Expert Advice: 15 Things to Know About Knives
When it comes to knives, there's really only one place to go in San Francisco: Town Cutler. Many of the city's famed chefs and serious foodies come to Galen Garretson's store to keep their knives sharp...
View ArticleWooden Kitchen Accessories from a Dutch Design Duo
Dutch designer Daphna Isaacs Burggraaf and Laurence Manders are the designers behind Daphna Laurens, a multidisciplinary studio in Eindhoven. The two met as students ("We found that while working...
View ArticleThe Woodsman Tavern and Market in Portland, OR
Reason enough to contemplate a move to Portland, OR: the Woodsman Tavern & Market, a pitch-perfect Pacific Northwest watering hole and seafood grill with an adjacent artisan-focused market. Despite...
View Article10 Favorites: Hearths with Foraged Decor
There is something about the mantel that begs for foraged findings from the natural world, those pocketfuls of dried flowers, smooth rocks, or artfully shaped branches you collect on walks and hikes....
View ArticleWorld's Most Beautiful Indoor/Outdoor Lanterns?
A reader chided us recently for describing something as "world's best"; but really, aren't these the most beautiful Japanese lanterns you've ever seen? Plus, they're powered by LED lights, so you can...
View ArticleThe World Is His Oyster: A Modern Fishing Shack by the Sea
Leave it to the French to devise the world's most elegant oyster shack (complete with office and dining areas), located on a waterfront site in the south of Brittany. Raum Architects, a studio founded...
View ArticleReader Roundtable: Would You Hire a Friend (or Work for One)?
Last week we featured a renovated cottage by the sea where the client hired two friends as her architect and her designer. Crazy and foolhardy? Or wise and forward-thinking? After all, a common and...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: Permanent Vacation
As we resurface from summer vacation, Labor Day (at least here in the US) marks the beginning of the fall season. Next week we're channeling New York Fashion Week, focusing on dwellings, wardrobe...
View ArticleA Mundane Material as a Sophisticated Wall Covering
When I walked into San Francisco-based designer Antonio Martins' attic turned atelier at this year's SF Decorator Showcase, I was immediately taken with the textural wall coverings. Not your usual...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleCustom Furniture for Fashionistas
You probably already know about Steven Alan's new enterprise, a home shop in Tribeca. Our favorite offering from this low-key fashion designer? A series of custom sofas and side tables by Jason...
View ArticleHow to Care for This Year's "It" Houseplant
Nature has wired us to feel protective of babies, with their oversized, floppy heads. The big, round leaves of a fiddle leaf fig tree make it the house plant equivalent of a newborn. So it was probably...
View ArticleDIY: Rustic Linen Hanger Covers
I probably spend too much time thinking about the uniformity of my closet hangers. I realized that this minor detail was really bothering me the minute I saw the handmade linen hanger covers at the...
View ArticleSteal This Look: A Band of Outsiders' Home in Silver Lake, California
When we first saw the Silver Lake, LA, home of Nicole Cari, the Senior Marketing Director at Band of Outsiders, we admired the thoughtful mix of antique midcentury furniture with textiles and...
View ArticleDesign Sleuth: 5 Sources for Built-In Ironing Boards
Ideal for small-space living situations: pull-out ironing boards; here are five good options, from high to low (installation required). Above: A custom closet with pull-out ironing board by Lisa...
View ArticleCaftan Chic, by Way of Brooklyn
With an Indian father and an Italian mother (who owned a Bay Area clothing store for many years and had her daughter dressed in Gaultier at the age of 12), it was only a matter of time before designer...
View ArticleShopper's Diary: Yaya in the Netherlands
Anyone who has spent any time on the design pages of Pinterest will likely have come across Dutch stylist and interior designer AnoukB (we're avid followers). We recently discovered that the prolific...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Wardrobe-Maintaining Essentials
Investing in a $8 clothing brush will pay dividends in the long run: It helps your clothes last longer and best of all: it will help lower your weekly dry cleaning bill. Above: French company Andrée...
View Article5 Favorites: Before/After Kitchen Renovations
Though we love to dream about our someday remodels, the fact is that all remodels come with constraints. Sometimes they're squeezed by time (see a full kitchen remodel on a six-week deadline, below)....
View ArticleInteraction of Color: A Brooklyn Fashion Designer at Home
Polish-born A Détacher designer Mona Kowalska studied in the US before working in the fashion industry in Italy and France; her Mott Street atelier in NYC is a must visit for anyone who cares about...
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