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5 things I learned about smart homes during my first time at CES 

Huge smart home booths were everywhere to be found at this year’s CES. Here are a Curbed editor’s takeaways, from Alexa to robots to a bunch of buttons.

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One reluctant homeowner’s journey into the paint color wheel

How choosing paint colors for my new house triggered an existential crisis

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Everything I learned from a day with Rita Konig, British interior design wiz

When I saw that Konig was holding workshops in New York, I promptly signed up, hoping to learn the secret to creating a charming, vaguely European home instead of simply dreaming wistfully about it.

From Curbed DC

My night in a 58-square-foot floating home

The 90 minute drive to Colonial Beach—a town I'd never heard of before last week—was indicative of just what I was hoping for during a weekend away from Washington, D.C. The city's row houses and bumper-to-bumper traffic turned into antique stores,

From Curbed LA

Will I be seduced by a tiny house?

Staying the night in 145 square feet makes me appreciate my 500-square-foot apartment.

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How I survived a tiny home vacation—with two kids

An hour east of Portland, Oregon, a new tiny home village boasts five tiny homes available for nightly rentals. The micro cabins are cute, well decorated, and sleep three to five people. But are they livable?

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From Curbed Chicago

Small waterfront cabins are one of the things that makes the Midwest great

Winter in the Midwest can be very tough, sometimes just downright grueling. Folks spend the punishingly cold days inside, planning trips, block parties, and outdoor movie adventures for when summer finally rolls around. And as extreme as the...

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From Curbed Philly

I played out my childhood dream of living in a treehouse

My childhood treehouse was simple, but perfect. But would staying in a souped-up treehouse in the middle of nowhere have the the same effect on me as an adult?

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From Curbed NY

Why the tiny-house movement isn’t for me

Every day, as the editor of Curbed NY, I see minuscule apartments on the market, and hear stories from people who live in extremely small spaces. So what would happen when I tried one out myself?

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7 things I learned from spending 36 hours in a tiny house

Swoon over or roll your eyes at them, tiny houses are hard to overlook these days. Here, a Curbed editor checks out a tiny house rental just outside of New York City for a weekend and finds out what the fuss is all about.

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