Design Detail: A Poetic “Shroud” to Hide the TV
I love putting a movie on the “big screen”—AKA the TV. Much better and more atmospheric than a laptop. But I don’t love the idea of having a screen front and center in our living area. In fact, none of...
View ArticleOverbrook Overlook: An Architect’s Barn-Turned-Tiny Home ‘Operates Much...
Architect Steve McDowell’s reimagining of a rundown hay barn in Overbrook, Kansas, is among the most striking examples of a repurposed outbuilding we’ve ever seen—and that’s largely due to his...
View ArticleThe Editors’ Cut: Garden-Inspired Favorites for the Summer Table
Welcome to The Editors’ Cut, our monthly column dedicated to beautiful and useful finds for all over the house. In this installment: our freshly picked finds for the summer kitchen. From a terracotta...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: The Artist’s Atelier
It’s June, and everywhere nature is at its peak—but handmade beauty abounds, too. This week we’ve been noting a 1600s stone house decorated with blue illustrations, whimsical works by “the Picasso of...
View ArticleQuick Takes With: Nishiel Patel
As soon as we spied landscape and urban designer Nishiel Patel‘s exceptional work on a Brooklyn Heights landmark home (see the interiors here and the garden here), we knew we wanted to tap her as our...
View ArticleHooked on a Ruin: A Remote Barn Conversion in Rural Iceland
The Icelandic artist Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir and her husband, Ævar Kristjánsson, a well-known Icelandic broadcaster, had spent years searching for a new home and studio—“a remote place with a view”—when...
View ArticleSleep Well: A Luxury Mattress Designed with Simplicity in Mind, from Tiami
We’ve long known that sleep hygiene is critically important to health—and that includes devoting attention to how the bedroom is designed and how it makes you feel. Soothing colors, warm lighting, an...
View ArticleFather’s Day Gift Guide: Myles Tipley’s 16 Picks for the Design-Minded Dad
Myles Tipley is the dad we’ve been turning to year after year for Father’s Day ideas. A self-taught aesthete, car aficionado, former design blogger, avid recreational shopper, and longstanding...
View ArticleSteal This Look: A Retro Bath on the English Seaside
Ever since we featured The Rose, a new hotel in the seaside town of Deal in East Kent, England, we’ve been thinking of the boldly colorful rooms and baths designed by Harding & Read and stylist...
View ArticleTrend Alert: Cool, Un-Frilly Lace, Eyelet, and Embroidery
When we were growing up, my older sister had a dressing table in her room that was bedecked in a floor-length skirt with an eyelet ruffle at the bottom. It was decidedly frilly—and odd, since it didn’t...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Elegant Everyday Drinking Glasses, Editors’ Picks Edition
An essential for any kitchen: well-proportioned all-purpose drinking glasses. Here’s what we’ve got on our shelves. N.B.: This post was originally published on July 27, 2011. We have updated it with...
View ArticleMeanwhile, On Gardenista: The Painter’s Garden
Welcome to Meanwhile, on Gardenista, in which we take a look at the goings-on over on our sibling site. This week: painterly landscapes, picnic inspiration, and an artist’s botanical prints. In other...
View ArticleKitchen of the Week: Embracing the Old with Quintana Partners
Quintana Partners do plenty to the kitchens they remodel, but you’d never know it. Based on the Spanish island of Menorca (land of white sand bays and British colonial architecture, not be confused...
View ArticleExpert Advice: What Makes Some LED Light Bulbs Much Better than Others?
“We love LEDs,” says Brendan Ravenhill of LA lighting company Ravenhill Studio. “They’re better for the environment. They’re sturdier than their incandescent counterparts and will outlive most of your...
View ArticleDesign Travel: Hotel Wren in Twentynine Palms
A light led us to Hotel Wren—to be specific, the sculptural yet airy pendants by a Sydney-based artist that hang in the guest rooms (which Margot wrote about here). Muted, earthy, and serene, the newly...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: Weekend Reads
Ahead this weekend? A pretty summer trend, a cooking school in Japan, in praise of boulders, and more. Read on: Fresh, airy, and un-frilly: the trend we’re surprisingly into. And loving Margot’s...
View ArticleQuick Takes With: Maria Berman and Brad Horn
“Weirdness and charm”: That’s how husband-and-wife duo Maria Berman and Brad Horn, who together make Berman Horn Studio, described the first project we covered of theirs, a quirky, color-filled...
View ArticleSimplicity Reigns: An Architect’s Pared-Down Summer Home in Denmark
To get to her weekend home in Sjællands Odde, Denmark, Karen Kjaergaard takes an 80-minute ferry ride from big coastal city Aarhus to little port Odden on the peninsula. Once there, life slows down and...
View ArticleHigh/Low/Medium: Geometric Scandinavian Röllakan Rugs
In my dreams I have a blue-green flat-woven rug by one of Scandinavia’s iconic textile designers. An original by Ingegerd Silow, Marianne Richter, Maja Andersson-Wirde, Barbro Nilsson, Judith...
View ArticleSteal This Look: A Calm, Quality-Conscious Kitchen in Denmark
In the design of her single-story dream house outside of Copenhagen, 80-year-old Frida called on firm Entasis to realize her vision. The clean and modern kitchen, at its core, is supplied by Danish...
View ArticleArchival-Quality Danish Design: Hotel Petra from &Tradition in Copenhagen
When I was last in Copenhagen, I found myself picking up a daily coffee at Lille Petra, a cafe designed and operated by &Tradition and tucked into the courtyard of the brand’s showroom. Now,...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: The Scandinavian Dining Chair
Beyond the Wishbone and the Ant (insider shorthand for Hans Wegner’s CH-24 Chair and Arne Jacobsen’s Series 7 Chair), a new wave of designers is reimagining the classic midcentury Scandinavian dining...
View ArticleKitchen of the Week: A Vipp Aluminum Island in a Young Couple’s 1928 Fixer-Upper
To spot Jens and Eva’s 1928 house, look for the brick Art Deco entry. They describe their place as having “a warmth and soul that you just can’t replicate.” But what made them buy it was its future...
View ArticleYour Weekend Project: A Leather-Detailed Wooden Doorstop
It’s the summer of DIY: This year, every other Friday, we’re revisiting some favorite, easy-to-tackle projects from the archives, like this one: There’s no need to get fancy when it comes to propping...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: Midsummer
Happy midsummer; happy summer solstice. Next week we’ll be diving into our (deep) archives and surfacing with our favorite start-of-summer stories from years past. We’ll be back with new content on...
View ArticleQuick Takes With: Carly Krieger and Therés Loren
Pop into this NYC atelier IRL and you’d find not one brand but two: two creatives, two visions. So it’s only fitting that today we’re dishing up a Quick Takes twofer. The duo? Carly Krieger, founder of...
View ArticleTwo Swedish Surfers at Home in Sri Lanka, Guest Camp Included
In this week’s Summer Throwback issue, we’re going way back to some reader-favorite stories from summers past, like this one: Indoek, an LA-based surf culture website, spotlights wave riders living in...
View ArticleSteal This Look: A Laid-Back Living Room on Patmos, Greece
In this week’s Summer Throwback issue, we’re going way back to some reader-favorite stories from summers past, like this one: Greek interior designer Pallas Kalamotusis fine-tuned an abandoned...
View ArticleObject of Desire: Simple Covers to Keep Fruit Flies Away
In this week’s Summer Throwback issue, we’re going way back to some reader-favorite stories from summers past, like this one: Through the hot summer months in our kitchen, my partner and I are in a...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Window Air Conditioner Units
In this week’s Summer Throwback issue, we’re going way back to some reader-favorite stories from summers past, like this one: If you’re looking for a temporary A/C that packs a punch, the window-mount...
View ArticleDIY: Razor Clam Pendant Light
In this week’s Summer Throwback issue, we’re going way back to some reader-favorite stories from summers past, like this one: One sure sign of summer in my family: Aunt Sheila coming in from the flats...
View ArticleKitchen of the Week: A Couple’s Summer Kitchen in a Former Lobster Shack
In this week’s Summer Throwback issue, we’re going way back to some reader-favorite stories from summers past, like this one: Last summer, arriving for a weekend stay in a small cottage built over an...
View ArticleShipshape and Refreshed: A Considered Renovation of an 1898 Cabin on Maury...
In this week’s Summer Throwback issue, we’re going way back to some reader-favorite stories from summers past, like this one: Maury Island, in Washington’s Puget Sound, is small. You’ve likely never...
View ArticleSummer Refresh: 10 Seasonal Updates for the House
In this week’s Summer Throwback issue, we’re going way back to some reader-favorite stories from summers past, like this one: After a winter cooped up indoors, every home deserves a refresh. Here are...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: Design Rewind
Happy weekend. Ahead, chic fabric lampshades, a new way to conceal the TV, in-water dining, and other joy-making developments: Among Annie’s highlights from 3daysofdesign: the inventive Structures of...
View ArticleQuick Takes With: Arthur Parkinson
We have a treat in store for you today: a Quick Takes column with Arthur Parkinson, everyone’s favorite gardening wunderkind who famously befriended the late Duchess of Devonshire (when he was just...
View ArticleOn the Market: Amanda Pays and Corbin Bernsen’s Latest Estate Flip in Upstate...
“We change houses, not spouses,” actor/builder Corbin Bernsen likes to say. His partner, Amanda Pays, long ago shifted her focus from acting to interior design and the two have been on a decades-long...
View ArticleThe Editors’ Cut: 11 Beguiling Shades of Blue
Welcome to The Editors’ Cut, our monthly column dedicated to beautiful and useful finds for all over the house. In this installment: Blue might be the color most mused about by poets, artists, and...
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