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Every year, Better Homes & Gardens celebrates innovators, influencers, and creators who offer inspiration and joy in the realms of food, home, garden, and lifestyle. They're called Stylemakers. Some are household names, and others are everyday people making a difference in their corner of the world, but they're all some of our favorite creative thinkers, dreamers, and doers. Here you'll learn a bit about each 2024 Stylemaker plus their current projects and passions.
These home designers and decorators are overflowing with ideas to update your home and make a space feel truly yours. If you're in need of any home inspiration, check out what these folks are sharing.
Victoria Pearson
Fine art photographer and author Gray Malin wants to make every day feel like a getaway. He’s best known for his destination location shoots, aerial photography, and coffee table books. His next book, Dogs, will be out October 2024.
Alanna Hale
Interiors by designer Noz Nozawa are as captivating and uniquely personal as she is. The San Francisco-based founder of Noz Design champions artful, eclectic spaces that celebrate individual style—from wildly colorful to streamlined and neutral, often with furnishings spanning a mix of eras and genres. She has been featured on numerous best lists, including Architectural Digest New American Voices, House Beautiful Next Wave, Luxe Gold List, and Sunset Magazine Emerging Designers of the West. As a supporter of her community, Nozawa also donates a percentage of her income to a local shelter that provides a safe haven for survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking.
Claire Schaper
A sought-after fashion and portrait photographer, Harper Smith captures her subjects in a manner that celebrates their
There is no way to sugarcoat the challenges many of us in the Mid-Atlantic region have faced this summer. The inconsistency of rainfall and the extreme high temperatures have greatly impacted our efforts to garden successfully. Even with valiant efforts to apply supplemental irrigation, I have witnessed a wide range of plant material showing signs of drought stress that I have rarely witnessed in my 15-plus years of gardening in this region. To say it is cause for concern would be an understatement. As a result, in the last few months I have been repeatedly asked how we can prepare our beloved gardens to reduce heat and moisture stress for future growing seasons. One answer to this conundrum is to add organic matter to the soil in the form of compost.
If you're craving a pop of color in your home, Behr is here to help with their 2025 Color of the Year, Rumors.
It is indeed painful to find unwanted plants taking over your carefully curated vegetation. While not all weeds are garden enemies, the ones on this list surely are! Learn to recognize the most common and persistent weeds found in the states, and save your garden from invasion now.
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Espresso martinis have dominated drink menus for several years now, but a new coffee cocktail might be challenging their spot at the top of the happy hour list. Carajillos have arrived on the scene, and they’re a simpler, smaller-sized cousin of espresso martinis (tiny cocktails, anyone?). Made with just two ingredients, this espresso-based cocktail is just as tasty as an espresso martini, but much easier to recreate at home.
“Impossibly unaffordable” are two words that Californians are probably less than thrilled to hear. In a recent report from Chapman University in Orange, California, and the Frontier Centre of Public Policy (FCPP) in Canada, that’s exactly how four California metros are described. The 2024 edition of Demographia International Housing Affordability shows San Jose, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego listed among the top 10 least affordable housing markets—not just in the United States, but worldwide.
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