My Favorite Room

FROM A LUXE LIVING ROOM TO AN OUTDOOR OASIS, A PEEK INSIDE THREE STARS' SPECIAL SPOTS. PLUS: AT HOME WITH BLACK-ISH

Jaime PRESSLY

My Living Room

"It took a couple of couches before I got it right," the Jennifer Falls actress says of finding the perfect sofa-and-chaise combo for her L.A.-area abode, which she shares with her son Dezi, 7, and her boyfriend of three years Hamzi Hijazi. "It's a large room, so you want it to be cozy." Pressly, 37—who says, "I used to flip houses, and I love decorating"—found this plush sectional on clearance and had it recovered to "bring in the warm tones of the rest of the house." She took a hands-on approach in room decorating the five-bedroom home, filling the space with photos, personal mementos (including a 2007 Emmy for My Name Is Earl) and a collection of paintings and Buddha statues she acquired during numerous trips to Asia. "I love having a tranquil place to come home to," she says.

"IT'S THE PERSONAL TOUCHES THAT MAKE YOUR HOUSE A HOME"

Kristi YAMAGUCHI

My Backyard

With an Olympic champion skater for a mom, Kristi Yamaguchi's two daughters—Keara, 11, and Emma, 8—love being active. After they get home from school, "we'll go outside and kick around the ball or practice hitting softballs," says Yamaguchi, 43, who now heads up the Always Dream Foundation. "Or they'll play 'imagination' and make up their own stories." When she and her husband, former NHL player Bret Hedican, 44, bought their Mediterranean-style Alamo, Calif., home 10 years ago, it was surrounded by a "field of weeds." Now they've transformed it into a kid-friendly oasis—including a pool, a fireplace and a jungle gym—where they regularly host family barbecues, potlucks and playdates. "We like it when the girls' friends come over," says Yamaguchi. "That's why we did the big backyard."

"THEY'RE VERY CREATIVE. THE PLAY STRUCTURE GETS USED A LOT AS A LOOKOUT OR A TOWER"

Janel PARRISH

My Closet

When the Pretty Little Liars star—and current Dancing with the Stars standout—first toured this four-bedroom Craftsman-style home in L.A., there was just one little problem. "One bedroom was way too small to be a bedroom," she says. So when the actress snapped up the house five months ago, she turned that subpar space into a swoonworthy walk-in closet. "My mom helped me paint it, and then I just went to town," says the 25-year-old, who outfitted the dressing area with standing garment racks she found on Etsy and white Ikea bookshelves to hold her shoe collection. "I was channeling my inner Carrie Bradshaw." Parrish—who lives with her boyfriend, actor Payson Lewis—is thrilled with the finished product. "I think I spend more time in that room than anywhere else in this house!"

"IT INSPIRES ME TO PUT TOGETHER FUN OUTFITS"

BLACK-ISH'S COMFY & CHIC LIVING ROOM

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In ABC's breakout smash Black-ish, Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross play parents of four who move into an upper-middle-class neighborhood. (Grandpa—played by Laurence Fishburne—regularly drops by too.) Production designer Maxine Shepard gave us a tour of the show's cozy (and affordable!) living room set. "We wanted a completely practical vibe," she says. So Shepard and her team went to accessible chain stores to find furniture and accents for the room's blue-gray-and-cream color scheme. "Although this is a fictional family, we were trying to make them feel very familiar," she says. "It's a look anybody at home could do."

GRAY DRAPERY

Merete Curtain Panels, $29.99 (per pair); ikea.com

WOVEN BASKET

"This is a great place to stash toys." Nate Berkus Seagrass Stripe Drum Basket, $34.99; target.com

CREAM COUCH

Donaver Sofa, $595; livingspaces.com

GET THE WALL COLOR!

French Toile (CSP-595); benjaminmoore.com

ACCENT PILLOW

"We started with a neutral palette, then added fun colors on top." Sabrina Pillow, $55; livingspaces.com

CIRCLE LAMP

"We wanted a comfortable yet stylish environment," says Shepard. Style Selections Nickel Lamp Base, $29.97; lowes.com

THROW BLANKET

Threshold Chunky Knit Throw Blanket, $24.99; target.com

"FOR A FAMILY WITH FOUR KIDS, THIS ROOM HAD TO BE VERY LIVABLE"

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