Amy Albert

Amy Albert is editor of Custom Home and a senior editor at Builder. She covers all aspects of design. Previously, she was kitchen design editor at Bon Appetit; before that, she was senior editor at Fine Cooking, where she shot, edited, and wrote stories on kitchen design. Amy studied art history with an emphasis on architecture and urban design at the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in Los Angeles. Write her at [email protected], follow her on Twitter @CustomHomeMag and @amyatbuilder, or join her on Custom Home's Facebook page.

Amy Albert's Posts

Editor’s Note
Second Story

by Amy Albert

The summer issue of Custom Home is devoted to second homes. Formerly known as summer homes, these houses are becoming year-round houses. But whether you call them weekend homes, vacation homes, design builders and architects agree that these projects pose their own sets of challenges.
Video: Using Architectural Salvage

by Amy Albert

Architectural salvage is a clever, cost-effective way to achieve a custom look. Need some hints on how to use it? Follow two designers around a salvage yard.
Design Details: Transition Spaces

by Claire Easley, Amy Albert

Making space for smooth transitions is square footage well spent.
Room Study
Designing Great Open Kitchens

by Amy Albert

A look at three different open kitchens show artful ways that designers met the challenges that open kitchens pose.
Editor’s Note
New Editor Touts Magazine's Fresh Start

by Amy Albert

This editor's letter introduces the new, redesigned Custom Home as a quarterly, with a hat-tip to upward-bound indices and cautious optimism and a shout-out to new departments written by the same expert hands.