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Architect Visit: Rick Joy in Woodstock, Vermont
Tuscon-based architect Rick Joy grew up in Maine, where he studied music and worked as a carpenter before going to architecture school at the University of Arizona. Joy has earned a reputation as a...
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Lighting: Arco Floor Lamp
The Arco Floor Lamp, a modern design classic created in 1962 by the Castiglioni brothers for Flos, manages to be both sleek (the chrome arch has an elegant reach of eight feet) and rustic (the marble...
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Bath: Pool Sink by Marti Guixe for Azzurro
Discovered via Moco Loco: Barcelona designer Marti Guixe's streamlined Pool Sink for Italian bathware company Azzurro; a square bathroom sink with built-in teak shelves for soaps and an oversized...
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Accessories: Tetu Cast Iron Doorstop at Mjolk
Makoto Koizumo of Koizumi Studio was inspired by river stones when he designed the Tetu Cast Iron Doorstop, which is made of Nambu cast iron (a material first used in the middle of the 17th century in...
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Hotels, Lodging & Restaurants: Hegia in Biarritz
Working with local architect Xavier Leibar of Leibar & Seigneurin, famed Gascon chef Arnaud Daguin and his wife, Véronique, transformed an 18th century stone and timber farmhouse into a modern...
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Architect Visit: John Pawson in Wellfleet for the Cape Cod Modern House Trust
Minimalists take note: British architect John Pawson is the current artist-in-residence at the Cape Cod Modern House Trust (see Hotels, Lodging & Restaurants: Kugel/Gips House in Wellfleet) and...
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High/Low: Wooden Spoon Set
Every well-appointed kitchen needs one: a set of wooden spoons and paddles. When cared for properly (periodic applications of mineral oil), the spoons can last a lifetime. Above: Canadian inventor and...
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Lighting: String Lights from Pigeon Toe Ceramics
New from Portland-based Pigeon Toe Ceramics: Ceramic Disc String Lights featuring ten hand-thrown porcelain shades with glazed interiors in the color of your choice (shown below in citrus); measuring...
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Storage: Walnut Coat Rack at Canoe
Craig Olsen, proprietor of Canoe in Portland, Oregon, sent us images of a new coatrack by local designer William Ullman, made of solid reclaimed walnut. Olsen says, "The modular design can be added to...
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Accessories: Charlotte Storrs Stoneware in England
Spotted on David Mellor Design's Online Shop, a new collection of subtly textured white glaze stoneware by Dutch-born potter Charlotte Storrs. Created at her garden pottery in Culham, Oxfordshire,...
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Steal This Look: Cape Cod Artist's House
In the late 1930s, a group of émigré European Modernists—Marcel Breuer, Serge Chermayeff, Walter Gropius, and Eero Saarinan—began to build summer homes on the Outer Cape Cod, mostly in Wellfleet....
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Accessories: Marine Life Charts from Scandinavian Fishing Year Book
Printed on plasticized art paper, wall charts from the Scandinavian Fishing Year Book work swimmingly well as summer-house wall art. Above: The Whales Poster features 33 of the most common whale and...
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Tabletop: Fat Tray Box Container by Alessi
A favorite new product from Alessi's 2010 line: the Fat Tray Box Container, a finely detailed storage box with a lid that can be used as a tray. Made of bamboo, the Fat Tray Box Container measures 19.8...
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Shopper's Diary: General Home Store in East Hampton
One of my new favorite shops on the east end of Long Island is the General Home Store in East Hampton, a homeware emporium with a casual hardware store appeal. Discreetly located facing the parking lot...
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Children's Rooms: Nautical Flag Banners at Land of Nod
The Nautical Flag Banner is a 12-foot, 4.5-inch length of rope and toggle (allowing you to create your own flag configuration) including nine cotton flags of nautically correct designs; $29 at Land of...
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10 Easy Pieces: Interior Door Levers
When I lived in London, I developed a fondness for door levers, which can be operated by children, elbows, and slippery hands. Plus, well-designed ones add an architectural sophistication to interiors....
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Outdoors: Steel Garden Wall in Europe
Spotted at Office for Word and Image: a classic fermette (country house) surrounded by a futuristic steel wall that serves to provide privacy and frame the views of the countryside. Go to OWI to see...
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Outdoors: NeutraBox Mail Box by Héctor Pérez
Handmade in San Francisco by Héctor Pérez, the NeutraBox is a mimimalist modern mailbox "inspired by the principles of the De Stijl movement: a reduction to the essentials of form and color." Pérez,...
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Outdoors: Hive Rubber Doormat from Chiasso
The well-priced, durable Hive Rubber Doormat is $38, measures 27.6 inches long and 15.7 inches wide, and is available for preorder at Chiasso.
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Palette & Paints: Gray and Yellow at CB2
SPONSORED POST One of our favorite color combinations at Remodelista is gray and yellow—a pairing we never seem to get tired of (see some examples below). So we were pleased to see that CB2, our go-to...
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