Pattern Language: A Textiles Enthusiast at Home in Ann Arbor
If clothes make the man, do textiles make the manse? Krista Nye Schwartz of the interior design firm and blog Cloth & Kind thinks so. For Krista, every project begins with a favorite pile of...
View ArticleThe Return of the Vinyl Floor Tile?
When was the last time you thought about vinyl floor tiles? If you're like us, it's been, well, forever. That's why we took note when we saw UK designer Neisha Crosland's line of attractive and...
View ArticleVote for the Best Kitchen in the Remodelista Considered Design Awards:...
Our judges have chosen the finalists, now you choose the winners. Vote for the finalists in each of 17 Considered Design Awards categories, on both Remodelista and Gardenista. You can vote once a day...
View ArticlePatchwork Tiles: 11 Mix-and-Match Ideas
If the idea of white subway tile seems a tad predictable, patchwork tiles take the material to a whole new level with mix-and-match patterns and colors. Europeans have long mixed tile patterns, and now...
View ArticleSteal This Look: A Bright Green Dining Room in Amsterdam
Designed by Marianne Luning of VT Wonen, this dining room features an unexpected palette of pale grays and grass greens—we especially like the mismatched dining furniture painted a unifying shade of...
View ArticleObject Lessons: Classic Mattress Ticking
Ticking—its name deriving from the Greek word theka, meaning case or covering—has been synonymous with mattresses since fabric was first paired with straw. For a decent night's sleep, it was imperative...
View ArticleApartment Upgrade: A Tiled Floor in Every Room
When the Genoa architecture firm Grooppo took on the task of renovating a flat in an 1870s building in Savona, Italy, it was looking to update the traditional space with modern fixtures and an...
View ArticleAll the Freshness of New York: Katakana Ceramics
When ceramicists Shino Takeda and Romy Northover teamed up in New York City to form their online shop, Katakana, the two were looking to present work that combines "a Japanese and European sensitivity...
View ArticleGood Sport: Summer Games by Fredericks & Mae
Gabriel Fredericks Cohen and Jolie Mae Signorile, the duo behind Brooklyn design studio Fredericks & Mae, know how to have a good time. We recently featured the Rockaway Beach houseboat that they...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Designers' Favorite Fabrics
Are you brave enough to strike out and use fabrics with patterns, or do you need a little extra hand holding? Falling in the latter category, we asked 10 designers for their go-to prints. This is their...
View ArticleVote for the Best Bath Space in the Remodelista Considered Design Awards:...
The judges have selected the finalists; it's now up to you to choose the winners. Vote for the five finalists in each of the 17 Considered Design Awards categories, on both Remodelista and Gardenista....
View Article12 Tables Made with Cinder Blocks, Economy Edition
Cinder blocks may bring to mind grad-student shelving, but we like them as ad hoc table bases. (If it's good enough for Axel Vervoodt, it's good enough for us.) Here are a dozen good examples of...
View ArticleA Sisal Alternative: Soulful Rugs from Colombia
Adventure is built into Laura Aviva's self-created job description: At L'Aviva Home, she tracks down and collaborates with skilled artisans the world over. A favorite resource of the design world, her...
View ArticleTrend Alert: 6 Abstract Patterned Throw Pillows
Is there something in the air? Spotted lately: 1950s-inspired abstract patterns. For a small dose, consider these six throw pillows. Above: In Ilse Crawford's design for the VitraHaus showroom in Weil...
View ArticleRemodeling 101: Wood Flooring Patterns
Like father characters in 1950s television shows, wood floors are often depicted as practical, solid, and traditional. And while the straight-and-narrow stereotype holds true, wood floors have far more...
View Article15 Life-Changing Storage Ideas for the Kitchen
If you've perused Pinterest lately in search of kitchen storage ideas, you know there are thousands of space-saving tricks floating around. Here's a roundup of our current favorites (we're filing them...
View ArticleRebel Walls of Sweden: Wallpaper for Everyone
Rebel Walls is a wallpaper company with its own design studio and printing shop in Borås, in western Sweden. Its companion online store offers an extensive collection of the company's own wallpaper and...
View ArticleSteal This Look: The Perfect Bed
The secret to sleep? In 10 Secrets for a Better Night's Sleep our resident wellness guru, Jackie Ashton, has this advice has this advice: "Consider creating a sanctuary for slumber, a place that looks...
View ArticleBohemia on the Bowery: A Fashion Photographer Couple at Home
For some time now, the work of designer Daniel Sachs and architect Kevin Lindores has been stopping us in our tracks. At their New York City firm Sachs Lindores, the duo specializes in complete-picture...
View Article11 Elegant Solutions for Hiding a Flat-Screen TV
From sliding panels to retractable doors, here's a roundup of ideas for concealing the dreaded flat-screen TV when not in use. Above: In a New York City loft, architect Lee Mindel of Shelton Mindel...
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