The appealing Sausalito House Numbers give a nod to mid-century modern design. Available In two finishes: solid zinc in brushed nickel or in oil-rubbed bronze, they measure 4.5 inches high; $14 each at Chiasso.
Hardware: Sausalito House Numbers
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Accessories: Jeeves Coat Rack with Mirror at DWR
We first admired the Jeeves Coat Rack with Mirror by UK designers Sarah Kay and Andrea Stemmer at the ICFF in New York a couple of years ago; the piece is currently on sale at Design Within Reach for $192.50 (down from $275). Made of solid and veneered oak, the Jeeves Coat Rack measures 31.5 inches wide and includes a sliding mirror.
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Accessories: Union Jack Doormat from Heal's in the UK
For the homesick expat or the ardent Anglophile, a Union Jack Doormat (we particularly like the Olive Doormat from Heal's, shown at bottom for £36),
N.B. Prepare for a slew of Anglo memorabilia as Will and Kate's nuptials approach.
Above: Union Jack Doormat from Live Laugh Love; £14.95.
Above: Union Jack doormats from Heal's are available in traditional Blue and Red or in Olive and Natural for £36.
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House Call: Eva and Gentry Dayton in Brooklyn
Eva Dayton has spent most of her career focusing on fashion; she spent several years at Armani before opening her own boutique, Butter, on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. She renamed the shop Eva Gentry when she began working with her husband and collaborator, Gentry Dayton; together they have also begun to work designing interiors. With Eva's predilection for well-edited black and white minimalism (the store is stocked with pieces by Helmut Lang, Rick Owens, and Martin Margiela, among others) mixed with Gentry's Harley Davidson motorcycle chic aesthetic, it adds up to what Eva calls "tough minimalism." The duo has completed several interior design jobs, including the Helmut Lang showroom in New York, as well as their own Brooklyn apartment, which was has been featured in UK Elle Decoration and RUM. To see more of their work, visit Eva Gentry.
Above R: Gentry Dayton collects vintage motorcycle helmets and goggles.
Above: One of Gentry Dayton's vintage Harley Davidson motorcycles propped on a stack of books.
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Accessories: Ego Stud Mirror from Diesel
Add a touch of biker chic to your interiors with Diesel's Ego Stud Mirror, wrapped in studded black leather with a buckled hanging strap. The mirror is part of an indigo-dyed furniture line that the Italian denim maker created with Italian design firm Moroso. Available for $945 from Dzine.
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Accessories: High/Low Union Jack Pillow
The iconic Union Jack motif becomes edgy when rendered in black and white; here are two options.
Above: Couture for the couch: The 22-inch-square Union Cushion by interior designer Tara Bernerd for the Rug Company is handmade of velvet with contrasting alpaca leather and metal stud detail; $535.
Above: Wool Union Jack Pillow in black and gray felt; $66 from Karen Hilton on Etsy.
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Design Sleuth: Cast Iron Cookware from Lodge
Spotted in Eva and Gentry Dayton's Brooklyn kitchen: cast iron cookware from Lodge, a company located in the hills of Tennessee that began making cookware during the first presidential term of William McKinley. Lodge remains a family-owned, family-operated business and continues to produce a wide range of cast iron goods, including classic cookware favored by chefs everywhere (see Mark Bittman's piece in the NY Times, "Ever So Humble, Cast Iron Outshines the Fancy Pans").
According to Bittman, the virtues of cast iron are many: it's dramatically less expensive than stainless or copper; it's nearly as nonstick as any manufactured nonstick surface; it's an even distributor of heat and can move from stove top to oven; and it's easy to season (coat the interior with oil and put it in the oven for an hour).
Above: Eva and Gentry Dayton's Brooklyn kitchen.
Above: The full line of Lodge cast iron cookware is available online from Amazon; prices start at $12.99 for a Lodge Logic Cast-Iron 8-Inch Skillet.
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Applicances: Fratelli Onofri Ranges from Italy
A reader from Boston clued us in to a well-priced line of ranges from Italian company Fratelli Onofri, which was founded in the fifties by two brothers. Here's her account:
"My five-burner, 36-inch dual fuel Fratelli Onofri is my favorite part of our new house. I love the cooktop; the cast iron is very heavy, and I am in love with the 12,000-BTU center triple ring burner (I can boil water in practically seconds). The oven is also incredible; the dinners I make are markedly, shockingly better. The Fratelli is also shockingly gorgeous for the price—every person we've had over falls in love with it—and easily looks like it costs twice as much as it did. The only small downsides: the oven is manual clean (but that's standard for the industry). Also, I don't love the small storage section under the oven; it's small and feels like it might break with a ton of use, so I don't use it."
N.B.: If you have a favorite appliance or product you think we should know about, please drop us a line at Remodelista.
Above: The Fratelli Onofri Pinnacle All Gas Range with five burners is available in stainless or anthracite and is $2,299 at AJ Madison (the anthracite is $3,449).
Above: The Fratelli Onofri Royal Chiantishire Giant Oven is available in four colors plus stainless steel; prices start at $2,499 for the stainless and black models.
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Steal This Look: Traditional English Laundry Room
We like the old-world domesticity of this British laundry room spotted on Light Locations (in particular, the sink balanced on two piles of bricks and wedged between two tables). Use the elements below to recreate a similar look.
Above: Fireclay sinks were, at one time, very much a mainstay of the British home. The Belle Foret F3 Kit Fireclay Sink is $408 from Every Faucet.
Above: A traditional British laundry typically features an overhead drying rack (to take advantage of warm air rising). The Supreme Six Lath Ceiling Airer from Kitchen Maid comes with a selection of lathes and pulleys and is $204.16 at Urban Clotheslines.
Above: Wooden tables are ideal for folding laundry; consider the Goran table from Ikea, which features a birch plywood top, solid aspen and alder legs, and galvanized steel components. The table measures 59 inches long, 28.75 inches wide, and 28 inches high and is $49.99 at Ikea.
Above: For the domestically challenged, consider creating table-skirt curtains using VIvan Curtains from Ikea for $14.99, which can be cut to size and hemmed with the included iron-on strip.
Above: To hang the curtains, use Net Curtain Wire and hooks to attach. The Integra wire shown above comes in six standard lengths from 76cm to 274cm and includes two hooks and two eyes; prices start at £1.25.
Above: Made by Dandux, which has been supplying hotels, restaurants, and the US government since 1918, steel and heavy-duty canvas Laundry Carts from Restoration Hardware start at $129 for the smallest size.
Above: Add a rustic note with a Vintage Bottle Holder; $70 at Etsy.
Above: Decant liquid laundry detergents into Strom bottles from Ikea; $2.99 each.
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DIY: Clothespin Chandelier
Noticed recently: clothespin light fixtures (in Jamin Puech's Paris shop and at 15th Avenue Coffee & Tea in Seattle); we think they'd be equally at home in the domestic laundry room.
Above: A Clothespin Sculpture by Ariel Rose of Sweet Spontaneous.
Above: The Bride light by Tel Aviv-based design collective Mesila is made from clothespins clipped onto an iron frame; via Design Milk.
Above: A clothespin light fixture at Jamin Puech's Paris store.
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Kitchen: Mason Cash Mixing Bowls
The Mason Cash Mixing Bowl has long been a mainstay of the British kitchen, and it appears that this time-tested classic is enjoying a renaissance (Brit cooks Nigella Lawson and High Fearnley Whittingstall are fans). Mason Cash has been making pottery since the 1800s, and the cane color of the bowls comes from the original clay used in the production. The bowls have a pleasing heft, which makes them well suited for vigorous mixing. Interesting sidenote: The smaller pudding bowl, shown below, is used by the royal household (Queen Elizabeth II gives Christmas pudding gifts to "hundreds of her loyal subjects, family, and friends," according to Mason Cash).
Above: Mason Cash Traditional Mixing Bowl (13 inches); $70 from Amazon.
Above: The 6-inch Mason Cash Pudding Basin is $17.50 from Amazon.
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Storage: Wood Laundry Baskets
Two good options for the laundry room:
Above: Washed-Wood Linear Baskets; made from rattan and starting at $79 for the smallest size at West Elm.
Above: Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek's scrap wood baskets for Fair Trade Originals are available from Conran; the 18.5-inch-tall Piet Hein Eek Basket Tall is $150.
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Shopper's Diary: Hostem in London by JamesPlumb
On a recent visit to London, I stumbled across Hostem, an edgy men's clothing store located on Redchurch Street in the ever-evolving neighborhood of Shoreditch. The interior was orchestrated by Britain's latest design prodigies, Hannah Plumb and James Russell, who go by the name JamesPlumb and "work with the overlooked and the discarded, taking time-worn antiques and cast-offs to produce one-off assemblages, luminaires, and interiors." The duo layers Dickensian grittiness with the romance of the British poets Keats and Shelley; in the Hostem interiors, they repurposed a vintage church pew as a shop counter and hung a chandelier fashioned from a cluster of lampshades above. Walls and ceilings are lined with hand-painted hessian, and Swedish linen curtains obscure the windows. Caged bulbs are suspended at different lengths from extra long wires, while concrete plinths are used as displays. It all adds up to an air of repurposed elegance.
Above: JamesPlumb hung panels of hessian on the walls and from the ceiling to create a tented effect; an antique church pew serves as a counter, and a chandelier of vintage lamp shades adds a Victorian note.
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10 Easy Pieces: Traditional Toilet Paper Holders
We believe in investing in high-quality fixtures and fittings that will stand up over time, and toilet roll holders are no exception. Here's our roundup of ten traditionally styled options; some are expensive, but think how often they will be used over the course of a lifetime. N.B.: We picture and price the holders with a chrome finish; most are available in additional finishes.
Above: UK-based company Samuel Heath makes high quality, classic, reasonably priced products. Julie and Janet both use Samuel Heath's Novis N37 Toilet Roll Holder. The versatile piece fits in any decor and is solid enough to withstand family use; $69.28 at Home and Stone.
Above: In the renovation of her Brooklyn brownstone, Francesca used the Yale Club Toilet Paper Holder from Urban Archaeology in New York City; $280.
Above: Sarah's favorite is the Samuel Heath N93/B Polished Chrome Toilet Roll Holder with wooden spool; $103.36 at Home and Stone.
Above: Waterworks Meridian Wall-Mounted Paper Holder; $80.
Above: Lefroy Brooks Classic Spare Tissue Holder with black or white ceramic acorn top; $192 at Ira Woods.
Above: Retro China Paper Holder from UK company Manufactum; €21.
Above: Handsome Edwardian Metal Lavatory Roll Holder from Czech & Speake; £240. The Lefroy Brooks Connaught Paper Holder, which is virtually identical, is $352.50 at Home & Stone. Aston Matthews also has a version, the Stirrup Chrome Toilet Roll Holder, for £58.80.
Above: The Urban Archaeology's Kitchen Hook can be used a vertical toilet tissue holder; $80.
Above: Samuel Heath N20 Curzon Paper Holder in chrome plate and wood; $142.28 at Home and Stone.
Above: A budget choice is the simple Allied Brass Euro Toilet Tissue Holder in chrome-plated solid brass (other finishes available); $19.50 at Faucet Direct.
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Bath: Wood Towel Bar
Spotted on Myles Henry: a wooden dowel used as a long towel bar, an easy idea to copy.
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Bath: Striped Washcloths at Terrain
New at Terrain, Striped Washcloths from Japanese company Yoshii, made of 100 percent handpicked raw cotton. The washcloths feature a nubby side and a shirt-stripe chambray side and are exceptionally fast drying (we speak from experience). A set of two 9.75-inch square (one blue stripe, one black stripe) washcloths is $16 at Terrain.
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Tile & Countertop: D Tiles in the Netherlands
Designers Peter van der Jagt, ErikJan Kwakkel, and Arnout Visser designed a three-dimensional tiling system for Droog; ("We love the grid created by tiles," they say. "We love tiles so much that we do not want to interrupt that grid for any reason."). For a list of dealers in Europe, go to DTile.
Above: D Tiles wrap around the contours of the sink in a bathroom for designer Ed Hinke.
Above L: A tiled niche under the sink provides storage space. Above R: In the shower, block tiles serve as storage shelves for soap and shampoo.
Above: A tiled with tiled sink and counter.
Above: A detail of the sink.
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Bathroom: Izola Shower Curtains
Izola, a NYC-based company known for its graphic shower curtains, has launched a new line of canvas shower curtains with retro images. Each curtain is made from polyester/cotton canvas, measures 72 inches square, and is water and mold resistant; available directly from Izola for $55.
Above: Apothecary Shower Curtain.
Above: Scout Shower Curtain.
Above: Powder Room Shower Curtain.
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Hotels, Lodging & Restaurants: Bistrot Bruno Loubet in Clerkenwell
Opened last February, the Bistrot Bruno Loubet in the Zetter Hotel marked a return to London for the famed chef (he decamped to Brisbane for an eight-year interlude). Located in a Georgian townhouse, with interiors designed by Russell Sage, the restaurant features a curving wall of windows overlooking St. John's Square and an appealing mix of vintage (midcentury task lights, industrial whisks) combined with new pieces. For more information, go to Bistrot Bruno Loubet.
Above: The private dining room.
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Required Reading: Books Do Furnish a Room by Leslie Geddes-Brown
My favorite holiday present (discovered under the tree): Books Do Furnish a Room, by self-confessed bibliophile Leslie Geddes-Brown. With chapters on Living with Books, Working with Books, and Designing for Books, the tome covers every aspect of books in the home; "In my view, there should be books in every room of the house, with the possible exception of the larder," Geddes-Brown says.
Above: Books Do Furnish a Room; $26.37 at Amazon.
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