The Uptown House

Issue No. 01, August 2026

Archive

Every article published by The Uptown House, listed newest first across 9 sections of residential design coverage.

Bathrooms

  1. 05 Planning a Family Bathroom Around the Morning Rush August 7, 2026. 4 min read.
  2. 06 Why Curbless Showers Fail, and What Fixes Them August 4, 2026. 4 min read.

Color

  1. 22 Choosing Exterior Paint Colors That Work With Your Roof June 9, 2026. 4 min read.

Floor plans

  1. 15 How to Read a Floor Plan Before You Sign a Remodel Contract July 3, 2026. 3 min read.
  2. 16 Open Plan Living Rooms and the Noise Nobody Budgets For June 30, 2026. 3 min read.
  3. 17 Where a Home Office Belongs in a Three-Bedroom House June 26, 2026. 4 min read.

Furniture

  1. 21 How to Measure a Room Before You Buy a Sectional June 12, 2026. 3 min read.

Kitchens

  1. 02 How to Size a Kitchen Island Two Cooks Can Share August 18, 2026. 5 min read.
  2. 03 Where the Trash Pull-Out Goes, and Why It Decides the Kitchen August 14, 2026. 4 min read.
  3. 04 What a Range Hood Has to Move to Keep a Kitchen Livable August 11, 2026. 4 min read.

Lighting

  1. 07 Layered Lighting in Plain English: What Each Fixture Is For July 31, 2026. 4 min read.
  2. 08 Picking Bulb Color Temperature Room by Room July 28, 2026. 3 min read.

Materials

  1. 09 Quartz vs Quartzite vs Granite for an American Kitchen July 24, 2026. 3 min read.
  2. 10 What Engineered Wood Floors Do Better Than Solid Oak July 21, 2026. 3 min read.
  3. 11 Reading a Paint Sheen Chart Before You Buy Five Gallons July 17, 2026. 4 min read.

Renovation

  1. 01 Planning a House Renovation in Dubai Around the Summer Heat September 16, 2026. 6 min read.
  2. 18 What a Remodel Timeline Really Looks Like, Week by Week June 23, 2026. 3 min read.
  3. 19 Permits, Inspections and the Parts of a Remodel You Cannot Rush June 19, 2026. 3 min read.
  4. 20 The Ten Percent of a Renovation That Decides How It Looks June 16, 2026. 3 min read.

Storage

  1. 12 What a Mudroom Needs in a House With Kids and Dogs July 14, 2026. 3 min read.
  2. 13 Closet Math: How Much Hanging Space a Household Actually Uses July 10, 2026. 4 min read.
  3. 14 The Pantry Question Most Remodels Get Backwards July 7, 2026. 3 min read.