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180-day guarantee What makes a house a Whole Home? Chickens
We traded in garden wellies for cowboy boots and headed to Austin, Texas for the 8th annual Whole Home Showcase!
Whole Home is a design showcase created by House Beautiful that brings together top designers, architects, and brand partners to build and design a house from the ground up. The goal for 2025 was to reimagine what modern living can look like, blending beautiful design with smart functionality and wellness-focused ideas, and creating spaces that reflect how we truly live.
So what’s this got to do with chickens?
When Whole Home set out to create a showstopping entrance for this tri-level, treehouse-style retreat in leafy Deep Eddy, chickens were top of the wishlist. With backyard flocks firmly in the spotlight, Omlet was invited to reimagine chicken keeping as part of a modern, luxurious lifestyle. The result? A space that proves chickens aren’t just a trend. They’re a design-forward, joy-sparking, self-sufficient way of living that feels right at home in even the most elevated settings.
While out there, we got to know Jon Walker, Hearst Director of Home + Design, “It’s perfect for Austin. It’s perfect for our audience. It’s amazing the number of people that when you mention chicken keeping, they say, oh, you know, “That’s all the rage.” and “My neighbors have chickens” and every single person I’ve spoken to has some sort of similar story. And it really is an incredibly sort of timely thing to incorporate into this project because it’s all about how people are living.” said Jon.
The 3,800-square-foot house featured four bedrooms, four bathrooms, two outdoor decks, and plenty of space to gather with loved ones, all created by a fantastic team of interior designers.
From House to Home – just add chickens
“This showcase is a labor of love,” Jon added, “Omlet is a special partner because they bring something truly unique, something alive!”
At the entrance to this year’s Whole Home Showcase, visitors were greeted by the Eglu Pro chicken coop and its beautiful feathered residents (a mix of white Leghorn, Black Copper Maran, Rhode Island Red, and Welsummer) a touch that immediately brought the house to life.
“It turns the space from a show home into a real home,” Jon noted. “People light up when they see the chickens.”
The Omlet coop itself blended beautifully with the home’s mid-century inspired architecture and treetop concept. The design was both modern and practical, which perfectly aligned with Omlet’s design ethos.
“Just like great architecture, good coop design solves problems with simplicity,” Omlet Co-founder Johannes Paul explained. “We design for both the chicken and the owner.”
Chickens are here to stay
The Whole Home Showcase proved that chickens can be more than a backyard curiosity; they can be part of modern, beautiful living spaces. And for many, this collaboration is an inspiring glimpse of what home really means.
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