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Trash Bins from a Cleanliness-Obsessed Nation
It makes sense, doesn't it, that the cleanliness-obsessed Swiss would produce the world's best-looking trash receptacle? And offer it in several guises (including a stool-height bin with a felted wool...
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Fisher & Paykel's ActiveSmart™ Refrigerators, Designed to Match
Wouldn't it be easier to design a kitchen sans appliances? So often, a kitchen's large appliances are a motley crew of shapes and finishes that distract from your overall scheme. In fact, it's...
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10 Favorite U-Pick Orchards
Here's a collection of our favorite pick-your-own orchards in the East, the West, and the in-between. Most orchards are open on weekends from late August through October or early November. Always call...
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Remodeling 101: Painted Plywood—The Best Budget Wood Floor
The natural instinct when remodeling a house with wall-to-wall carpet is to take it up, right? Before you can confirm what's underneath, you hold high hopes for finding a wood floor that was covered up...
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Schoolhouse Chic: An Artful Restaurant in Long Island City
Québécois chef Hugue Dufour and his wife, Sarah Obraitis, have been the talk of New York's fringe restaurant scene even since they arrived in Queens a few years ago and rewrote the rules of diner...
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Steal This Look: A Barbara Bestor-Designed Master Bath in LA
Last month's Barbara Bestor-designed New England Kitchen by Way of LA left our readers wanting a tour of the rest of the house. Here's a look at the other room she tackled for owners Abby Weintraub and...
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A New Line of Storage Furniture from Denmark
While we usually don't display our hangers, a new storage series from Danish company Skagerak will make us do just the opposite. We've long admired Danish Company Skagerak's teak accessories, and...
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Color Inspiration: Win an $800 Shopping Spree from Heartwork
Portland, OR-based designer Karen John of Heartwork is on a mission to bring color to the workspace with her line of US-made, well-priced cabinetry pieces in a range of unexpected shades, from hot pink...
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Spruced Up: A New Apothecary in Portland, Oregon
In 2005, when Craig Olson and Sean Igo opened Canoe in Portland, OR, their interiors and design shop proved well ahead of the curve and helped put Portland on the design map. The pair recently added...
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Remodeling 101: 10 Geometric Stenciled Floors
Are stenciled floors—once associated with colonial New England houses—making a comeback (especially in new abstract patterns)? We're starting to think so. Here are 10 we've spotted (and admired)...
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DIY: Copper Plumbing Pipe Hooks
Discovered on Finnish blogger Naku's Bambula: copper hooks made from plumbing parts. For detailed instructions, go to Bambula. Above: The hooks add a coppery glimmer to an otherwise neutral kitchen...
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10 Easy Pieces: Front-Loading Washing Machines
When it comes to washing machines, are we biased? Yes. In our opinion, front-loading washers are it. Here are our ten picks. In the five years since we last reported on front-loading washers,...
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Marble Coat Hooks by Way of Switzerland
Swiss designer Nikolas Kerl has our attention—his first collection of everyday objects includes the Charles Hook rendered in three marble varieties (we'll take one of each). To learn more, visit...
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Best of Kitchen and Bath Remodels, Archive Edition
At Remodelista, we always appreciate a carefully considered coat of white paint and a bit of rusticity; here are six of our favorite kitchens and baths from our archives. The white paint will set you...
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Remodeling 101: Architects' White Exterior Paint Picks on Gardenista
On Remodelista, one of our most popular all-time posts is 10 Easy Pieces: Architects' White Paint Picks, cataloging 10 can't-go-wrong shades of white for interior spaces. Is there an exterior paint job...
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Elegant Lighting from a YouTube-Taught Artist
While working on his thesis at Parsons, Ryden Rizzo found himself watching a series of YouTube tutorials about basic woodworking. Pairing his past experience with technology and lighting design with...
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Living Above the Shop: Scandinavian Sundries in Tokyo
A small business is a labor of love. And for shopkeepers, that often means that the line between work and home life is blurred. So why fight it? That was the thinking of a shop owner in Tokyo and his...
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Expert Advice: Architects' 10 Favorite Closet Picks
Last week, we profiled 10 of the most beautiful—and functional—closet systems around. Today, architect and designer members of our Professional Directory share the closet systems they specify for their...
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Hooked on Hardware from Scout Regalia
We've enjoyed watching the progress of LA-based Scout Regalia ever since Benjamin Luddy and Makoto Mizutani set up their design practice in 2008. Their latest product? An iteration of the ubiquitous...
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An Industrial Light Gone Mobile
Currently coveting: the limited-edition Portable Lucent Lamp from Schoolhouse Electric. An alternative to their Lucent Sconce, the portable version can be moved from desk to bedside table to living...
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