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Reinventing the American Row House in Houston, Texas
Is this a new vision for American suburbia? We think so. Located in the Historic Houston Heights neighborhood in Texas, the Shade House project consists of nine symmetrical buildings settled in an...
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Steal This Look: Minimalist Loft in Sweden, with Touches of Exotica
My apartment is now washed entirely in bright white paint. It's the kind of Victorian where tenants before me have annoyingly painted over all the hardware so I did the same, slapping paint over...
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10 Childrens Swings for Indoor Play
Gone are the days when the words "go to your room" had a negative connotation. With these kids' swings (some in the bedroom, others in the living room), playing indoors is almost as good as out. See...
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Where the Wild Things Are: Tiles from Laura Carlin
Completely compelling and strangely covetable: Hand-painted tiles from London ceramicist and illustrator Laura Carlin, depicting wild beasts (the truly obsessed can commission an entire tile mural by...
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5 Favorites: Black and White Splash/Spatter Paint
If Jackson Pollack were an interior designer, we can imagine him dreaming up these spaces featuring black and white splash- and splatter-painted surfaces. What do you think? Inspired design or monkeys...
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A Labor of Love: Heartwork Office Furniture
Graduated from Ikea but can't quite afford Herman Miller? Heartwork to the rescue. Metal Storage 1.0 is the first collection from Heartwork, a new Portland, OR-based company founded by industrial...
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10 Easy Pieces: Leaning Floor Mirrors
In the right (or wrong) room, a floor mirror is transformative. Adding dimension to narrow hallways and rendering awkward spaces as inviting and seemingly functional, it's the renters secret weapon....
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The Unplanned Designers' Loft in Brooklyn
We like this twist on the family photo. With an aim to beginning another era of their lives, Brooklyn designers Loren Daye and Jesse Rowe wanted to memorialize their apartment before selling it and...
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10 Easy Pieces: Affordable Lighting from a New Crop of Designers
With their experimental approach to material and ability to re-imagine classic designs in innovative (and often more affordable) ways, today's indie designers are heating up the lighting market. Here...
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A Family Restaurant in Brooklyn, Rooster Included
Sometimes simple and humble is best when it comes to design; case in point, the interior of Lulu & Po in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, a low-key restaurant with an industrial vibe punctuated with dashes...
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Design Sleuth: Clip Light as Picture Illumination
Here's a clever idea spotted on SF Girl by Bay: A clip light as picture illumination. For ideas on something similar, go to 10 Easy Pieces: Clip Lamps. Above: Victoria's dining room is an eclectic mix...
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A Converted Stable in Italy—Modern Bath Included
One of the most innovative baths we've seen yet: a free-standing concrete and tile cube in a restored Italian stable; one end houses the sink, the other the shower. The studio, located on a tiny...
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10 Favorites: Loft Spaces with Factory Windows
It's not just the cement floors, brick walls, and exposed ceilings we're admiring in these loft spaces; it's the expanses of metal factory windows that have us hooked. Often these industrial windows...
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Strategic Storage in a Minimalist Loft
For artist Diita Hoeber and her historian/writer husband Frank, home—an open, white, minimalist loft located in a former window factory—is where they work and live; all 3,000 square feet of it. Their...
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Expert Advice: Living in Black and White
The combination of black and white paint can be both simple and dramatic, but it's a look that is not necessarily easy to pull off. We turned to paint expert Eve Ashcraft and interiors writer Heather...
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Counter Chic: Industrial Work Bench on Wheels
We like the versatility of a work bench on wheels—great for small spaces but equally useful in larger ones. West Elm has come up with a covetable industrial version that includes a blackened-steel top...
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10 Favorites: Full Height Sliding Doors and Partitions
Loft living is all about the open plan. Or is it? Sometimes it's good to have the flexibility of being able to close off an area like a bedroom or a bathroom, and this is when the full height sliding...
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A Tribeca Loft by Way of New Zealand
Auckland-based architecture studio Fearon Hay converted a large open loft in a former textile warehouse into a light-filled residence, winning the 2010 Best Gold Award for spatial design in...
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5 Quick Fixes: Instant Burlap Decorating Solutions
Is there anything burlap can't do? It can cover windows, skylights, serve as a table runner, divide a room, and more. Here are five spaces that make clever use of this humble material. Above: A...
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10 Easy Pieces: Wooden Counter Stools
We've posted on counter stools before; now we turn our attention to the classic wooden bar stool—most are available in both bar and counter heights. For more seating options, see our previous posts:...
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