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Steal This Look: Green Dining Room in Amsterdam
This dining room at the VT Wonen 2009 showhouse features an unexpected palette of pale grays and grass greens; we especially like the mismatched dining furniture painted a unifying shade of green....
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Accessories: Homestead Candlesticks from Ladies & Gentlemen
New from Seattle-based Ladies & Gentlemen: Homestead Candlesticks made of solid hemlock with copper tubing; sold as a set of two for $58.
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Shopper's Diary: Playtype in Copenhagen
Why does everything cool happen in Copenhagen? Discovered via Dezeen, Playtype is a pop-up shop in the center of the city showcasing the work of Danish typeface designers e-Types. On offer: fonts...
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Lighting: High/Low Bracket Light
Two approaches to the simple bracket sconce; the first (more refined) option features a solid oak bracket and is designed by NY-based Dino Sanchez; the second features a low-cost bracket from Ikea and...
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Designer Visit: Faye McAuliffe in Venice, LA
Venice, CA-based Faye McAuliffe of You Are the River "grew up in a minimalist household full of original art, which shaped my design aesthetic," she says. After studying fine arts and fashion design...
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Tabletop: Candleholder String from Ferm Living
New from Ferm Living; the Candleholder String, ideal for the non-traditional holiday table (the cheery mix of colors is Christmasy without being cliché). Above: The Candleholder String is €100...
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Shopper's Diary: Pot & Pantry in San Francisco
On a recent visit to Pot & Pantry's new location in the Mission District of San Francisco, I was taken with owner Donna Suh Wageman's collection of new and mildly used kitchenware: "It's the...
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Domestic Science: Andrée Jardin in France
Based in Nantes, in Brittany, France, Andrée Jardin has been making bespoke brooms for more than 80 years. "Our brooms are like Proust's madeleines," they say, "evocative of household memories." To...
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Remodelista Gift Guide: For the Gadget Lover
For the gadget lover in your life: holiday gifts that will help them up their style quotient. Above: Kenton Sorensen's iPhone Leather Sleeve protects both third- and fourth-generation iPhones. The...
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Steal This Look: Faye McAuliffe's Low-Key LA Style
When it comes to home design, sometimes streamlined simplicity and ease is the goal; fashion and textile designers, for instance, often favor neutral spaces to counteract the daily visual cacophony...
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Remodelista Gift Guide: For the Sports Enthusiast
As beautiful as they are useful: a quick roundup of ideas for the sporty members of the family (given the trend for using sports equipment or vintage gym equipment as decor, we wouldn't worry about...
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Shopper's Diary: Acme Party Box Store in Palo Alto
We're liking the Slow Party Movement, as espoused by Cathy Keyani and Lisa Fulker, co-owners of Acme Party Box Company in Palo Alto. Their mantra? "Party. Rinse. Repeat." Scandalized by the amount of...
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Holiday Gift: 8Knots Turkish Towels from Lekker Home
In an ideal world, our linen closets would be stocked with Turkish towels from Shelter Island, NY-based 8Knots; they're absorbent, lightweight, fast-drying, and can be used as a bath towel, a beach...
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Five Quick Fixes: Remodeling Tips for the Bath
SPONSORED POST A complete bathroom remodel can be an expensive and time-consuming proposition. If you don't have failing plumbing or decaying grout, perhaps a quick cosmetic overhaul is all you need....
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Holiday Gift: The Marfa Skirt from S. Stein Design in Santa Fe
Out of her Santa Fe studio, Sherry Stein, a former design director for the Gap, produces women's tool belts and multi-pocketed wrap skirts that can take the place of handbags—or, at least, enable the...
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Remodelista Gift Guide: For the Beer Connoisseur
The artisanal micro-brewing movement has inspired its own handcrafted objects. Our friend Justine at Design Skool, who knows her pilsners from her lambics, pointed us to some gift ideas for those who...
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Fabrics & Linens: MyDrap Napkins
As holiday entertaining looms, it's time to revisit MyDrap napkins (when we first wrote about the innovative tear-off 100-percent-cotton, reusable, biodegradable napkins, they were only available in...
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Remodelista Giveaway: Enter to Win a Public Bike
Our friends at Public, the San Francisco-based bicycle company, are giving away one of their covetable steel-framed bikes to a lucky reader. To enter the drawing, come to one of the upcoming...
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Office Visit: Scrafano Architects in Los Angeles
For this Echo Park remodel, Elissa Scrafano of Scrafano Architects (a member of the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory) worked with a pair of environmental activists in LA to create a...
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House Call: Eric Goode and the Turtle Conservancy Southern California
Ever since he received a Greek tortoise for his sixth birthday, Eric Goode—the driving force behind some of NY's most famous nightclubs, restaurants, and hotels; Area, B Bar & Grill and the Bowery...
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