https://www.remodelista.com Remodelista is a one-stop sourcebook for the considered home, guiding readers through the design and renovation process with features such as Steal This Look, 10 Easy Pieces, and Architect Visits. Remodelista Daily is a digest of the most recent posts whose aesthetic favors classic and livable over trendy and transient, well-edited interiors over cluttered environments, and thoughtfully designed products over mass-market, disposable goods. Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:25:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-US September and Colin Moore left Tampa, Florida, for the South of France in 1999 with their three children to escape throw-away culture and lead more considered lives. She’s an artist/designer, he’s a chiropractor with carpentry skills, and together they became practiced hands at resurrecting houses that had been left for dead. Seeing the work they […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/stone-barn-guest-house-mallorca-september-moore/ We often recommend Ikea’s kitchen cabinets as a solid, bang-for-the-buck option for those looking to remodel. And nowadays, there are so many offshoot companies offering cabinet front styles specifically tailored to fit Ikea’s base cabinets that, if being economical is a priority, there’s little reason not to at least start with an Ikea skeleton. (See […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/kitchen-week-luke-joanne-mcclelland-ikea-kitchen-edinburgh/ In the conservation village of Plockton, on the shores of Loch Carron in the Scottish Highlands, architects Colin and Megan Baillie of Baillie Baillie Architects completed a compact holiday house that reinterprets the traditional Highland crofters’ cottage through a low-tech, plastic-free approach. Called Iorram, the 410-square-foot self-build occupies a tight infill site and takes its […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/architects-laboratory-self-built-cottage-scottish-highlands-baillie-baillie-architects/ A simple water carafe is a necessity on the nightstand—especially one with a glass that acts as carafe topper to keep water fresh and clean clean while you slumber. Here are 10 options to help you get your daily water intake morning and night. For more bedside essentials, see our posts: 10 Easy Pieces: Modern […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/10-easy-pieces-bedside-water-carafes/ A while back, I wrote about a thoughtful, eco-conscious remodel in Melbourne, Australia (see Retrofit Over Rebuild: An Architect and Interior Designer’s Sensitively Restored 1970s Home). The original home was hand-built—and so, too, were many of the elements inside the home, from the furniture-quality kitchen cabinetry to this hand-thrown ceramic basin I can’t stop thinking […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/remodelista-reconnaissance-handmade-ceramic-basin-lindsey-wherrett/ Paris-based Iranian architect Saba Ghobanalinejad has an acute ability to reveal the inherent qualities of a building rather than overwrite them. Her renovation of a former working barn attached to a family country house in Montigny-Lengrain, an hour outside Paris, is no exception. Tasked with transforming the dormant 700-square-foot building into a flexible space for […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/saba-ghobanalinejad-french-barn-conversion/ I’ve had an observation on my mind in recent years. It may have emerged in the lockdown era of 2020, when looking inward at one’s home and daily life took the place of outward travel and exploration. Once the world reopened and slowly returned to a regular pace of travel, swapping homes, and booking holiday […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/elsewhere-what-vacation-houses-get-right-mini-essay/ We have color and joy on the brain this weekend: pretty palettes, rose arbors, cherry-topped cakes, pattern plays galore. And, of course, blue and orange, too. (Let’s go, Knicks!) This week we’ve been eyeing all things Scandinavian design…including this newly opened housewares store in Stonington, CT (hat tip: Julie). Annie traveled to Copenhagen for 3daysofdesign! Check out […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/current-obsessions-joy-color/ I first learned of the work of Cecilie Stöger Nachman through a collaboration she once did with Copenhagen children’s store Studio Mini. Through Nachmans, Cecilie’s “own small online universe”, she creates handmade objects from her archive of vintage printed fabrics. I promptly bought one of her fabric-covered boxes and have been using it as a […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/cecilie-stoger-nachman-ulrik-ejlers-copenhagen-apartment/ When you design and produce kitchens for a living, you get to use your own quarters as a testing ground. Kine Ask Stenersen and Kristoffer Eng are the couple behind Ask og Eng, the Oslo, Norway-based workshop known for its artful Ikea hacks: they specialize in making bamboo fronts for Ikea kitchen cabinets. The duo […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/custom-bamboo-kitchen-ask-og-eng-oslo/ Swedish artist/photographer Elisabeth Dunkel was finishing her masters’s in design when she began posting snapshots of daily delights: pine needles, paper dolls made with her kids, a collage of photo booth portraits, a pink cuckoo clock. Fine Little Day, as Elisabeth dubbed her blog in 2007, quickly attracted a lot of fans. And led her […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/fine-little-day-textiles-wall-art-housewares-sweden/ A lineup of notable sofas from the successors of Scandi designers such as Børge Mogensen, Carl Hansen, Hans Wegner, Finn Juhl, and Bruno Mathsson. Here’s a look at our favorite sofas, the new Nordic edition. On the hunt for more sofas? See our posts: 10 Easy Pieces: The Perfect White Sofa 10 Easy Pieces: Midcentury-Style Sofas […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/10-easy-pieces-the-new-nordic-sofa/ Have you been admiring this Cobble Hill production office, designed by Elizabeth Roberts, as much as we have? If so, you might also be eyeing the deep blue rug underfoot. It’s from the Mansour Modern Swedish collection, Fan reports, but which one of the midcentury Swedish flatweaves is it? Let’s take a look: Photography by Chris […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/midcentury-swedish-rug-sourced/ You’d be forgiven for thinking this off-grid, on-the-water retreat is in some far-flung spot in Finland. But no: It’s just a hop, skip, and a jump—or car, bicycle, public transport, or boat jaunt—from downtown Helsinki. First imagined by Finnish architect Pekka Littow and launched as a three-month pop-up demo in Paris, the quartet of cabins […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/majamaja-helsinki-off-grid-retreat/ What in the world does dad want? Since 2020, we’ve been turning to Remodelista contributor Myles Tipley annually for the answers. Like most fathers, Myles at first claims he can’t think of a thing. But then he shoots us an astonishingly specific, annotated wish list, all of which we immediately covet ourselves. A DJ married […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/10-stylish-fathers-day-gifts-myles-tipley/ You’ve probably seen Ella’s buzzy new book, Obsessed with the Best, on prominent display in bookstores and around the cooler corners of the Internet. But did you know she first started writing for Remodelista? (It’s true.) We’re happy to have that small claim to her fame, especially now that Ella’s cookbook is flying off shelves. […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/ella-quittner-quick-takes/ Ahead this weekend: Scandi itineraries, newly opened gardens, and strawberry season in sight. Read on: When two favorites collaborate: Join “A Shared Table” at King in the West Village location through June 14, with menu specials and custom bar room tables set by TOAST. Annie’s heading to 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen next week. On the agenda? […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/current-obsessions-june-hues/ This past March, The Wall Street Journal‘s “Craft Retreats Are the New Burnout Cure” caught our attention. It’s something we’ve noticed among friends, too: traveling to Sicily to finally take up basketry from a favorite weaver, making cheese and yogurt in the Basque mountains, and so forth. This style of travel is not for the […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/creative-craft-retreats-around-the-world/ Jennifer June creates kitchens that are purpose-built, great-looking, and made to last. And those are but a few of the reasons to admire what she does. June is both an interior designer and a cabinetmaker, a useful if uncommon combination. She’s also a teacher at Parsons School of Design, her alma mater—she co-leads the MFA […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/loose-parts-american-made-custom-kitchen-designs-jennifer-june/ An idea worth considering: a dining table on wheels, especially if you’re lucky enough to have an indoor/outdoor situation. You could DIY a version or go with one of the 10 options we’ve sourced here, many of which take cues from restaurant kitchens, science labs, classrooms, and Shaker prep tables. For more tables, see our […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/10-easy-pieces-dining-tables-on-wheels-casters/ Homework Studio of Taipei, Taiwan, creates interiors that evoke intriguing, hard-to-pinpoint earlier eras: see, for instance, the Homework Photo Studio and A Childhood Apartment Updated. Wolf Tea’s new location in Taipei’s historic Dadaocheng district is another standout. Located on the ground floor of a tiled, multi-story building that only dates to the 1970s, the salon […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/wolf-tea-tea-room-dadaocheng-taipei-taiwan-homework-studio-design/ Nothing says summer like throwing some striped sheets on the bed. Like these, for example, spotted recently in a Barcelona flat, more oversized-men’s-button-down than twee cottage, cool enough for a city summer. The Sighting The Source For more favorites, sourced, see: Remodelista Reconnaissance: A Ghostly Cloth Pendant Light Remodelista Reconnaissance: A Shiny Scalloped Sconce (Most […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/striped-summer-sheets-reconnaissance/ In Paris’ 5th arrondissement, architect Pauline Borgia has reimagined a 230-square-foot studio apartment on Rue de la Bûcherie for a pair of young Americans studying in Paris. Known for her sculptural approach to small spaces, Borgia transformed the one-room apartment into a series of distinct yet fluid areas: a kitchen, bathroom, office, library, bedroom, and […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/studio-pauline-borgia-micro-volume-apartment-renovation-paris/ 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 May: Photographs by editors, except where noted. Have a look at our picks from previous […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/psst-editors-news-may-2026/ Ahead this weekend: a St. Tropez exhibit, meandering paths through spring’s greenery, and a smart hack for a wheel-away TV. Read on: Now on view online and in locations coast to coast: Diane Keaton: Architecture of an Icon. Ooh, a green tag sale at a favorite gallery in Maine, going on June 5 and 6. […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/current-obsessions-weekend-lull/ The ’70s look has re-infiltrated the design world, and we’re not always onboard with it. This project, though, by Barcelona-based Conti Cert successfully (and subtly) channels the era by giving it a minimalist twist. It helped that Andrea Conti and Isa Cert, the principal architects, essentially had a blank canvas to work with. The apartment, on […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/conti-cert-mitre-project-barcelona/ Welcome to The Editors’ Cut, our monthly column dedicated to beautiful and useful finds for all over the house. In this installment: In summer, we’re big proponents of keeping a beach chair in the trunk and a swimsuit in our tote bags, just in case the moment presents itself. In that spirit, here are 9 […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/portable-indoor-outdoor-summer-essentials/ Look closely or you might miss them: of late mini facsimiles of familiar household things keep surfacing. Small enough to be heartwarmingly cute, they’re also just big enough to be useful: a winning combination. Here are 10 favorites, each sized to fit in the palm of your hand. For small-space living inspiration, take a look […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/10-favorite-miniature-useful-household-items/ Just a few years ago, Kelsey Coppetti was producing digital marketing campaigns for companies like Netflix, Uber, and Toyota. But she pivoted her career to interior design when she and her husband Dustyn, who conveniently has a construction background, decided to convert an abandoned 1950s home in the Mojave Desert into a tranquil getaway for […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/studio-marrant-joshua-tree-airbnb-kitchen/ After several years living and working between Paris and the South of France, Araceli Villar and Pierre Négrier founded Doux Août in 2019, a Béziers-based creative studio working across interiors, art direction, and object sourcing. Their projects tend toward what they describe as poetry: spaces that reveal character slowly. That sensibility aligned naturally with Swedish […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/historic-house-beziers-france-doux-aout-maria-masgard/ From table lamps to sconces and simple pendants, here are our favorite picks for budget lighting, from table lamps to sconces and pendants, each ringing in under $200. For more lighting picks, see our posts: 10 Easy Pieces: White Globe Pendant Lights 10 Easy Pieces: Metal Pendant Lights 10 Easy Pieces: Classic Metal Desk Lamps […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/10-easy-pieces-remodelistas-budget-lighting-favorites/ Greek interior designer Pallas Kalamotusis fine-tuned an abandoned renovation on an 18th-century house on the island of Patmos, Greece. Working with Athens-based Studio Pale, Pallas, head of Studio Krokalia, created a relaxed and humble living space with a natural palette, a custom sofa complete with multi-striped textiles, and terracotta lights. Here we list sources for […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/steal-look-laid-back-living-room-patmos-greece/ It may have been a while since you last played a round of dominoes. It has for us, but the latest versions are so display-worthy—and fun to arrange on their own—that we’re reconsidering the game. Here are eight sets that look good on coffee tables and shelves; some are also conversation pieces. Fun fact: the […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/7-domino-sets-play-and-display/ On the site of a former brickworks in rural Wiltshire, London-based Tuckey Design Studio has completed a new country house built from the ground beneath it. The project, a rammed earth house, uses excavated clay and demolition aggregate from the existing site to form its thick monolithic walls—an ancient construction technique reimagined here with a […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/tuckey-design-studio-rammed-earth-house/ Yes, there are a slew of Memorial Day sales going on this weekend, with discounts that are tough to beat. Unless, of course, you use these two codes from two R/G favorites, the Quiet Botanist and Evangeline Linens, exclusively available to our subscribers. Treat yourself to a sale on top of a sale: Happy browsing!

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/exclusive-discounts-extra-extra-may-2026/ For your unofficial-start-of-summer perusing pleasure: Here are 19 things we’ve bookmarked lately: “I’m excited to see this exhibit of bedding from 200-year-old futon specialist Iwata of Kyoto at Nalata Nalata,” reports Margot. Stop by: It’s on view at the Japanese design gallery in the East Village through the end of the month. Now open in […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/current-obsessions-long-long-weekend/ A cottage has a soul, a sense of history: So say Nell Card and Rachel Vere in their new book, Life Inside a Cottage, and it’s a definition that fits this yellow cottage in New Orleans to a tee. In fact, this small house has quietly witnessed the key moments of New Orleans’ history for […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/historic-new-orleans-cottage-kerry-moody/ Welcome to Meanwhile, on Gardenista, in which we take a look at the goings-on over on our sibling site. In this week’s edition: Start to look for pocket gardens and you’ll notice them everywhere: climbing up urban facades, in tucked-away niches, and in secluded backyards. Here, three sightings:

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/pocket-gardens-meanwhile-on-gardenista/ We can hardly believe it, but Memorial Day is here, and with it a slew of unbeatable sales. If you’ve been waiting—as we have—to freshen up the bedroom or treat yourself to a truly serene outdoor space for the summer months, now’s the time: There are steep discounts to be had on linen bedding, tableware, […]

]]> https://www.remodelista.com/posts/best-memorial-day-housewares-sales-2026/ When it came time for Gillian Stevens to remodel her dated Vancouver kitchen (“let’s just say it needed some help,” she summarizes), she did what her training as a photographer had always taught her to do: look for light. In this case, there wasn’t much. “The previous owners had installed a cupboard over the only […]

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