of the … Read more

38 best online furniture stores to buy impressive furnishings in 2023

38 best online furniture stores to buy impressive furnishings in 2023

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. Our houses have not only become our sanctuaries but our offices, schools, daycares, restaurants, bars and so much more. It’s time for a 2023 refresh and we’ve consulted the pros to find the best online furniture stores to … Read more

I’m a decorating expert — I know how to make your room look instantly bigger

I’m a decorating expert — I know how to make your room look instantly bigger

The bigger the room… Sandra, a home decorating expert who goes by the username @sandras.home.life on social media, took to Instagram reels to show off a simple hack that will leave your room looking much bigger than it actually is. The video has already reached over 10,00 likes on the social media platform and the … Read more

The best luxury home gifts for 2022

The best luxury home gifts for 2022

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. It’s not a cliché — your home really does say a lot about you, and the decorating boom of the past couple years shows no sign of subsiding. Treat those on your list (or even yourself) to an upgrade of … Read more

Taylor Swift’s $11.5M NYC townhouse now home to furniture line Zanotta

Taylor Swift’s .5M NYC townhouse now home to furniture line Zanotta

We’d all love a friend with a townhouse in the West Village — even sweeter if it’s the former home of Taylor Swift, who adored the three-story pile she rented on Cornelia Street so much that she wrote a song about it. Now those same digs (also the site of our cover shoot) have an … Read more