House Beautiful

The House Beautiful reader is someone whose home is her bedrock. She is always improving it because the process – and result – delights her. Happiness in her home comes from easy luxury and highly personal style. Her home is a gift to share with family and friends.

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House Beautiful

THE NEXT ISSUE

Good on Paper • The best interiors books are part reference material, part decorative object, and part proof that you like to surround yourself with excellent taste. This season’s newest crop of design reads gives you plenty of reasons to clear a little room on your shelves, with stunning releases from some of the industries most compelling talents, including Bunny Williams, Cathy Kincaid, Meg Braff, and more.

Second Act • Some pieces do more than their first assignment, showing up in unexpected spaces—or making the most of the one they’re in.

Double Take • This year’s show home began with a distinctly Charleston idea: History, hospitality, and modern life can share the same address. Set in Ansonborough, one of the city’s most storied downtown neighborhoods, the project sits within walking distance of the restaurants, shops, and architectural character that make the peninsula so magnetic. For Bennett Hofford Construction, the Charleston builder behind the project, that sense of place shaped the vision from the start. Across side-by-side condominiums, Whole Home 2026 explores not just one way to live beautifully, but two—each personal, flexible, and deeply connected to the area.

Couple’s Retreat • In this condo, dinner happens somewhere else. Charleston has the reservations—hello, Lowland!—the galleries, the nightcaps, and the walk home past gaslit architectural gems with the faint clip-clop of a carriage somewhere nearby. The owners bought here because Charleston is not a one-and-done city for them; it’s the place they return to for long weekends, favorite tables, familiar streets, and a version of city life that feels easy to slip back into. And they love bringing their best friends. The rooms are designed for the parts around the plans: coffee before everyone heads out, drinks before dinner, a guest room that makes visitors feel properly spoiled, and somewhere comfortable to land when no one is quite ready for bed.

The Social Set • Here, the party starts—and stays—at home. The ultimate pied-à-terre, this condo has enough main-character energy to make locals and far-flung friends visit on the regular. Full of chef-worthy features, the kitchen boasts old-world influences, underscoring that atmosphere is half the menu. The great room is built for the best part of having people over: catching up on the local lore, the hot spot actually worth the wait, who’s new in town, and which old house everyone is suddenly obsessed with. Upstairs, two spare rooms become after-hours destinations: records in the listening lounge, one more drink in the gallery space. Everyone has a reason to stay too late and then go home happy.

The Perfect Finish • Smart swaps, polished details, and personal touches make the whole home complete.

In Good Company • A considered lakeside retreat is transformed into a hub for hosting guests in style.

La Vie en Couleur • A storied Paris apartment finds new life through beloved heirlooms and a reverence for the past.

HAPPY CAMPER • Nostalgia rules in this 1930s Northern California cottage, where “summer camp” casual meets vibrant family living.

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