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DIY: Painted Drawer Pulls
Spotted on the Finnish home design site Lily: a DIY project to enliven a child's dresser. Paint the knobs in a range of complementary hues, or go with a candy-colored variety-pack mix. Above: A white...
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Required Reading: Edition Paumes Children's Rooms Series
Our friend Shari, our expert on vintage toys, introduced us to a wonderful source of inspiration for children's rooms. Edition Paumes is a small Japanese publishing house, run by Hisashi Tokuyoshi (a...
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Shopper's Diary: Miette Confiserie in San Francisco
San Francisco's Miette (which means "crumb" in French) got its start as a bakery. But when it branched out into candy and opened Miette Confiserie in Hayes Valley five years ago, even our friends on...
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Architect Visit: Stealth House by Robert Dye Architects in London
Architect Robert Dye, based in northwest London, is fascinated with contemporary urban design; before starting his own firm, he worked for James Stirling, one of the UK's most influential architecture...
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Accessories: Glass Fireplace Logs by Jeff Benroth
A while back we admired Klein Reid's alternative to fireplace logs, the porcelain StillLife Wood Set; now we're coveting cast glass logs from Jeff Benroth, first spotted at the Gardener in Berkeley....
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DIY: Last-Minute Halloween Decor
If you're late to the game with Halloween decorations, here's a roundup of last-minute ideas for the laggards among us. Above: Etsy seller Bookity offers jet-black paper heart garlands made with...
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Hotels, Lodging & Restaurants: The Riding House Cafe in London
Adam White and Clive Watson (co-founders of the Garrison and Village East, two of Bermondsey's finest) have come north and opened a new-all day brasserie in Fitzrovia on the corner of Riding House and...
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Art & Photography: Hugh Hales-Tooke Micrographia Paintings
Our friend Hugh Hales-Tooke, an accomplished fashion photographer, has recently returned to painting. At Meg Cohen Design Shop in Soho, through November 5, he is showing "Micrographia," a series of...
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Architect Visit: Pine Forest Cabin by Balance Associates in Seattle
Seattle-based architects Balance Associates (members of the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory) remind us that a modest budget need not inhibit good architecture with their Pine Forest Cabin in...
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Tablescapes: Ben Pentreath's Cabinet of Curiosities
Every Halloween, London architect and interior designer Ben Pentreath turns his Bloomsbury store on Rugby Street into a veritable cabinet of curiosities. Pentreath and his shop overseer Bridie Hall...
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Walls, Windows & Floors: Cave Rug by Gavin Turk for Christopher Farr
In the UK, residences of cultural notables are commemorated with "blue plaques," indicating where a famous departed playwright, sculptor, poet, architect, scientist lived or worked. In 1991, British...
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Accessories: Pipe Candleholders by Pernille Vea for Menu
Spotted on Nordic Design: A modern take on an ancient Viking candleholder by Danish designer Pernille Vea for Menu. The cast-iron candle holders are designed to be hammered into a wood surface and...
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Furniture: Culo Drum from Steed Fine Hoarding & Tack
Dione Carston is one of those compulsively creative people; when she's not riding horses she's creating new vignettes in her Saint Helena barn-cum-store, Steed Fine Hoarding & Tack (which we wrote...
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Shopper's Diary: Paxton Gate in San Francisco
Earlier today, we looked at London-style ghoulishness (see Tablescapes: Ben Pentreath's Cabinet of Curiosities). For San Franciscans who gravitate toward the bizarre and macabre, there's Paxton Gate....
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Steal This Look: Red Cross Tiled Bath by Kimberly Renner
Discovered via Martha Stewart: A style-infused yet hard-wearing boys' bath in Austin, Texas, featuring a red cross tile detail (reflected in the vanity mirror, the cross adds a bright graphic note to...
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Tabletop: Pinched Corners Tableware by Daniel Bellow
Daniel Bellow is the Berkshire Hills, MA-based ceramist behind the softly hued porcelain collection Pinched Corners, (currently on offer through Anthropologie). He runs his pottery business out of a...
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Accessories: Wool and Linen Pillows at Alder & Co. in Portland, Oregon
Combat cold weather with cozy wool pillows, emblazoned with a Swiss Army cross, from Alder & Co., one of our favorite stores in Portland, Oregon. Made by a local design company called NPG (which...
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Accessories: Thigmotrope Satellite Plant Hooks at Flora Grubb Gardens
One of our favorite greenery experts, Flora Grubb of Flora Grubb Gardens in San Francisco, is a genius at finding ways to sneak plants into the urban environment. When Grubb designed a wall of...
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Domestic Science: Herb-Drying Rack from Cox & Cox
As the weather turns cool, harvest the last herbs of the season from the garden and hang them to dry; snip as needed (or make a tisane). Above: Herb and Flower Dryer; £15.50 at Cox & Cox.
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10 Easy Pieces: Neutral Wool Area Rugs
Now that fall has firmly arrived, it's time to start thinking about floor coverings; necessary for fending off the chill and creating a sense of warmth. We've researched the neutral wool rug,...
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