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• Ultra-Modern Ranch Getaway  

  A former art gallery is an architectural blank canvas--just right for creating a sleek studio with Green Bay views.

• A Modern Arts and Crafts Loft  

  Reviving a building from her past, Anita Kealey of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, creates a modern home and business sp...

• A 'Wow' Kitchen and Bath for Baby Boomers  

  Courageous color and contemporary lines bring a youthful vibe to a kitchen and master bath designed for Baby Boomer...

• Light and Bright Dream Home Decorating  

  A color palette that's light, bright and mostly white fills a Wisconsin couple's home with a serene vibe.

• Ideal Getaway Cottage  

  Even if a vacation cottage has to remain in your dreams, you can design a retreat feel in your everyday home. Our s...

• Making Memories at a Lake Home

• Kitchens with Charisma  

  These family-focused kitchens serve up function, comfort and style.

• Cottage Makeover  

  A 1930s lake cottage gets a new attitude.

• Creative Ways to Display Your Collections  

  Don't know what to do with those cool vintage postcards or colorful campaign buttons? Here's how to showcase collec...

• How to Infuse Your Home with Color  

  A Chicago woman creates a lively, inviting home using splashes of bright color.

• Design a Kitchen for Entertaining  

  Multiple workstations and carefully planned conveniences make this cheerful Wisconsin kitchen perfect for entertain...

• Door County Cabin Makeover  

  Low-budget updates and casual decorating turn an outdated A-frame into a classic North Woods retreat.

• Elements of Midwest Home Style

  Country, contemporary, rustic and more! We determined the most popular decorating styles to create rooms for each, ...

• Kids' Playrooms

  Create a room where your children and their friends will love to gather.

• Chic Chicago Kitchen

  When Midwest Living was invited to design a kitchen space for the National Kitchen and Bath Association's Design Id...

• Bold Colors and Budget-Friendly Decor

  A young Minnesota couple let their love for Bugs Bunny, bold colors and local history guide their budget-friendly d...

• At Home with Nell Hill

  The Kansas entrepreneur behind Nell Hill's home decor shop offers an intimate look at her approach to design, plus ...

• My Old Kentucky Home

  Dace Stubbs bought a 200-year-old cabin to restore, discovering only later that she'd purchased a piece of her fami...

• Style and the City

  A former suburbanite finds an energetic life in a riverfront town home in downtown Chicago, but still finds a place...

• Style Then and Now

  Colors, textures, fabrics and floor plans are just some of the areas where Midwest homes have changed in the past t...

• Finding Respite in a Remodeling

  A Chicago-area woman finds respite from cancer in her home remodeling project and designs with a zest for everyday ...

• An English Country House  

  Inspired by an English country vacation, a Kansas City family creates a house that makes elegance easygoing.

• City Style Showhouse - Browncamp Lofts

  Downtown living is catching on across the Midwest, and our showhouse loft displays innovative uses of color, light ...

• Home Office

  A top-of-the stairs landing morphs into a dynamic home office.

• Illinois Farmhouse

  An Illinois couple transforms an outdated country house into a welcoming home designed with a 1950s, down-on-the-fa...

• Natural Cottage Retreat

  Even if a vacation cottage has to remain in your dreams, you can design a retreat feel in your everyday home. Our s...

• Peggy Drury House

  Chicago-area artist Peggy Drury's greatest canvas may be her home, which displays her colorful influence inside and...

• Eclectic Lake Cottage Decorating

  Most of us collect items because we like them, not because they all match. This lake cottage's mix of antiques, mod...