American Houses

A meeting of minds between client and interior designer has made this unusual Californian project one of Henriette von Stockhausen's most beloved projects

The restoration of this colonial-era farmhouse in rural Connecticut marked a departure for its owners and their architect Elizabeth Roberts. Together, they strayed happily from their Brooklyn-based endeavours and embraced a different way of living and working

In a 1920s Craftsman house in Berkeley overlooking the San Francisco Bay, the American designer Heidi Caillier has drawn on an eclectic European sensibility

In an extract from his new book Home at Last: Enduring design for the New American House, the acclaimed American architect Gil Schafer designs a multi-generational family gathering place on a bluff above Lake Champlain in Vermont

In an extract from his book ‘HOME: Residential Architecture of D. Stanley Dixon’, the American architect talks us through his design for a newbuild Atlanta house, inspired by historic European farm buildings, and with beautifully understated interiors by Carolyn Malone

Interior designer Joyce Sitterly has managed to combine both a sense of drama with deep comfort in this Connecticut house

Interior designer Kari McCabe and her architect husband Nate McBride breathed new life into their tired house using a mix of Scandinavian design, vintage pieces and inherited family furniture

When Max Sinsteden started decorating his Rhode Island cottage, he kept the colours neutral in order to let his beloved collection of treasures shine

Mixing natural materials with patterned fabrics and a host of influences, interior and textile designer Leah O’Connell has transformed this neglected 1960s house into a warm, serene home

The seaside house designer John Derian shares with his partner Stephen Kent Johnson bears witness to his love of the 18th and 19th centuries and his extraordinary eye for collecting

Dave and Jen Dawson are founders of a lighting company known for collections that blend form with function, modern with classic. The same can be said of their 1950s waterside ranch house in South Carolina, which has been sensitively renovated for a much brighter, more comfortable and yet entirely authentic Charleston feel

After several years moving from project to project, Tara Mangini and Percy Bright have settled in this farmhouse in Upstate New York, which epitomises their appreciation of quality craftsmanship and a homespun, Scandinavian-inspired approach to design

This rare mid-century beach house by the dean of East Hampton architecture Alfred Scheffer has been sensitively restored and imbued with a feeling of lightness and optimism by the designer David Netto

Designer Nina Farmer strikes wanderlust in a New England brick house in historic Massachusetts

From state-of-the-art apartments to upstate bolt-holes, the House & Garden archive is ripe with inspiring houses across New York

On the lip of a granite rock in Maine’s storied Down East peninsula, Maura McEvoy celebrates a beautifully preserved mid-century house by the architect Emily Muir, in an exclusive extract from The Maine House II (out today)

Since his arrival in New York in the 1970s, British-born restaurateur Keith McNally has forged his own path, letting neither convention nor building regulations stand in his way. He tells us what brought him to the apartment he rents in SoHo and how its singular style came together

Finding a compromise between the minimalist tastes of its owner and her love of tactile fabrics and pattern, Rita Konig has subtly enhanced the airy interiors of this Manhattan house

For the owners of a lighting company Urban Electric, home is Charleston but their weekend cottage is where the heart is. With the help of Kate Towill of Basic Projects, they've created a charming retreat

Working with decorator—and longtime friend—Rita Konig, tastemaker Deborah Needleman takes the slow approach in crafting her house.