H ome design trends are going bold, and it's not just the interiors turning heads — black exteriors are stealing the spotlight, too. While retro designs are making a strong comeback this year ...

Two years ago, my husband and I finally got around to painting our 1970s ranch house. At first, we’d considered covering over the cheap, mud-colored T1 siding with cedar shingles, as many of our ...

In a city typically associated with colorful Victorian shotguns and white-columned antebellum mansions, one of the newer trends in home design — that of black exteriors and black rooms — ...

A few years ago, if you painted your house black, the neighbors might have thought that you were … a little creepy. They might have asked themselves (or you) why on earth you would choose such a ...

Dark decor makes your house a black hole, ... LAURENCE’S FIVE OTHER INTERIORS TRENDS TO AVOID. 7. Laurence hates when a television is used as the centrepiece of a room Credit: Getty.

If homes in your neighborhood follow these trends, ... “Taste aside, a black house in an era of climate change is ridiculous,” said Adam Greenfield, a transportation and land-use advocate.

Black exteriors are also popular in Japan, where wood is preserved by charring cypress planks, a 150-year-old technique known as shou sugi ban. And have you seen that Victorian San Francisco home ...