Room & Board accepts the award for Retailer of the Year

Room & Board Named Retailer of the Year by Home Furnishings Association

The Home Furnishings Association (HFA) named Minneapolis-based Room & Board the 2026 HFA Retailer of the Year Award winner (50 employees and above) in April. The award is given to home furnishings businesses who...

6 Breezy Sunrooms for Luxe Lounging

From a great sunroom, you can enjoy the beauty of the natural world while also enjoying the comforts of home, across seasons. These extravagant sunrooms display the best of what a sunroom or porch...
This home office by Willaby Way features Roycroft Bronze Green by Sherwin Williams to color drench the walls, millwork, and cabinetry.

How to Thoughtfully Add Color to Your Interiors

We are calling it: color is officially back in. The dominant days of all-white kitchens and millennial gray rooms are fading, and other shades of the rainbow are reentering the home design scene. Midwest...
Hues of deep charcoal and creamy white pair with brass and heavily veined quartzite to create a space that brings color, texture, and visual details together. The Form From Form custom copper and brass hood is an especially showstopping piece.

Functionality Shines in This Sophisticated Kitchen Remodel

  Photography Andrea Rugg The layout of this 1940s kitchen in the Minnehaha neighborhood of Minneapolis posed challenges for the homeowners: tight clearances, a cramped work zone, minimal storage, and aging appliances that made everyday cooking...
In this San Francisco home, Heather Peterson used vintage items of a similar era (1970s) and material. The tambour screen in the family room joins objects in other rooms to play against the more formal moldings.

5 Ways to Bring Vintage Style into Your Home

Many homeowners are leaving minimalism in the past and embracing a lived in, collected look—for spaces that reveal more personality and character. For many, some of the best inspiration for their interiors comes not...

Spring Product Picks: Monochrome Florals

Floral patterns are synonymous with spring, but these items feature an unexpected twist on floral motifs. When floral fabric comes to mind, so does "bright" and "multicolor," but for 2026 a new trend emerged:...
Color swatches and samples for your walls can help determine what color to paint a room.

5 Expert Tips for How to Paint a Room

One of the easiest (and most budget-friendly) ways to transform a room is with paint. And while it might seem simple, there are a few crucial steps to ensure you get the most polished,...

Spring Office Inspiration: The Social Lights’ Colorful HQ

If you’ve been into a popular business in Minneapolis in the last several years, you’ve probably been in a space designed by Studio BV, the architecture and interior design firm headed by founder and...
This chic laundry room with floral wallpaper was an essential design fix

3 Laundry Rooms That Make Spring Cleaning Chic

Good design applies to both aesthetics and utility. These laundry rooms prove that, in a space where function is key, good design goes a long way.Working Smarter In this Minneapolis home, with all its bedrooms...
The chef’s-style kitchen features a spacious pantry and dual islands topped with quartzite, one with a unique half-waterfall countertop.

A Refined and Functional Excelsior Family Dream Home

 Photography Chelsie LopezInspiration can come from anywhere, and for the Nye family, the impetus to build their family dream home came from their pre-teen daughter. “I got really bored during COVID, so I became...
The marble brushstrokes on Jamb's Merethorth Mantel complement the "eared" 18th-century form.

Designer Product Pick: Jamb Mereworth Mantel

The Tastemaker: Endlessly inspired by the character and charm of older homes, Megan Schultz, interior designer with Stone House Collective based outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, deftly balances vintage and modern in her design approach....
Fay + Belle custom rug

3 Tips for Designing Custom Furnishings

Custom is the new luxury. More and more, homeowners with big budgets are drawn to personalized pieces that no one else has—pieces that are truly one of a kind.Bhavana Bhimavarapu, interior designer at O’Hara...
To create the serene projections on the lower level, Rueckl tapped Watershed hypnotherapist Josh Sundby, who also happens to be an expert in digital signage. Sundby rotates images quarterly, often bringing Minnesota’s seasons indoors.

Inside Watershed Spa: How Design Details Enhance Well-Being

Photography Graham Tolbert Styling Dimitria Klein For thousands of years, communal bathhouses have been a staple in cultures around the world, but for modern-day Minneapolis it has remained a largely unfamiliar concept— that is until Watershed...

6 Stunning Bathroom Remodels

Our daily routines set the tone for our days—and so do the bathrooms where they take place. A well-designed bathroom can be a place of respite and rejuvenation. These bathroom remodels transform challenging spaces...
Varying heights and vessels add visual interest to floral arrangements at the dining table

8 Expert Party Styling Tips for Spring Florals

There is a quiet beauty in the changing of seasons in the Midwest—springtime in particular. The snow melts. The sun warms. And then, stems emerge from the earth, signaling new life.Spring is a joyous...

A Boutique-Inspired Closet Made for Dressing Well

This expansive closet in a Minneapolis dwelling brings department store amenities into the home, transforming the process of getting ready into a luxe experience. All the homeowners’ clothing collection is on display and at...
This project by O'Hara Interiors includes a custom Wesley Hall chair.

Are Custom Furnishings Your Next Design Solution?

A home is a vehicle of personal expression, from the colors you select for the walls, to the decor displayed on shelves, to the furniture that will be used to help gather family and...

Q&A: Design Harmony With Influencer Cindi Yang

Photos by Janelle Olson  Feng shui, translated as “wind and water,” is the Chinese art of arranging spaces in harmony with energy and balance. This centuries-old practice is finding a new audience among today’s design-minded...
This kitchen features clean lines, a neutral palette, and bold light fixtures.

8 Dreamy Luxury Kitchens to Inspire Your Next Home Project

The kitchen is undoubtedly one of the most important rooms in your home. It’s a central gathering place for family and friends, it’s where everyday habits are formed, and it’s a sanctuary for quiet...

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