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Tabletop: Teak Cutlery Set
New at Brook Farm General Store: the Teak Cutlery Set, featuring rounded handles combined with stainless; a five-piece place setting is $55 at Brook Farm General Store.
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Design Sleuth: Wicker Bull Heads
Experiencing antler fatigue? Consider a wall-mounted wicker bull head, as seen in the Danish summer house of Cristina Olsen and Bjorn Bunch, via the Guardian. Above: In the UK, Abode Living stocks...
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10 Easy Pieces: Kitchen Flooring
For this installment of Ten Easy Pieces, we consulted the experts—architects from the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory—for their top kitchen flooring picks. Have an experience you'd like to...
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Kitchen: Built-In Paper Towel Holder
Here's a genius idea from Southern Living Magazine: remove a drawer and fit the recessed space with a wooden dowel (store spare rolls to the rear of the cubby).
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Domestic Science: Westco Kickmaster Trash Can at Williams-Sonoma
Currently coveting: the Wesco Kickmaster Trash Can, newly available in the US at Williams-Sonoma. Made in Germany of powder-coated sheet steel, the can features a retro profile and is outfitted with a...
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Domestic Science: Wesco Kickmaster Trash Can at Williams-Sonoma
Currently coveting: the Wesco Kickmaster Trash Can (made by a German company founded in 1867), newly available in the US at Williams-Sonoma. Made of powder-coated sheet steel, the can features a retro...
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Kitchen: Scandinavian Iron Spice Grinder from Canoe
At a recent dinner party, I observed our hostess grind spices using a fascinating iron spice grinder. A little sleuthing turned up the Cast Iron Spice Grinder, crafted by the last remaining iron...
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Accessories: Sibella Court for Anthropologie
The brilliant Australian stylist Sibella Court has collaborated on a line of drawer and cabinet pulls for Anthropologie, using rustic materials like jute twine and cast iron and featuring her...
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Architect Visit: Orchard House by Nachazel Architects in Czechoslovaia
Spotted on Arch Daily, the Orchard House in Czechoslovakia by Nacházel Architects speaks to our desires to live more simply (who wouldn't want to escape to this tranquil farmhouse)? The architects...
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Architect Visit: Orchard House by Nachazel Architects
Spotted on Arch Daily, the Orchard House in the Czech Republic by Nacházel Architects speaks to our desires to live more simply (who wouldn't want to escape to this tranquil farmhouse)? The architects...
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Bath: High/Low Campaign-Style Bath Mirror
Spotted on Danish company Gubi's site (worth a visit to see the exceptional staging and styling): the classic leather campaign mirror from Art Deco master Jacques Adnet, used in a white tiled bath....
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Walls, Windows & Floors: Phenomenon Tiles by Tokujin Yoshioka for Mutina
Before opening his own studio in 2000, Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka designed many of Issey Miyake's shop interiors and displays. Yoshioka recently collaborated with Italian tile maker Mutina to...
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Design Sleuth: Glass Wall Vase by Sarah Winward
An answer to the perennial question of what to hang over the bed (and for city dwellers, how to integrate a bit of nature into urban life): a wall-hung vase with a few branches of whatever is growing...
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Shopper's Diary: Arxe in Barcelona
Founded by Gloria Margenat in Barcelona in 2008, Arxe is a design studio focused on creating furniture and one-of-a-kind textiles for the home out of salvaged industrial materials. The principals...
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Architect Visit: Gus Wustemann in Barcelona
Spotted on Dezeen: Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann's own apartment, located in a historic building in Barcelona. Wüstemann added modern elements to the old shell in a particularly striking way; he named...
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Walls, Windows & Floors: Tactile Wonderland Wallpaper in the UK
Founded by Rebecca Otero and Ninette van Kamp (friends who studied textile design at Central St. Martins), Tactile Wonderland is a line of sustainable fabric "wall couture": the duo's custom wall...
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Tabletop: Vintage Indian Enamelware at Layla
Our friend Alayne, proprietor of Layla in Brooklyn, has brought back a collection of vintage enamelware from her most recent trip to India. Indian merchants brought the colorful pieces back from their...
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Fabrics & Linens: Raksha Bella in Berkeley
Carrie Peters of Berkeley-based Raksha Bella was a decorative painter in a former life; after a trip to India, she shifted her aesthetic focus to fabrics. Peters commissions underprivileged women in...
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Hotels, Lodging & Restaurants: Hotel Daniel in Paris
SPONSORED POST The Right Bank of Paris can be—dare we say it?—a bit impersonal (the grand hotels of the arrondissment, while lovely, have a feeling of could-be-anywhereness). Travelers looking for a...
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Office Visit: Found Associates in London
This Notting Hill townhouse remodel by London-based Found Associates (Remodelista Directory members) involved stripping the house's interior back to a mere shell and lowering the basement floor (at...
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