If your home feels a little too subdued, you can wake up your spaces with some playful patterns. From classic plaids to bold florals, colorful motifs can perk up furniture, walls, floors and more.

Two designers share how to mix color, scale, and pattern with circus stripes—and exactly where to use them for the biggest impact. After years of pared-back palettes and quiet minimalism, home design ...

Decorating a bathroom doesn't always get the attention that it deserves. A bathroom is typically the smallest room in a ...

Walls with a protruding zigzag pattern could stay up to 3°C (5.4°F) cooler than regular walls, without using any energy. This approach could reduce the energy used by cooling systems and thus help ...