Kristen has worked as a freelance home, design and lifestyle writer since 2021. In that time she has contributed to a number of online media outlets including Apartment Therapy, Hunker, The Everygirl, ...

Your laundry area, whether it’s a tiny closet or a corner of the basement, can actually be a happy place. In a recent Washington project, Jessica Centella and Kiera Kushlan of Residents Understood ...

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We gave interior designers Sasha Bikoff, Becky Carter, and Courtney McLeod a photo of the same basement rec room—then asked each of them to create a new design for it in their particular style, ...

CELLARS ARE often sunless warrens of persistent dankness—making a basement guest room about as inviting as steerage. Such was the hurdle San Francisco designer Heather Hilliard faced with this in-law ...

Basements have a reputation for being dark, cold, and generally unpleasant to be in unless it is fully converted. But how can you keep a basement warm to make it more functional, be it a storage spot, ...

The rec room has come a long way since I was child. In the 1970s, our play spaces often had a slight whiff of mildew and felt more dungeon-like than divine. Think concrete floors, painted brick walls ...

When you think of a basement, you likely imagine a dark, disorganized space that resembles a garage. This was how I felt, too, until I came across Martha Stewart's Bedford farmhouse. The iconic ...