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, ...

Lauren is a writer and architectural designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to being a writer at Forbes, she works as a freelance architectural designer specializing in residential ...

Home decor trends: 2025 marked a return to intentional living. Homes became quieter, warmer, and more reflective of personal ...

Discover the ideal timeline for planning your holiday decor. Commercial designers share insights to help you avoid the rush ...

Look, we’re part of the problem. Apartment Therapy clocked the squiggly edge and wave trend coming on strong at the start of the 2020s, as neotenic design helped the collective design conscious get a ...

You can upgrade your bathroom by choosing certain design and decor elements that take the interiors to next level of relaxing style and comfort.

We’re a little finicky over here at the Strategist — we want to surround ourselves with things that look good (exciting, different, expensive) but we don’t want any of it to cost too much. So when we ...

The traditional venue for the Catalina Island Conservancy Ball--the massive Avalon Ballroom. When it comes to designing galas for nonprofits—which is essentially walking that fine line between “wow, ...

“If you’ve heard of minimalist design, it’s the opposite,” Hopp says of maximalism. Maximalist interiors often emulate the richer parts of life. It’s a design style rooted in a more-is-more philosophy ...

Home enhancements show no signs of slowing down. For any upgrades you plan to make in the near future, it helps to know your options. Now you can learn from the pros what’s new for 2022. For the ...