Hotels, Lodging & Restaurants: Toast in Oakland
When Kristen Policy and Heather Sittig, both mothers of toddlers, found themselves with no place to go at the end of a long day at the playground, they decided to open their own stroller-friendly wine...
View ArticleHotels, Lodging & Restaurants: Medlock Ames in Sonoma
Pristinely pruned vines and end-to-end limousines may be a trademark of Napa Valley, but neighboring Sonoma Valley is much more down to earth. So when Christopher Medlock James and Ames Morison of...
View ArticleTabletop: Bottega Copper Tumblers at Napa Style
Spotted these hand-hammered Bottega Copper Tumblers at a friend's house recently and loved their burnished look and weighty feel. A great addition to a fall table setting, available in a set of four;...
View ArticleWalls, Windows & Floors: Wine Cork Acoustic Wall at Leila's Shop in London
To help improve the acoustics in London's Leila's Shop, Swedish-born designer Lars Frideen designed a novel cork board using a sheet of perforated metal, which can hold up to 3,000 corks and provides...
View ArticleShopper's Diary: Dering Hall Launches
Our friend Peter Sallick (of Waterworks lineage) has just launched an online venture called Dering Hall, a new approach to bespoke home furnishings. Some of our favorite design savants from all over...
View ArticleHotels, Lodging & Restaurants: Scribe Winery in Sonoma
Haute bohemian winery Scribe has been on our radar for a while now. It's not your everyday vintner: Scribe is a social club featuring the occasional campout, an artist-in-residence program, and...
View ArticleFurniture: Barnwood Hanging Bed from Anthropologie
In the converted barn that we are busily decorating in our minds, we'll have an indoor swing suspended from the exposed raw beams. After seeing Anthropologie's Barnwood Hanging Bed, we are adding this...
View ArticleFabrics & Linens: Temoayan Blankets from L'Aviva Home
Remember the white chenille bedspreads of yore? While we're not exactly nostalgic for them, a bedspread does offer a more finished look than the ubiquitous duvet—something we were reminded of when we...
View ArticleTabletop: Cutting Boards by Jose Regueiro at Heath Ceramics
Browsing in Heath Ceramics' Sausalito store, we came across designer José Regueiro's line of Greenware Cutting Boards, which he produces from his studio in Pontiac, Michigan. We were impressed by...
View ArticleShopper's Diary: Casamidy Opens in Brussels
The NY Times recently proclaimed Brussels a happening city ("a rising class of tastemakers is making Brussels unexpectedly unboring," they say) with a slew of stylish new stores, galleries, and...
View ArticleHotels, Lodging & Restaurants: Twenty Five Lusk by CCS Architecture
When CCS Architecture (a member of the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory) was designing Twenty Five Lusk, a lounge and restaurant in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, they asked...
View ArticleDesigner Visit: Bibi Monnahan in Pennsylvania
Interior designer and creative consultant Bibi Monnahan lived the life of the design nomad—working and living between Paris and Manhattan, with stops in Australia and London in between—before settling...
View ArticleAppliances: Prestige Electric Teakettle
Produced by India's largest kitchen appliances company, the Prestige electric teakettle combines old-fashioned style and latter-day technology. It turns off automatically when it boils dry and a...
View ArticleFabrics & Linens: Waste Not Want Not Linens from Re-Found Objects
Spotted at Re-Found Objects in the UK: hand-printed table linens made in France with the message "Waste Not Want Not" (an appropriate message for our times). Above: Made to order; Waste Not Table...
View ArticleRequired Reading: Artists' Handmade Houses
In his book Artists' Handmade Houses, writer Michael Gotkin takes us into the homes of thirteen artists and craftspeople in America (from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century), showing the...
View ArticleShopper's Diary: Marche St. George in Vancouver, British Columbia
The only downside of visiting Paris? If you're like us, you forever find yourself longing to live there, preferably near a cafe where you can pop in for your daily fresh pain au chocolat. If you live...
View ArticleSteal This Look: Scott Newkirk Curtained Bedroom
A few weeks ago, we featured Scott Newkirk's Brooklyn apartment (see Designer Visit: Scott Newkirk in Brooklyn); we couldn't get his genius curtain system out of our minds, so we decided to research...
View ArticleStorage: Nika Rams Button Garderobe
A coat hook that plays with scale, associations, and expectations: the oversize wooden button hook by German designer Nika Rams, for hanging coats, umbrellas, dog leashes in the modern entryway....
View ArticleDIY: Painted Backsplash for a Bathroom Sink
Here's a clever idea spotted at Marie Claire Maison: a simple painted backsplash. To re-create the look, use a marine paint (or a marine cover gloss) to protect the wall from splashes; a good source...
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