When it comes to television, viewers now have more options to choose from than ever before, and shows about interior design and architecture are no exception. In a genre that at one time consisted mainly of This Old House on PBS (before the launch of HGTV in 1994), there are now dozens—if not hundreds—of shows focused on renovation, real estate, architecture, interior design, and everything in between.
These days, the issue is choosing which program to binge-watch first—and figuring out how to do so, given the numerous streaming platforms and channels these shows call home. Here, we’ve rounded up an extensive, though not exhaustive, list of design-centric series you might enjoy. Plus, we tell you where to tune in.
Home Makeover Shows
The Nate and Jeremiah Home Project
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
Like Nate and Jeremiah by Design (on TLC) and Nate and Jeremiah: Save My House (HGTV) before it, the latest TV offering from the designer couple Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent truly gives us the best of both worlds. It is AD-worthy design (both men are on the AD100 list) packaged into our favorite comforting television formula, which is a rare and beautiful thing. Season two premieres in February.
Motel Makeover
Where to watch: Netflix
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This one-season show is the story of best friends April Brown and Sarah Sklash. They purchased a run-down old motel in Sauble Beach, Ontario, Canada, with the goal of turning it into a trendy, highly Instagrammable oasis. Along the way, they run into a plethora of challenges—the greatest one being the COVID-19 pandemic, which shuts down construction and forces them to get really creative if they want The June Motel to become a reality.
Home Town and Home Town Takeover
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
One important aspect of home renovation, at least for couple Erin and Ben Napier, is to ensure that even new buildings and structures honor the past. In their series Home Town, now in its seventh season, the Napiers use found materials and old textiles from their hometown of Laurel, Mississippi, to reimagine aging houses as more modern spaces.
In 2021, they took the show on the road, renovating the entire town of Wetumpka, Alabama, for Home Town Takeover. Homes, restaurants, stores, public spaces, and more all got a facelift, and they welcomed a variety of celebrity guests (like Sheryl Crow) to help along the way. For season two, which is expected to premiere sometime in 2023, they’re heading to Fort Morgan, Colorado, and will be joined by Fixer to Fabulous stars Dave and Jenny Marrs as additional cohosts.
Dream Home Makeover
Where to watch: Netflix
You’ve seen this show’s premise before. Syd and Shea McGee are a husband-and-wife team doing home makeovers for clients in Utah, plus giving viewers a glimpse into their own lives running their design business, Studio McGee, and parenting their young children. That being said, if it’s not broken, why fix it? This is formulaic television at its finest, complete with the dramatic before-and-after shots you crave from a show like this. Season four was released in December.
Farmhouse Fixer
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
If you are looking for a dose of nostalgia with your home renovation, this is the show for you. Farmhouse Fixer follows former New Kids on the Block singer Jonathan Knight on his second career restoring New England farmhouses. “My heart wasn’t in new construction, so I ventured out with a business partner who does older houses with character and history, and I fell in love with it,” Knight previously told AD. He works alongside interior designer Kristina Crestin on the show. During season two last fall, Jonathan welcomed his famous brother Jordan Knight for a special cameo.
Love It or List It
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
This long-running show is must-watch viewing for HGTV fans. The type of show you can watch for hours, Love It or List It consists of designer Hilary Farr renovating a home, while David Visentin takes the owners to look at other properties. In the end, the homeowners must decide if Farr has wowed them enough to make them stay, or if they’d rather sell their house and move.
Bargain Mansions
Where to watch: Magnolia Network and Discovery+
With the help of her father, Ward Schraeder, house flipper extraordinaire Tamara Day restores dilapidated properties around Kansas City, Missouri, on this program. “For me, mixing old with new elements and high-end with affordable is my go-to design recipe for making everyone feel welcome. I blend in glamour, modern design elements, comfort, and family into the look and function of the space to create my signature laid-back luxe vibe,” she tells AD.
Property Brothers
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
Double trouble: Brothers Jonathan Scott, a contractor, and Drew Scott, a real estate expert, join forces to help families find the right home for them and then transform it into their dream home in this classic HGTV series.
Celebrity I.O.U.
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
On Celebrity I.O.U., it’s the celebrities who get their hands dirty. The series gives some of Hollywood’s biggest names—including Brad Pitt, Viola Davis, and Melissa McCarthy—a chance to give a big thanks to the friends and family members who helped them get where they are by renovating their spaces. Hosted and produced by the Property Brothers, the series promises to elicit both tears and laughter.
Brother vs. Brother
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
At this point, Drew and Jonathan Scott have basically created a Property Brothers cinematic universe, but this show is especially fun because it pits the twins against each other. The basic premise is that real estate expert Drew and contractor Jonathan each flip a home and see who can make more of a profit. For season eight, which premiered January 11, there’s a bit of a twist: There are no rules when it comes to budget or location. If the heightened stakes weren’t enough to make you want to watch, HGTV has confirmed that there will be cameos by Jonathan’s famous girlfriend, Zooey Deschanel, this time around.
Restaurants on the Edge
Where to watch: Netflix
In real estate, the old adage goes: “Location, location, location.” For the owners of the restaurants featured on this Netflix series, however, location is actually the least of their worries. Restaurants on the Edge follows three food and design experts as they travel the world to try to amp up the food, decor, branding, and design of near-failing businesses situated in some of the world’s most beautiful locales.
Flip or Flop
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
This popular series began in 2013, with Tarek and Christina El Moussa (now known as Christina Hall) finding less-than-marketable homes (many foreclosures, bank-owned, or short sales) and reimagining them into profitable listings. The couple filed for divorce in 2017 but continued on as business partners until 2022, when the show ended for good with a finale special called Flip or Flop: The Final Flip. Still, it is worth revisiting one of HGTV’s biggest hits.
Christina on the Coast and Christina in the Country
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
Since their marriage ended, both Tarek and Christina have continued their careers in design (and in the tabloids). Now, Christina stars in two of her own spinoffs. Christina on the Coast follows the mother of three (she is now married to Josh Hall, who also appears on the show) as she runs her design business in Southern California, while Christina in the Country chronicles her design projects in Tennessee, where she has a second home.
Side note: If you’re confused about Christina’s last name, here is a refresher. After her divorce from Tarek, she married Ant Anstead, taking his name. (He is the host of multiple shows about cars and met his current famous girlfriend Renée Zellweger on one of them.) When Ant and Christina split, she briefly returned to her maiden name, Haack, before marrying Josh and taking the name Hall.
The Flipping El Moussas
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
Tarek has also starred in multiple spin-offs since his split from Christina, including Tarek’s Flip Side and Flipping 101, which sees him mentoring real estate novices and teaching them the basics of how to conduct a successful flip, from negotiating prices to meeting contractor deadlines. These two programs seem to be on pause for now, but Tarek has another exciting venture premiering in February. The Flipping El Moussas will follow him and his new wife, Heather Rae El Moussa, as they flip houses and prepare to welcome their first child together. If her name sounds familiar, that’s because she got her start on the Netflix hit Selling Sunset.
100 Day Dream Home
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
Ambitious viewers who want to get the inside scoop on how to build a home from the ground up will likely find HGTV’s 100 Day Dream Home inspirational. Helmed by Tampa-based husband-and-wife team Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt, the series follows clients looking to design and build a perfect home from scratch in under 100 days, with Mika acting as the realtor and Brian as the developer.
Grand Designs
Where to watch: Netflix
Though it’s been around since 1999, Grand Designs took a while to make its way across the pond. The British program showcases middle-class homeowners who decide to ditch their average-looking houses in pursuit of more ambitious, often cantilevered designs. Hosted by Kevin McCloud, it follows the homeowners’ journeys from concept to creation, chronicling all the drama and handwringing in-between. The results are, indeed, grand.
Tiny House Nation
Where to watch: Netflix
The tiny house trend is here to stay, and on Tiny House Nation, host John Weisbarth and expert Zack Giffin help folks do some major downsizing and rethink their relationships to space and possessions. In each episode, the two-man team gets to know families looking to go small, assess their needs, and builds them a custom mini home.
Stay Here
Where to watch: Netflix
If you’ve ever wondered what it would take to turn your home into an inviting, profitable short-term rental, then Stay Here is the series to binge. Designer Genevieve Gorder and real estate expert Peter Lorimer team up in this feel-good show to help ordinary homeowners up their rental game, reimagining everything from spaces to decor to marketing.
Fixer Upper, Fixer Upper: Welcome Home, and Fixer Upper: The Castle
Where to watch: Magnolia Network and Discovery+
It’s hard to be involved in the home renovation or interior design realms and not know about Chip and Joanna Gaines. The power couple now have an entire home-design empire—but before Magnolia, before the books, and before the pair began working with A-list celebrities, they had Fixer Upper, where they helped home buyers see the potential in run-down homes that they would then help renovate within budget. That show aired on HGTV for five seasons, and later they rebooted it for Magnolia Network. In 2022, they dedicated an entire season to the renovation of a castle in Texas.
Good Bones and Good Bones: Risky Business
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
Karen E. Laine and Mina Starsiak Hawk are a mother-daughter duo who flip houses in Indianapolis, having decided to open a home rehab business together in 2008. Each episode a different member of their team is highlighted. The duo often incorporate green spaces and art from local artists as an added touch. In 2022, Hawk began starring in her own spin-off, which focuses on just one 1800s Victorian home.
Desert Flippers
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
Palm Springs, California, is the location of choice in Desert Flippers, which sees Wisconsin natives Eric and Lindsey Bennett bringing their Midwestern sensibilities to the sun-drenched town. The couple specifically seek out dilapidated houses that they can gut and renovate, all while combating natural elements such as extreme heat, as well as critters including scorpions and rattlesnakes.
Unspouse My House
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
There is a true catharsis that comes from spring cleaning, and probably an even greater one that comes from sloughing off an entire relationship post-breakup. Enter Unspouse My House, wherein interior designer Orlando Soria helps newly single clients reimagine their homes and personal spaces to start their next chapter fresh.
Rehab Addict
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
On Rehab Addict, everything old is new again. Designer Nicole Curtis finds historic old homes and refurbishes them to honor their past and bring them up-to-date for more modern homeowners’ tastes.
Get Organized With the Home Edit
Where to watch: Netflix
Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin’s ultra-specific organization aesthetic of clear acrylic and color coding has dominated social media for a while now, and they officially made the jump to Netflix in 2020. The women better known as the Home Edit go into the homes of celebrities and everyday people alike, helping them not just declutter, but set up their pantries, playrooms, closets, and more in a way that makes the rooms easy to use and Instagram-ready. Whether or not you subscribe to their philosophy of clear bins galore, it’s hard to deny that it is oddly satisfying to watch them group beauty products by color or fold shirts with perfect precision. Seeing inside the homes of Reese Witherspoon, Kevin Hart, Khloé Kardashian, Eva Longoria, Drew Barrymore, and more is just an added bonus.
Instant Dream Home
Where to watch: Netflix
This one left us with a lot of questions. Mainly, how is it possible for interior designer Adair Curtis, carpenter Erik Curtis, landscaper Nick Cutsumpas, and Paige Mobley to completely make over a home in just one day? “There is nothing usual about what we do on this show,” Adair explained to AD of the process when the show first premiered. But with a lot of planning in advance, and sending in multiple teams (electric, carpentry, etc) at the same time, they somehow manage to pull it off in every episode.
Down Home Fab
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
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Nothing makes millennials feel older than realizing that the children of the stars of the MTV reality franchise Teen Mom (which first premiered in 2009) are now teenagers themselves. But time waits for no one, and these days, one former star of Teen Mom 2 has found a career as an interior designer and landed a show on HGTV. Down Home Fab premiered January 16 and follows Chelsea DeBoer (née Houska) and her husband Cole as they build their home renovation and design business in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Fans will remember Chelsea’s bold, ever-changing, emo-influenced hairstyles and penchant for animal print, and though she’s clearly evolved, hints of that old style peek through in her designs. The mother of four, who welcomed daughter Aubree, now 13, with her ex Adam Lind on the show 16 and Pregnant and later welcomed son Watson, 5, daughter Layne, 4, and daughter Walker, 2, with Cole, describes her style as “ranch glam.” While it can veer a bit T.J. Maxx or “cheugy” (let’s be honest, this is true of most shows on this list), it is fun to see Chelsea embracing her bold style away from the drama of her former gig. New episodes will air on HGTV on Monday nights.
Luxe for Less
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
To be a design lover without a trust fund is to experience longing for beautiful things that are simply not in your budget. Atlanta-based interior designer Michel Smith Boyd understands this, and his home makeover show, which premiered in December, is focused on helping homeowners use money-saving hacks to update their spaces. The SmithBoyd Interiors founder, who participated in AD’s virtual show house in 2020, works alongside designer Kai Williamson, textiles expert Anthony Elle, and contractor Laura Green to transform homes in the Atlanta area in a decidedly sumptuous style.
Help! I Wrecked My House
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
DIY projects don’t always go as planned, which is the premise of this home makeover program starring Jasmine Roth. The former host of Hidden Potential and winner of Rock the Block season one steps in to help people who have started projects that they either can’t finish or that have gone horribly wrong. Roth’s renovations are more than just a facelift. Filmed in Southern California, this show features plenty of hammer-swinging demolitions and dramatic, budget-threatening discoveries. Season three wrapped at the end of 2022, and a fourth has not been confirmed.
Lil Jon Wants to Do What?
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
There’s more to Atlanta-based rapper Lil Jon than a great voice and penchant for saying the word “Yeah.” Years after releasing mega-hits like “Get Low” and “Turn Down For What,” he is renovating homes alongside designer Anitra Mecadon, and last year they documented the process for HGTV. “I love walking into somebody’s house and turning it upside down,” he says in the premiere episode. Projects include a vintage camper renovation, a playroom makeover, an in-home jazz lounge, and more. Jon is incredibly charming on the show, and he brings a different energy than most HGTV hosts. Expect season two to drop sometime in the summer of 2023.
Design Star and Design Star: Next Gen
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
Casual HGTV watchers will recognize a ton of familiar faces when watching old episodes of this competition show, which initially ran from 2006 to 2013 and then was brought back in 2021. After a series of design-based challenges, one winner emerges and is awarded with their very own HGTV show. The first-ever winner, David Bromstad, went on to host the now-defunct show Color Splash and today hosts My Lottery Dream Home. Season eight winner Tiffany Brooks was named to the AD100 list this year.
Married to Real Estate
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
Egypt Sherrod is all over HGTV—she also hosted Property Virgins and Flipping Virgins—but her show with her husband, Mike Jackson, offers the most personal look into her life. In addition to showing the former radio personality (Sherrod) and DJ turned contractor (Jackson) juggling life in Atlanta with their young children, the show follows the realtors as they help people buy homes and then spruce them up. Season two premiered January 12.
How to Build a Sex Room
Where to watch: Netflix
Design touches every part of our lives, and none of these shows illustrate that better than the surprise Netflix hit How to Build a Sex Room, which premiered in July of 2022. Designer Melanie Rose is a white-haired British woman who has made a career of creating dedicated spaces for sex and sensuality in people’s homes. The show follows her as she creates sex rooms for a variety of couples. “I quickly found out that sex rooms are the most wonderful rooms to design,” says Rose in the first episode. Her clients include “anybody that wants to explore their desires or indulge in their pleasures,” she says. “I’ve worked with bankers, teachers, cops, maybe even your next door neighbor.” In addition to dealing with some small and unusual spaces, Rose dives into the specific erotic needs of each client, which makes for seriously fascinating television, though some of the actual design elements leave much to be desired.
Real Estate and Design Porn
The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals
Where to watch: Netflix
This show will take you around the world in sixteen episodes. Over two seasons, hosts Megan Batoon, Luis D. Ortiz, and Jo Franco visit fascinating, luxurious, and architecturally significant homes that are available as short term vacation rentals. This includes the ultra-modern Invisible House in Joshua Tree, California, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Schwartz House in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, a snake-shaped property in Mexico City, a cave in the Ozark mountains, and more.
Luxe Listings Sydney
Where to watch: Amazon
If you find yourself fresh out of episodes of both Million Dollar Listing and Selling Sunset, you might want to tune in to this Down Under version. The show offers a look inside some of the most expensive homes in Sydney, Australia. Most of them are ultra-modern behemoths with water views that would rival any home in Los Angeles.
The Million Dollar Listing Franchise
Where to watch: Bravo, Peacock
Originally just titled Million Dollar Listing when it launched in 2006, Bravo’s successful high-end real estate reality show has spawned numerous spin-offs. That original series is now known as Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles and is now in its 14th season. The most popular spin-off, Million Dollar Listing New York, was put on pause in 2022.
Million Dollar Beach House
Where to watch: Netflix
Selling Sunset is to Los Angeles (see below) as Million Dollar Beach House is to the Hamptons. The Netflix original, which ran for one season of six half-hour episodes, features drama, drama, and more drama between the agents of Nest Seekers International. But, between it all, they show off some seriously swoon-worthy mansions. Even if you watch on mute, it is interesting to check out the variety of architecture in the ritzy area, which ranges from ultra-modern to classic shingled beach houses.
Selling Sunset
Where to watch: Netflix
Plenty of drama keeps things interesting on this Netflix reality show, which follows the agents at the Oppenheim Group in Los Angeles and has become a cultural phenomenon over five seasons. But even if he-said-she-said kind of squabbles are not your thing, it is worth tuning in to check out the gorgeous multimillion-dollar properties featured on the show. There’s the modern Hollywood Hills behemoth viewers saw being constructed during season one, which ultimately sold for a whopping $35.5 million, and numerous other chic homes, such as the traditional property where agent Mary Fitzgerald and her husband Romain Bonnet tied the knot in season two, a favorite of the Oppenheim Group founder Jason Oppenheim. “I really love the house where Mary and Romain get married. It has a stunningly timeless yet refined traditional architecture, beautiful brass fixtures, a pebbled driveway that reminds me of the South of France, and a private and large grassy yard,” he says. “It’s really the type of property that will look just as good in 20 years as it does today.”
Selling the OC
Where to watch: Netflix
Speaking of Selling Sunset, this spin-off of the megahit follows the agents at the Oppenheim Group’s Newport Beach office. There is a whole new cast of characters, including some male realtors, which does not seem to be a thing in the Los Angeles office. There’s drama, there are beautiful houses, and we couldn’t imagine a better show to have on in the background while cooking or folding laundry.
Amazing Interiors
Where to watch: Netflix
File this under aspirational fantasy homes come to life. On this series, homeowners show off the eccentric and unique ways that they’ve decked out the interiors of their homes to reflect their specific interests and lifestyles, ranging from a retiree with a full-size aquarium installed in his living room for scuba diving to an origami-inspired apartment with movable walls.
Extreme Homes
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
For some, the adventure is in the homestead. On Extreme Homes, homeowners show off their untraditionally structured dwellings, including one that stretches out like an accordion, one that is made up entirely of refrigerator panels, and yet another one that was built to resemble Easter eggs.
The House Hunters Franchise
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
Now in its 220th season (yes, you read that right), the wildly popular HGTV series House Hunters chronicles the trials and travails of families, individuals, and couples looking to find the perfect home among three presented to them by a real estate agent. There are countless spin-offs showing different types of buyers, but House Hunters International, which shows people searching for homes everywhere from Prague to São Paulo, is a fan favorite (and is now in season 179).
Marriage or Mortgage
Where to watch: Netflix
The more deranged the premise, the better the reality show. Isn’t that what they say? No? Well, anyway, this Netflix concoction takes the framework of Love It or List It and tweaks it a bit, creating a show where couples look at houses with a real estate agent and wedding venues (and caterers, decorations, dresses, etc.) with a wedding planner, and then decide if they want to put their money toward a down payment on a house or on a wedding.
Buying Beverly Hills
Where to watch: Netflix
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills fans, rejoice. Everyone’s favorite hot husband, Mauricio Umansky, stars in this real estate reality show about his brokerage, The Agency. Though his wife, longtime RHOBH star Kyle Richards, does not appear on the show, Farrah Brittany, her daughter, and Alexia Umansky, the couple’s daughter together, work at The Agency and are part of the cast. The show is not much different from Selling Sunset, but it is fun to see the family dynamics at play.
Crafty Competition Shows
The Great Pottery Throw Down
Where to watch: HBO Max
This is pretty much The Great British Bake Off for pottery. Amateur potters from across the country head to Stoke-on-Trent, an English town famous for its ceramics, to compete. There’s no prize at stake, and it’s clear that many of the contestants aren’t experts, but this show has other redeeming qualities. It is incredibly wholesome and soothing, with one of the judges, ceramicist Keith Brymer Jones (the other is Sue Pryke), often being moved to tears by the contestants’ work.
The Big Flower Fight
Where to watch: Netflix
There are no homes on this British competition show, but design lovers still won’t be able to look away. In a series of challenges, pairs of both amateur and expert florists compete to be named Best in Bloom, with the last team standing winning an opportunity to create a floral sculpture that will be displayed at London’s Kew Gardens. There are no small bouquets in sight. Instead, these artists create everything from giant thrones to large animals to scenes from classic fairy tales using gorgeous plants and ingenuity.
Interior Design Masters
Where to watch: Netflix
Take 10 aspiring interior designers from the U.K., challenge them to reimagine a variety of spaces ranging from cafés to bedrooms to home offices, and add in a bit of feel-good backstory about ordinary people finally pursuing their dreams, and you have the binge-worthy Netflix series Interior Design Masters. What’s at stake on this competition show? The winner is awarded a contract with a top London hotel to redesign its lobby bar.
Rock the Block
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
Think of this as an HGTV all-star competition. Hosted by OG design-show personality Ty Pennington, Rock the Block pits stars from other hit design shows against one another. Each team designs an entire house on a street erected just for the show. It is a huge undertaking, and the show has attracted top talent, including Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent.
Instant Hotel
Where to watch: Netflix
The format of this Australian show will be familiar to fans of the TLC show Four Weddings or the British hit Come Dine With Me. Contestants take turns staying at each other’s vacation rental properties before ranking their experiences, taking into account things like location, amenities, and, of course, decor. Quirky personalities make for some truly interesting accommodations all around the land Down Under. On season one, the grand prize at stake is a stay at the former Dinah Shore estate in Palm Springs, a midcentury home reportedly owned by Leonardo DiCaprio.
Blown Away
Where to watch: Netflix
No amateurs allowed in this delicate competition, wherein 10 expert glass blowers are faced with timely challenges that test the limits of their ability to create the most beautiful, unique sculptures under massive amounts of heat. The winner takes home $60,000 and notoriety.
Flea Market Flip
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
Lara Spencer hosts this series, which homes in on the saying, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” Each week, contestants scour flea markets for secondhand items that they purchase, restore, and/or fix, and then flip for a profit—all on a budget of about $500.
Ugliest House in America
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
We’re all about good design, but there is something so fun about seeing homes at the opposite end of the spectrum. In this show, Parks and Recreation star Retta tours the country looking at homes with the weirdest, most mismatched designs possible. After declaring the ugliest home in each region, she picks one winner to receive the honor of being named ugliest in America, plus a $150,000 renovation led by designer Alison Victoria. There’s a former creamery with an entryway made to look like a New Orleans street, a bathtub surrounded by orange carpet, and more can’t-look-away features.
Documentary Style
America by Design
Where to watch: YouTube
In this series—which aired on CBS, and is now available to watch for free on YouTube—innovators from all facets of the design world are interviewed about the projects they are working on which will change the way people live. Largely focusing on industrial design and everyday items, the show features commentary from Design Matters podcast host Debbie Millman, industrial designer Steve Cozzolino, IBM Design Executive Shani Sandy, and more. Past iterations of the show include California by Design and New York by Design, which are also available on YouTube.
Home
Where to watch: Apple TV+
Home, an Apple TV+ documentary series, is the aesthetic salve that we all need during trying times. The premise is simple: Each episode looks at some of the world’s most extraordinary and unique homes, and deep dives into the minds that dreamed them up. Think Mind of a Chef meets Abstract: The Art of Design. “I think people are hungry for better futures, for a rediscovery of the utopian imagination that we seem to have lost,” author Christopher Brown, who is featured on the Austin episode of the show, tells Architectural Digest. “Design at the scale of the home provides people with the means to experiment with new ways of living, in their own lives.”
Anders Solvarm, a sustainable-living consultant based in Sweden, tells AD that there is a big emphasis on sustainability in the show—both as it’s being implemented in futuristic designs, and as it can be applied by the average homeowner. Things that homeowners might not notice include how “water, energy, and the waste that leaves your house are all valuable resources—as well as rain and sunbeams.”
Abstract: The Art of Design
Where to watch: Netflix
How best to get to the root of why design matters than to dive into the minds of some of today’s most innovative thinkers? This series explores the applied philosophies of such iconic design pioneers as installation artist Olafur Eliasson, costume designer Ruth E. Carter, and architect Neri Oxman.
Brillo Box (3¢ Off)
Where to watch: HBO Max
Andy Warhol’s famous Brillo Box replicas are the central focus of this documentary, which follows one family’s unlikely connection to the coveted Warhol sculptures. In addition to chronicling the history behind the art pieces, the documentary also explores bigger themes of impermanence and value within the art world.
Martha Gets Down and Dirty
Where to watch: Discovery+
The queen of homemaking, Martha Stewart, stars in this fun show about life on her Bedford, New York, farm. Stewart makes use of her many celebrity friends, connecting with them over video chat to teach them the ins and outs of gardening. Expect to see Kim Kardashian and Tiffany Haddish planting tomato seeds and, of course, a few check ins from Stewart’s BFF, Snoop Dogg.
