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Kitchen of the Week: Minimalist Cabinetry Meets Medieval Stonework in Somerset, England

According to local lore, Isobel Rorison and Dominick French’s English countryside home once served as a rest stop for monks making the pilgrimage between Glastonbury and Sherborne Abbey. That’s why the couple lovingly refers to the stone abode (parts of which date back to the 1380s) as The Priests’ House—though it also functioned as a […]

10 Easy Pieces: Canvas Lounge Chairs

While we appreciate the enduring quality of a leather sling lounge chair, there are some settings, and some seasons, which call for lighter materials. Enter the canvas lounge chair: softer, lighter (in feel and appearance), and a non-animal-derived alternative. Here are our favorites. For more lounge chairs, see our posts: 10 Easy Pieces: Leather Sling […]

Meanwhile, On Gardenista: The New Potager

The Gardenista editors are sharing some uncommonly good-looking ideas for the kitchen garden lately. Thinking of creating one of your own? Fall is the perfect time to start. Have a look: For more garden know-how and fall tips, head to Gardenista.

Remodelista Reconnaissance: Good-Looking Storage Jars in a Designer’s Pantry

No surprise: We’re always in pursuit of good-looking jars for decanting bulk dry goods. So of course our interest was sparked by A Graphic Designer’s Redone Victorian, Where the Pantry Takes Center Stage: What does Martina Casonato, the homeowner and designer behind @thevenetianpantry, use in her own larder—the space she calls “the pantry of her […]

Room to Grow: Kai Avent-deLeon Turns a Mobile Home Into a Modern Sanctuary

We’ve been following artist/designer/entrepreneur Kai Avent-deLeon’s moves since 2019. Back then, we photographed her one-bedroom railroad apartment in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. A year later, we reconnected when she moved into a larger duplex in the same neighborhood, and we shot it for our newest book Remodelista: The Low-Impact Home. Not long after that, she found a […]

Elevated Living Begins in the Kitchen: Dacor Appliances Designed for the Way We Live

The kitchen is more than a place to cook. It’s where mornings begin, and days end—a place for conversation, sharing meals, gathering, and working. It’s one of the most lived-in rooms in the house, and the most appealing kitchens tend to feel like rooms rather than collections of equipment. The balance is in choosing appliances […]

Quick Takes With: Lisa Przystup

You may remember Lisa Przystup from our 2017 post on her rustic-meets-minimalist Catskills home (the one with that clever DIY brass backsplash) or our 2021 story on the updates made since then. Or perhaps you’ve heard of her because you read and loved her book on the chic homes of chic Upstaters. But even if […]

Current Obsessions: New and Noted

A surrealist Pensión in Mexico City, a new Manhattan atelier, and a “rather chic” community garden are just a few of the fresh ideas that captured us this week. Have a look: Are you following @grainandknot? Everything this “object maker” creates is so good. “Love that all of Block Shop’s quilts are reversible,” writes Margot. […]

Waking Up Inside an Image: A Surrealist Guesthouse, Restaurant, and Bookshop in Mexico City

The most striking aspect of Pensión, the Mexico City guesthouse by Rafael Prieto and Bernardo Dominguez of Savvy Studio, is that it looks unlike any other design-forward hotel on your Instagram feed. It feels as though it were conceived entirely outside of the internet design vernacular. Salmon wall-to-wall carpet, large-scale photographic wallpaper, a bathtub in […]

Kitchen of the Week: Frama’s Freestanding Components Made By Top-Drawer Swedish Cabinetmaker Kvänum

A decade or so ago, when Niels Strøyer Christophersen founded his celebrated Copenhagen design firm, Frama, he used his living quarters in a restored 1905 watchmaker’s shop as a showcase for his studio’s work. Extolling natural, unpretentious materials, ease of use, and reverence for the old, Christophersen went on to created refreshingly simple elements for […]

10 Easy Pieces: Bedding in Shirting Stripes

The stripes gathered here owe more to the shirtmaker than to traditional mattress ticking. Think of Charvet, the Paris institution founded in 1838, and its near-infinite variations on cotton shirting: pencil lines, balanced bands, and unexpected combinations of color. Today’s bedding makers have adapted that vocabulary to crisp cotton percale. Here, 10 sets with the […]

Remodelista Reconnaissance: A Funky Dutch Light in a Designer’s Apartment

So much of the designer Saba Ghorbanalinejad’s Paris apartment is reminiscent of works by icons. The modular vanity mirror is very Le Corbu. The swivel-out drawers are pure Eileen Gray. And the kitchen, with its arched, midcentury light fixture, feels like a nod, too. Where to buy one similar? We unearth some options: The Sighting […]

Urban Indoor-Outdoor Living: A Young Couple’s Redesign of a “Charmless” Row House in Ghent

Architects are known for taking forever when it comes to finishing their own places. Not so Arthur Verraes of Atelier Avondzon. With his partner, Kelly Desmet, a corporate lawyer, he tackled a total makeover of a moldering row house in Ghent that had been sitting on the market for months. The couple worked steadily for […]

Psst…What We Loved in September

Welcome to Psst, where each month the Remodelista and Gardenista editors share an inside look at what we’ve been reading, watching, coveting, pinning, visiting, and otherwise loving lately. Without further ado, a glimpse of what we’ve been up to in September: Photographs by editors, except where noted. Have a look at our picks from previous […]

Current Obsessions: Turning In

Ahead this first official weekend of fall? Iconic kitchens on view, earthy colors for your cool-weather consideration, and bundles of flowers for all. Read on: The making of the modern cook space: “The Kitchen and Its Discontents” is on our must-visit list, on view now at LACMA. And newly open in Copenhagen: the Vipp Apartment […]

The Editors’ Cut: Home Office Upgrades for Smoother, Stress-Free Workdays

Welcome to The Editors’ Cut, our monthly column dedicated to beautiful and useful finds for all over the house. In this installment: Since our early days, when Remodelista began around Julie’s kitchen table, our editors have reported in, for the most part, from home. Over the past two decades, we’ve learned a thing or two […]

A Brooklyn Brownstone Reimagined, with Interiors by a Rising Design Star

If you’re familiar with the much-loved, much-lauded boutique empire Bird in Brooklyn, you know that the shops defined indie style in the borough for more than a decade (see the NY Times piece Saying Goodbye to Bird, “the shop that created the ‘Brooklyn Look’ of the aughts”). Plot twist: In 2022, owner Jen Mankins closed […]

Kitchen of the Week: A Furniture Maker’s Cleverly Designed Multifunctional Space

There are small spaces, and then there are really small spaces. The apartment of Craig Ross and his partner, Jessie, falls into the latter category. At just under 400-square feet, their flat in Kentish Town, north London, on the first floor of a Victorian townhouse, has just three rooms—which means the kitchen has to also […]

Meanwhile, On Gardenista: Staying Out Late

What are the Gardenista editors up to these first days of fall? Finding ways to stretch the hours in the garden longer, longer, longer. Here, a few favorite ways to keep living (comfortably) outside in September and beyond: For much more, including tasks to do in the garden now that fall’s officially here, head to […]

10 Easy Pieces: Low-Maintenance Indoor/Outdoor Rugs

When the line is blurred between indoor and outdoor living spaces, a versatile rug is essential. Here is our edit of outdoor rugs that are just as suitable for indoor or liminal spaces, all in neutral palettes and designs to complement a variety of settings. For more rugs, see our picks: 10 Easy Pieces: Washable […]

Remodelista Reconnaissance: An Iron Candleholder in an Italian Interior

What’s the skinny on this appealing, slightly-wonky-yet-charming candle holder spotted in Italian Lessons: Cenerentola Chianti, a Family House Reconsidered? We investigate: The Sighting The Source More Reconnaissance: Silver-Tipped Lightbulbs, Always a Bright Idea Sculptural Table Lamps Made From Scrap Paper Versatile Yellow Stools in a Philly Art Studio

At Home on the West Coast of Sweden: A Plywood Retreat Filled with Cost-Conscious Design Ideas

Elisabeth and Dennis Dunker classify their apartment in Gothenburg, Sweden, as something of a compromise: it’s a rental so “a lot of it isn’t what we would have chosen,” says Elisabeth, who, nonetheless, turned it into a lovely place to hang your hat: see Making a Rental Your Own. A designer, artist, and photographer, Elisabeth […]

Extra, Extra: Discounts from Two Longtime Favorite Brands, September Edition

Can you feel it? With the equinox on September 22, the expansiveness of summer tilts into hunkering season. In California and on the Cape, in the Bronx and in Maine, R/G editors are prepping our own houses (and apartments) for cooler, slower days. You too? We asked a longtime favorite, Paris-based Tensira, if they’d offer […]

Current Obsessions: Fall Forecast

On deck this weekend? An LA exhibit, a great new spot to lay your head on the Cape, and much more in between. Read on: On our wish-we-could-go-to-this list: “Los Angeles Sets a Table” at Ravenhill Studio; going on two upcoming Sundays: September 27 and October 4. Who knew? This Japanese kettle might look like […]

The Architect at Home: Saba Ghorbanalinejad’s Compact Paris Apartment

Architect Saba Ghorbanalinejad is particularly good at undoing a floor plan. In the projects of hers we’ve featured previously, the most consequential changes have often been reconfiguration: rooms are rearranged around central hubs, passages become places in their own right, and compact interiors begin to feel remarkably generous. Her latest project is closer to home. In […]

5 Favorites: Clever Kitchen Tools from Eatco of Japan

Eatco’s kitchen tools don’t claim to perform miracles. What they do is finesse everyday tasks, from slicing avocados to spreading butter on toast. We discovered the Japanese collection at the New York design show Shoppe Object and admired its economy of line and material—each piece is made of stainless steel and has a problem-solving purpose. […]

Kitchen of the Week: The Lengths Studio, a Former Primary School Kitchen Transformed in the Scottish Highlands

When artists Susie Brown and Ziggy Campbell came across a derelict primary school for sale on the Ardgour peninsula near Fort William in Scotland back in 2013, they were immediately drawn to both the building and its location. “The space just had something that pulled us in,” recalls Susie. Originally built for industry workers’ children […]

Channeling 1970s California Style: Sun Ranch Resort in Byron Bay, Australia

Located in the hinterlands of Byron Bay, the Australian seaside hangout and surfing hub, Sun Ranch channels the area’s hang loose vibe. But it does so in surprising, inventive ways: the resort is set on a 55-acre former cattle farm and takes inspiration from 1970s California ranches houses—sunken living room, crushed velvet upholstery, fringed lampshades, […]

10 Easy Pieces: Good-Looking Countertop Coffee Makers

We’ve shied away from covering coffee makers for years—there just weren’t enough good-looking options available. But recently that’s changed: There are now many well-designed classic brewers worthy of display on the countertop. And while we still like an espresso machine or a simple ceramic pour-over filter, a multi-cup brewer is undeniably handy for properly caffeinating […]

Small Space DIY Idea: Fold-Down Nightstands, Nautical Edition

After admiring Margot’s feature on the excellent Tuba Club in Marseille (see Tuba Club: Marseille’s On-the-Rocks Hideout), we were looking at some outtake photos together. Of the many guest room details to admire, one jumped out: fold-up, fold-down nightstands that reminded us of a ship’s cabin—perfect for any small room, and not too tricky to […]

Remodelista Reconnaissance: Silver-Tipped Lightbulbs, Always a Bright Idea

Leave it to Copenhagen It couple Frederik Bille Brahe (chef) and Caroline Brasch Nielsen (model/designer) to remind us that a silver-tipped lightbulb can transform an otherwise ho-hum fixture into a design detail worth emulating. (For evidence, see A Family Kitchen in Copenhagen with Uncommon Style.) It’s the kind of easy swap we’ve long admired. But […]

The Anti-Surburban New Build that Prioritizes Craft Over Decoration, Community Over Privacy

It’s natural to be influenced by your travels and to pepper your home with interior souvenirs. For instance, after vacationing in the Southwest one year, I became enamored with desert style and promptly picked up a few potted succulents, a Cosanti wind bell, and a couple throw pillows in that peach-coral hue so popular in […]

Travel Diary: The Trip that Made Me Want to Move to Hudson, NY

By the end of my second trip to Hudson, NY, I had already bought a property, planted my dream garden, opened a small neighborhood bar, and settled into a simpler life upstate—in my head, that is. My first visit to Hudson was last November, two days after a massive windstorm had swept through the Hudson […]

Current Obsessions: The Analogue Life

Museums that offer free workshops, libraries that lend more than books, characterful homes with light footprints, and 11 other things we’re smiling about this week. How awesome is this? The Brooklyn Public Library has just launched a craft library! Patrons can check out crafting supplies like knitting needles, screenprinting equipment, crochet notions, even a metal […]

Living Above the Studio: At Home and Work with Lappalainen

Rivka Baake and Wilfrid Kreutz’s story is a tale of romance, creative collaboration, and the power of social media. The two met 18 years ago at an art opening in Frankfurt, where Wilfrid trained as a silversmith and Rivka, then a single mother of two young kids, was working at a children’s art school while […]

Fully Charged: 8 Good-Looking Ways to Power Up

Power your devices—and give yourself a jolt of satisfaction—with these well-designed chargers and charging ports. Go to the Remodelista Home Office archives for more finds and inspiration, including: 3 Ways to Create a Home Office Anywhere (And Put It Away at the End of the Day) Interior Designer Suzanne Pardij’s Tiny, Lovely Home Studio, DIY […]

Kitchen of the Week: The Sustainable Scottish Extension of a Great British Bake-Off Alum

Most doctors don’t have time to make dinner, let alone compete on The Great British Bake Off and publish cookbooks, but James Morton somehow does it all. On top of these dual careers, he and his wife Fenella Barlow-Pay (who’s also a doctor!) DIY-ed much of their historic Glasgow home renovation. The couple worked with […]

Meanwhile, On Gardenista: Summer’s Last Stand

Yes, okay, it’s technically back to school season. But drudgery and dullness are not required! Take it from the Gardenista editors, who are keeping summer’s irreverent playfulness going—in the garden and beyond. Have a look: P.S. You might need this: 7 Things to Do in the Garden this September to Prepare for Next Spring.

10 Easy Pieces: Good-Looking Waste Baskets Under $70

We know what you’re thinking. A good-looking waste basket? Or maybe: $70 for a waste basket? To which we say yes, we believe the simple waste bin can be an attractive object and perk up the office (or the bedroom, or the bath). And just as important, the buy-it-once bin, though perhaps slightly spendier than its […]

Smooth Moves: Kompishäng, a Portable New Collection from Ikea

Attention apartment dwellers, dorm dwellers, frequent movers, renters, and constant re-arrangers: Ikea’s latest collection is made for folks on the go. Have a look at a few of our favorite pieces, just out this week, designed for flexible living and easier moves. For more editor-approved Ikea picks, see: The Editors’ Cut: Our Tried and True […]