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4 weeks ago | 
stlmag.com | Michelle Mastro |Caroline Kopsky |Cara Downs |George Mahe
The unsung heroes of the design world, stair runners punch above their weight when it comes to multitasking. Not only do they protect stairs from everyday wear and tear—and thwart potential slips and falls—but they also offer up the chance to create a striking design moment, adding color, texture, and pattern to the staircase, somewhat an afterthought in the hierarchy of home. Typically, stairs are utilitarian in their design.
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4 weeks ago | 
stlmag.com | Michelle Mastro |Kim R. Hill |Charlene Oldham |Cara Downs
The region’s best in dining, arts, shopping, startups, sports, entertainment, and more. 24 U.S. house museums and gardens to visit this summer Ready to hit the road? Discover some of the best historic house museums and gardens across the country in our roundup of more than 20 sites, from West Coast destinations to stops in the Southern United States. Ask the Experts: How to style a coffee table Is it possible to design a look that’s both eye-catching and free of clutter?
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1 month ago | 
stlmag.com | Cara Downs |Veronica Theodoro |Caroline Kopsky |Cheryl Baehr
If most people travel to relax and unwind, interior designers are not most people. When designers travel to industry shows, antique markets, or design events, they’re expecting to be wowed, energized, enlightened. “Traveling for work gives me so much inspiration,” says Lauren Thorpe, owner of Bonboni Interior Design.
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1 month ago | 
stlmag.com | Ryan Krull |Mike Miller |Cara Downs |Kathleen Lees
Manager Mark Erney, who is charged with wire fraud, previously pled guilty to stealing from his partners at a different restaurant. A look at the latest across the political landscape, including some of St. Louis’ top elected officials and candidates
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1 month ago | 
stlmag.com | Veronica Theodoro |Micah Barnes |Cara Downs
Veronica Theodoro Veronica Theodoro is editor in chief of design and home content for St. Louis Magazine. She edits the weekly Design + Home newsletter and hosts the monthly House of Lou podcast, in addition to contributing print stories to the magazine. Veronica is a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School in New York City and Saint Mary’s College in South Bend, Indiana. In her spare time, she likes to tend to her home, a 150-plus-old Italianate in the historic Central West End neighborhood.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
stlmag.com | Cara Downs |Veronica Theodoro
I have a friend with a great eye. She’s my type of gal, a design enthusiast who's always on the hunt for fresh ways to bring both creativity and comfort to her Webster Groves bungalow. Recently, she texted me about the windows in her dining room. She says the window casings in the room are too shallow for hardware. What are her options?
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
stlmag.com | Cara Downs
As is true in most of interior design, there's no one-size fits all answer to the question of how many is too many pillows on a sofa–but there are guidelines to creating both functionality and visual appeal. The first is to avoid overloading a sofa or loveseat to the point where guests are discouraged from sitting down. “Your sofa needs to be approachable,” says Jody Cox, owner of Styled and Staged STL.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
stlmag.com | Cara Downs
Mixing and matching dining chairs, whether they differ in style or hail from various periods, is a definite design “do,” but equally important is thinking through how to create a unified look within the menagerie. As in most tasks that are design-related, it takes smart planning.
First, you’ll want to pinpoint a common aesthetic thread among your collection of chairs. That common thread could be size, color, or a recurring material, says Retta Tussey, owner of Retta Tussey Interior Design.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
stlmag.com | Cara Downs
Looking back on our family's Christmas tree last year, I can't help but notice that the top of the tree is lacking light. Knowing me, I probably spent too much time getting the bottom half lit with that warm glow I love, only to run out of white lights as I reached the top of the tree. Did I hurry out to the store to buy more string lights? Probably. Were the stores sold out by the time I got there? I'm sure of it.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
stlmag.com | Cara Downs
In February, Megan Temple closed The Dollhouse in Brentwood to allow time to focus on finding a new location for her interior design studio and retail shop. She was searching for a storefront that would attract foot traffic, she says, as well as give her room to expand the company's retail presence.
A 1,300-square-foot space in Downtown Kirkwood (124 West Jefferson) checked both boxes.
