Every year, House Beautiful selects a group of talented up-and-coming designers that we refer to as the Next Wave. In the process of getting to know some of our Next Wave folks, we asked them a few ...

For years, an open-concept floor plan was the layout everyone wanted. Homeowners gravitated toward bright and airy areas to gather, with minimal walls. But as the pandemic pushed people inside—and ...

We all know the open-concept layout—those airy spaces with minimal walls that blur the lines between rooms. And then there’s its more divisive counterpart: the closed-concept floor plan, where walls ...