We know?Europe is big, and a European “look” doesn’t mean one thing at all. Still, romantic notions of European decor continue to inspire.
Short of moving your house to the Med (or the Baltic, Black, or North), there are things you can do to add some European flair at home. We asked members of our Architect/Designer Directory for their thoughts.

Above: NYC Architect Drew Lang notes that a nuanced color palette can look distinctly European. In this Brooklyn project, he says, “We used Fine Paints of Europe paint, which is a Dutch paint?rich and beautiful, with a European sensibility.” Here, he paired a complex white with Italian Pietra Cardosa sandstone and the entire composition?of carefully arranged tablewares behind glass-paned upper cabinets?was influenced by Italian painter Giorgio Morandi.  Photograph by Ty Cole, courtesy of Lang Architecture and featured in A House United: Reimagining a Brooklyn Brownstone. 

Above: Interior designer Ellen Hamilton knows a thing or two about creating a lived-in feel. In this new home in Washington, Connecticut, Hamilton and architect Reese Owens took inspiration from the Flemish countryside and used patinated, antique oak beams to add age and dimension. “Adding them to the room was a decision we made to make the house feel more like a European farmhouse of some age,” says Hamilton. Photograph courtesy of Ellen Hamilton.

Above: Architect Lauren Rubin thinks handmade light fixt...