{"id":2096,"date":"2026-05-18T20:20:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T03:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/?p=2096"},"modified":"2026-05-18T20:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T03:20:33","slug":"at-home-with-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/?p=2096","title":{"rendered":"At Home with Style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Several years ago I began publication of a free online magazine of interior design called At Home with Style<\/a><\/em>. My mission wasn’t to force my opinions on others\u2014I just wanted to help readers make their own design goals a reality. My design website (which has no paywall and doesn’t require registration to read the articles) includes medium- and long-form articles on scores of interior design-related subjects. I’ve included features, Q&A sessions, architectural and design history, links to other articles and resources\u2014a whole bundle of tools to help readers achieve their design dreams. My hope has been to use my decades of experience in buying, selling, decorating, remodeling, and consulting on a number of homes and gardens to help others create spaces that they feel good in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I encourage readers to figure out what makes most sense for them<\/em>. Once they know what styles and features they like most and how they want to live, they’re invited to browse through my articles to pick and choose whatever might help them fulfill their own vision. And as I point out throughout the site, what I think about a design doesn’t matter if it doesn’t work for you.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio is featured in “Decorating<\/a> Tips<\/a> <\/a>from<\/a> Frank Lloyd Wright<\/a>,” my article about the home and studio he created for himself and his family in Oak Park, Illinois\u2014it was the very first home he designed and had built | Laura Grey<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

At Home with Style <\/em>features articles on many popular topics, including these: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Some of the most <\/a>popular<\/a> <\/a>styles of home decoration<\/a> from around the world and how to make them work in your home<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Tips on choosing and caring for textiles<\/a>, home<\/a> decor<\/a>, garden<\/a> <\/a>plantings<\/a>, and flooring<\/a> (even if you have pets)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 How to choose and <\/a>maintain<\/a> <\/a>outdoor<\/a> <\/a>furniture<\/a> so you can double or triple its years of beauty and service<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Where to source sustainable home <\/a>furnishings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 How to renovate your <\/a>home<\/a> for <\/a>accessibility<\/a> so you can age into it comfortably and accommodate disabilities (your own or those of others in your home) safely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Learning how to tell whether vintage or antique dishes and <\/a>glasses<\/a> are contaminated by lead<\/a> (or are safe to use)<\/p>\n\n\n

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A beautiful, comfortable garden setting goes a long way toward creating a mood\u2014I’ve included several articles on creating and maintaining a beautiful, healthy garden. Here’s the cottage garden my talented friend, the garden designer Shon Robinson, helped me create for the Pacific Northwest home I owned circa 2010 | Laura Grey<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

I don’t outsource the writing of At Home with Style<\/em>\u2014I write every word of it myself. And I don’t take ad money, get kickbacks or subscription fees or other payments for my articles, or receive freebies in exchange for my opinions. I just want to share some of the many tips and tricks I’ve learned over the course of decades to help you find the inspiration and help you need to make your home feel the way you<\/em> want it to feel. <\/p>\n\n\n

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An elegantly restored vintage chest of drawers is given new life thanks to a coat of peacock blue-green paint and drawers covered in wallpaper by vintage furniture transformation artist Beth West of The Dove’s Tail. I included this example of Beth’s beautiful work in my article “Off-the-Wall Wallpaper Projects<\/a>” | Instagram: @thedovestail <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

My goal for At Home with Style<\/em> is to help you establish a home that you find safe, comfortable, beautiful, functional, and affordable. I want to help my readers learn about the style, decorating, historical details, and maintenance tricks and resources I’ve found worthwhile over the past 40 years. I hope you enjoy it. <\/p>\n\n\n

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I believe any space, no matter how large or small, should reflect your own style, whether for holidays, special occasions, or any old night of the week | Laura Grey<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

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Your sense of style is about you and what makes you feel good, not about what someone tells you looks or feels “right.” If it’s safe, functional, and comfortable for everyone in the home, and it makes its inhabitants feel good, it’s golden. It’s <\/em>your home\u2014it should feel like you, not like someone else | Paul Hanaoka for Unsplash<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several years ago I began publication of a free online magazine of interior design called At Home with Style. My mission wasn’t to force my opinions on others\u2014I just wanted to help readers make their own design goals a reality. My design website (which has no paywall and doesn’t require registration to read the articles) … Continue reading At Home with Style<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,23,29],"tags":[1746,1745,1747,63,798,1730,1736,733,1756,1755,1743,1734,1733,1735,1752,1732,1731,1751,1749,1750,1748,1754,1741,1742,1753,1737,1739,1740,1744,1738,1288],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2096"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2117,"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096\/revisions\/2117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}