Shelby Deering

Craftsman design instantly brings to mind visions of Victorian spaces and echoes of Frank Lloyd Wright. Since its rise to popularity in the early 20th century, the design approach is resurrected time and time again through home designs, marrying together modern elements with storied arts and crafts details. This kitchen, designed by Salt Lake City’s cityhomeCOLLECTIVE, combines nods to craftsman design with a cottage feel, resulting in a space that’s airy and eye-catching.
This kitchen reside...

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After a long, cold winter, spring feels like a phase of rejuvenation and renewal, and it also happens to be the perfect opportunity to switch up your self-care routine. You’ve likely been using heavy lotions, woodsy-scented essential oils, and thick blankets (which are all lovely ideas)—but to match the season, it’s time to lighten up those little things you do for yourself to feel your very best.
Here are five of our favourite self-care ways to embrace spring.
Freshen up your scent...

If your little’s room could use a little tune-up , look no further. These five kids’ rooms are loaded with one-of-a-kind-ness and imagination — just like kids themselves.
A Cubist Creation
When Pam’s son needed a room revamp, a life-size Rubik’s Cube was the obvious choice, since her son regularly competes in Rubik’s Cube competitions. And they didn't just imagine it... they actually based their design on a real toy!
“We partnered up to come up with the colors for the three solid walls and fi...

Ride the rails with your family and see the U.S. in a new way.

Breathtaking mountain vistas, pine forests, and ocean shores await you.

“You’re too sensitive.” If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard that phrase, I could probably completely remodel my suburban home in Madison, Wisconsin. As the girl who always cries when she watches a sad movie (especially ones with animals—Dumbo requires a Costco-size box of tissues), feels every feeling and then some, and gets overwhelmed by loud noises, bright lights, and crowds, I always thought I was on my own little island of sensitivity, population: one. But as it turns out, there ...

Spring cleaning should feel good, right? Any process that ushers out the "gunk" that builds up in our homes over winter ought to inspire us to start daydreaming about warm, springtime weather. But in reality, spring cleaning can feel pretty darn daunting. Instead, you just might start a Hulu binge instead of picking up a broom.
As it turns out, if you suffer from allergies and asthma, overlooking spring cleaning isn’t so great for your body. In fact, all that dust and pet dander can impact yo...

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Health and wellness touch each of us differently. This is one person’s story.
One of my earliest memories from childhood is of a feeling of deep sadness even as I looked out at the twinkling Christmas lights my parents had hung around my window. I can still picture the blurred Christmas lights shimmering through my tears.
When other kids were excited for Santa and presents, I could ...

There’s no doubt that taking a bath is one of the surest ways to experience relaxation and unwind at the end of a long day. But as it turns out, in addition to being a self-care staple, baths can give you many health benefits.
Frank Lipman, MD, an integrative physician, director of New York City’s Eleven Eleven Wellness Center, and founder of Be Well, extols the health virtues of a good bath. The benefit that tops his list? Anti-inflammatory effects.
(Reverse chronic inflammation to ease symp...

A tour of a Seattle midcentury home with a Japanese feel.

I have dealt with the winter blues as long as I can remember. Although I’ve never really loved snow and cold, I knew from a very young age that my feelings were out of my control — and I was right. It turned out after being diagnosed later in life that I have a condition called Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a type of depression that’s tied to the seasons and the lack of light that comes with the winter months. Symptoms can include low energy, a loss of interest in activities, carb cravin...

There is something so magical about seeing a whale in the wild. Maybe it’s the fact that we feel so small next to them (blue whales can weigh an astounding 300,000 pounds) or that for most of us, whales aren’t animals that we get the chance to see every day. Whether you're spotting one from the deck of a whale-watching cruise or from the shores of a national park, whales are some of nature's most beautiful creatures. To observe these gentle giants in their natural habitats, add one of these c...

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Health and wellness touch each of us differently. This is one person’s story.
From early fall through the coldest months of the year, I’ve learned to expect (and manage) my seasonal affective disorder (SAD). As someone who also lives with an anxiety disorder and identifies as a highly sensitive person (HSP), I tend to look for the things I can control in my world.
Every August, without fail, I sit down to write my “winter prep list,” in which I check off areas of my home th...

There I was, fresh off a 7-hour flight from Chicago to London—sleeping on a bench in front of the Tower Bridge. Although my husband, parents, and I immediately sipped on caffeine-potent espressos as soon as we landed, the exhaustion took hold and I couldn’t fight the zzz's. It was days before any of us felt as if we had a “normal” sleeping schedule, and after we returned home, the jet lag seemed to last for weeks.
Jet lag can be challenging, even crippling, to many travelers. The American Sle...

I’ve always been a headache-prone person. In childhood and still to this day, I almost always get a headache before it rains because of the change in barometric pressure. In fact, my head is so predictable that friends and family now refer to me as ​“the human barometer.”
And let me tell you — those headaches are doozies, and they often morph into migraines. Then there are the times when I’ve had too much caffeine or I’ve been staring at a computer screen for too long. As someone who is super...