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Expert Advice: 15 Essential Tips for Designing the Kitchen
With more than 50 kitchen projects under his belt, Jerome Buttrick of Buttrick Wong Architects (a member of the Remodelista Architect and Designer Directory) is a veteran of kitchen design. One of...
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The Ultimate Indoor/Outdoor House?
What do you do when you love your house and where you live, but your needs have changed? Most people would renovate to accommodate, but in the case of this family in Charleston, South Carolina, they...
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A Verdant Hair Salon in Japan
Confession: I'm the only women I know who dreads the hairdresser (so time consuming! not to mention the pressure to purchase overpriced hair "products"). I could happily endure the experience if I...
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Easiest Cabinet Upgrade Ever, Pastel Knob Edition
Earlier today, our London-based editor Christine said to me on Skype (in a slightly perplexed tone): "You and Alexa are really obsessed with mint green lately, aren't you?" Well, yes. I neglected to...
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10 Versatile Coffee Tables on Wheels
It makes so much sense: a low-to-the-ground coffee table on wheels, which can be scooted out of the way for impromptu dance parties and gymnastic sessions or even wheeled outside for porch cocktail...
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Steal This Look: A Mint Green Kitchen from a Scandinavian Stylist
Perfection: We'd expect nothing less from Scandinavian stylist and writer Emma Persson Lagerberg; whose kitchen features mint green cabinets, mirror ball light fixtures, and a marble countertop that...
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Design Sleuth: French Enamel Buckets
This shelf of French enamel pails in Marrakesh sent us on a search for similar pastel-hued buckets; a few of our finds are shown below. Above: Photo via Natural History. Above: Solid Color Decorative...
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5 Favorites: Mixed Pastel Shades for Spring
The onset of spring has us thinking about pastels, but we'd like to avoid a cloying overdose of them. Here is a roundup of ideas for combining pastels with brighter colors. Above: Pastel mugs hang...
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DIY: Ikea Hack: Spray-Painted Foto Pendant Lamps
Another genius idea from IKEA's home inspiration blog Livet Hemma (alas, the posts are only in Swedish): Take inexpensive spun-aluminum Foto Lamps and give them a candy-colored coating. They come to...
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10 Strategies for Hiding the Microwave
When I embarked on a kitchen remodel a few years ago, one of my main obsessions was to hide the microwave (Jerome, remember?). My kitchen is tiny, and it proved a challenge to find an unoccupied...
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Design Sleuth: Copper Pot Hooks
Sarah has a thing for S hooks; she'll love this version in copper, spotted in the kitchen of Varpunen. Here are a couple of sources: Above: One of our favorite Scandi bloggers uses copper S hooks in...
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10 Favorites: Exposed Copper Pipes as Decor
Is copper having a moment? With its heat-conductive properties and oxidation potential (and with scrap prices at an all-time high), copper is synonymous with luxury. Here are five examples of exposed...
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10 Easy Pieces: Table and Desk Fans
If you've ever worked out of a cubicle or a tiny home office, you understand the value of quality air flow, especially during the spring and summer months. We're thinking ahead and sizing up this set...
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Rehab Diaries: An Artist's NYC Kitchen Renovation
After relocating from London to New York, Angela A'Court and her family spent several years searching for a home. What they found was a five-story townhouse, measuring a mere 16 feet wide, that...
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Design Sleuth: Tonal Eames Chairs
Admired in this Plain English kitchen: a suite of Eames chairs in spring-like shades of blue and white. Above: A London Villa kitchen by Plain English. Above: The white Molded Plastic Dowel Eames...
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10 Tips for Keeping Tech in Check, Family Edition
Did you participate in the National Day of Unplugging last month? Designed to "help hyper-connected people embrace the ancient ritual of a day of rest, the Sabbath Manifesto aims to slow down lives in...
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DIY: Instant Hallway Hooks Made from Blocks
Here's a clever DIY hook idea from German design studio Snug, using an unexpected material—wood children's blocks. Snug, a Hannover-based design studio founded by interior designer Kerstin Reilmann...
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An Architect's Playhouse in Finland
A house of one’s own is one of the perks that comes with being the child of an architect (or at least that’s what the Bach children believed when they asked their parents for one). Barcelona...
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A Tiny Garden Cabin in the Netherlands
Yet another contribution to the "Only in Europe" file: an architect-designed family cabin sited in the middle of a public park. Spotted on Desire to Inspire: The Poplar Garden House is a small cabin...
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Design Sleuth: Swedish Botanicals as Decor
It wasn't until I took a class in botanical illustration that I truly understood the skill that goes into detailing each dissection: the rare meeting of visual arts and science. Lately we've been...
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