"We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like," Goethe once wrote. Our homes speak of who we are, our tastes, and the image we want to project to the world. Very few homes, however, are manifestos of their owner's taste quite like Villa Josie.
The top loft of the 1903 cast-iron Soho building hadn't been touched in three decades. The renovation would need to be significant. But there was one feature designer Maurizio Bianchi Mattioli intended to preserve: a 30-foot-long south-facing ­window installed by the previous owner. "We were very lucky to have the lot-line windows," ­Mattioli says. "You don't typically see them from the sidewalk." A young couple, Josephine and Alex de Pfyffer, an art dealer and an ­entrepreneur, respectively, hired Mattioli, the founder of Studio MBM,
I'm an interior designer who loves shopping at West Elm for myself and my clients. On a recent trip to the store, the brand's variety of lighting options caught my eye. I also found a great dinnerware set, a woven basket, a nice chair, and some vases. As an interior designer, fall is truly my favorite season to redecorate my home. For me, the transition to shorter days and cooler weather means it's time to incorporate rich, earthy tones, layer in more cozy lighting, and stock up on hosting essentials.
Debuting in 1973, the Kips Bay Decorator Show House benefits the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club, a nonprofit that serves more than 11,000 children in the Bronx with afterschool and enrichment programs. The Show House sees some 15,000 visitors every year, and since its inception, the event has raised more than $30 million for the group. In recent years, it's even expanded outside of New York, with editions in both Palm Beach and Dallas.
However, this renovation in London had one major advantage right from the start: Although the impressive town house is located in a so-called "Conservation Area," it was not classified as a Listed Building, which made the renovation work considerably easier. "We were able to renovate the house from top to bottom without any major restrictions," recalls Rigby. "We also had a very dedicated site manager. As a result, the entire construction process went extremely smoothly."
When we moved into our four-bedroom apartment last year, I knew I had to do something to personalize the walls. Since we had already splurged on two large paintings, I decided to finally tackle creating a gallery wall. Given our collection of watercolors and drawings - we love to buy art when we travel, and my husband's a diplomat by day and artist by night - it would've been a waste not to hang the pieces we've accumulated.
Two-and-a-half years ago and at age 29, product designer Sara Duval took the plunge into homeownership by purchasing this 400-ish-square-foot studio apartment in Manhattan. (For those who are curious, she does a great job of breaking down the financials of this purchase on her TikTok account.) Located in a building from 1920, the apartment might be 125-years-old, but Sara's created a warm, personal, and modern home.
Both shops received a full-scale makeover led by Denver-based multidisciplinary firm BOSS.architecture, with improved visibility and movement between the shops through wider window and door portals. Pigtrain's warm "dusty mauve" walls and lush suspended planters now pop against Milkbox's vibrantly chilly "waterfall" blue. Handmade clay zellige tiles line Pigtrain's new horseshoe-shaped bar and the wall behind it, above which hangs an updated menu board listing espresso drinks, pourovers and specialty beverages such as horchata latte and seasonal pumpkin spice.
La Maison Champs-Élysées sits quietly within Paris' Golden Triangle, yet inside it unfolds as one of the city's most ambitious design statements. Fifty-seven rooms carry the hotel's identity, with seventeen "Couture Collection" suites serving as Maison Margiela 's first complete interior project. The house's codes are woven through every corridor and chamber, creating an environment where the boundaries between fashion, art, and architecture dissolve.
To start, Danielle dives into some of the history of French design style. Emperor Napoleon III kicked off an initiative to transform the city, she says, resulting in the gorgeous, uniform exteriors and other charming details we've come to associate with Parisian architecture, like wrought iron balconies and high ceilings. Inside, we often see design features like ornate moldings, parquet floors, and marble fireplaces.
Last night, Tory Burch and Architectural Digest's global editorial director, Amy Astley, welcomed friends and creatives to the Tory Burch boutique in downtown New York to toast the launch of AD at Home. Published by Rizzoli, the book spotlights residences selected from Astley's near decade at the helm of AD, celebrating the personality-filled private worlds of designers, architects, actors, artists, and others—including the impeccably tailored Southampton home of Burch herself, who Astley called one of her biggest style inspirations.
Saint Laurent has renovated its boutique in Milan with works by local artists and designers, including Gaetano Pesce and Gio Ponti. Reopening on September 20th, 2025, the retail store at Via Montenapoleone, 8, introduces a third floor for the menswear collection, which was not present in the previous interiors. Colors, materials, and textures rooted in Parisian and Milanese designs harmonize inside the space.
If you've ever wanted to peek inside a celebrity-designed New York apartment, here's your chance. The eighth annual Real Simple Home has opened in Lower Manhattan and for the first time it spans not one but two units: a sprawling four-bedroom penthouse with a 1,500-square-foot terrace and a two-bedroom "DIY Annex." Together, they showcase 14 distinct spaces created by a team of top designers, influencers and-headlining this year-Drew Barrymore.
"Hopefully it looks smaller on the outside than it feels on the inside," I thought as I walked up to the front door of my home for the next two nights. In 2021, I took a trip to Miami and stayed in a 250-square-foot tiny home I found on Airbnb for about $100 a night. It was my first time staying in one, and I figured I'd find the space uncomfortably small for more than a couple of nights.
New American Voices is AD's annual list spotlighting the most important emerging names in interior design. For our AD PRO readers, we're pulling back the curtain to see how these talents (comprising nine designers and seven firms) got to where they are today. Their paths vary widely-some trained in formal design programs, others took less traditional routes-but together they offer a candid look at the realities of building a practice.
Architecture and design had already entered Taska Cleveland's field of vision when she studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute. "My experience as a fine artist has been informative in the way I work now," says the LA-born talent, who struck out on her own three years ago after rising to the position of artistic director of the AD100 firm Studio Shamshiri.
Actress Drew Barrymore has opened up about her new-found love of home renovation and design, explaining that transforming a property has become like a form of "meditation" to her. Barrymore, 50, explained in a recent interview that the process of design helps her to feel present and mindful, while sharing insights into her personal style in a new Real Simple interview.
The newly opened JAÇ Hifi Café is a celebration of music, interior design, and coffee along Barcelona's Avinguda Diagonal. Curated by Spanish designer Isern Serra Studio for clients Ligia and Arnau, the café opened in July 2025 with a name that resonates on several levels. It's a nod to jazz itself, a reference to Japan's jazz kissa culture, and in Catalan, the word 'jaç,' meaning to recline and let go.
Hadley reconfigured the space to include a generous main bedroom suite, a guest room and bath, and a large open space that would include the kitchen, dining area, and living room, a nod to loft life convention. Knowing that the millwork was being supplied by Plain English and the plumbing fixtures and fittings by Waterworks allowed me to focus on the decor and more personal additions to the overall design.
Maison&Objet, the world's leading event for international design, interior decoration, and lifestyle, returns to Hong Kong with an expanded edition under a new identity: Maison&Objet Intérieurs Hong Kong 2025. Taking place from December 3 to 6, 2025 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, the hybrid event explores the theme of Crossroads, a celebration of cultural convergence, sustainable innovation, and the fusion of traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge design.
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