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Kitchen of the Week: Preserving a 1970 Home’s Modern Flavor (11 photos)

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Homeowners Dan and Kristen Chaddock love their midcentury modern-style house and their neighborhood in Reston, Virginia, so they recently decided to invest money into updating the kitchen in their forever home. Built in 1970, the home was designed by noted local architect Ken Bonner, who built the first…


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Houzz Tour: Eclectic Mountain Modern Decor in a Cozy Cabin (10 photos)

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A historic log cabin on a couple’s property in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, inspired them to create a mother-in-law suite. “At first they looked to outfitting the historic cabin, but at somewhere between 200 and 300 square feet it was just too small,” says interior designer Sierra Fallon. Instead, they…


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Houzz Tour: A Modern Cottage Treads Lightly in the Forest (17 photos)

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After years of living an urban lifestyle in a Chicago loft, this couple decided they wanted to build a weekend retreat rooted in nature. The pair bought a 6-acre, tree-filled property adjacent to an 800-acre county park in southwestern Michigan, about a two-hour drive from their loft. After numerous…


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