Nowhere Resort in Japan by Yasutaka Yoshimura
Several years ago, when architect Michiyo Yoshimura was looking for a quick escape with her husband and her infant son, she realized there was a dearth of child-friendly vacation options. She and her...
View ArticleTamiser Antiques in Tokyo
Discovered via Myles Henry: Tamiser Antiques in Tokyo, specializing in rustic artifacts from around the world, as well as glass pieces by Tokyo-based American glassworker Peter Ivy. To see more, go to...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Basic White Bath Towels
Winter is a good time to stockpile essentials; here are our picks for basic (and not-so-basic) white bath towels. N.B.: Prices listed are for standard-size bath towels, unless otherwise noted. Above:...
View ArticleCome to Eat, Stay to Shop
Located in Tokyo's fashionable Omotesando District, Farmer's Table is a cafe with an upstairs shop specializing in everyday objects for the home. The brainchild of Hiroko and Minato Ishikawa (she's a...
View ArticleSurprisingly Elegant Space Heaters
We have our eye on these demure space heaters by famed Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa for Plus Minus Zero. Infrared electric heaters send out heat waves to be absorbed by nearby objects...
View ArticleRequired Reading: Wabi-Sabi by Leonard Koren
The New York Times calls Leonard Koren "a maker of deceptively modest books about deceptively modest subjects"; his topics include gravel and sand gardens, tea ceremonies, and flower shops. His book,...
View ArticleIndigo Matt in San Francisco
San Francisco-based designer and creative director Matt Dick is known around town as Indigo Matt—possibly because his hands are perpetually stained blue, or maybe it's because he's frequently attired...
View ArticleShow Us Your Indigo
Our current design obsession is indigo in all its forms. You too? Share your inspirations with us on Pinterest for a chance to win a Remodelista Gift Box. Here's how to triumph: Follow Remodelista on...
View ArticleOrigami Lights from Holland
Wouldn't these light-hearted origami paper lights be lovely in a children's room? Cachette is a brand-new online shop started by an Anglo-French couple, Stephen Rogan and Delphine de Chabalier, who...
View ArticleModular Furniture from Japan
Furniture maker Yosuke Kimura is a devotee of the belief that "form follows function," and his modular pieces are a perfect expression of the modernist creed. Last year, Kimura opened Building...
View ArticleExpert Advice: Eve Ashcraft's Indigo Palette
We asked celebrated "paint whisperer" Eve Ashcraft (see Required Reading: The Right Color by Eve Ashcraft) to analyze our favorite indigo room. "Indigo was once a guarded pigment, used as a dye by...
View ArticleRakuko and Tadaaki's Studio in Chelsea
My neighbors in Chelsea are both from Japan: Their loft is truly a work/live space, where they have been creating their art since the 1970s. He is Tadaaki Kuwayama, a Minimalist artist; his work is...
View ArticleForaged Ikebana Floral Arrangements
SF-based renaissance woman Louesa Roebuck is all about "breaking the rules of floral arranging," as she says. "I find imperfection so much more interesting and beautiful." On an unseasonably...
View ArticleMoving Up on Potrero Hill
When the client moved into a 1900s cottage in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood, he was a bachelor; when his life expanded to include a wife and three young children, the house took the leap...
View ArticleA Parisian Apartment with a Summery Spirit
Midcentury enthusiasts Isabelle Gilles and Yann Poncelet first met over a Colonel, a vermouth-and-lime cocktail—a momentous drink that would end up supplying the name of their company. The two started...
View ArticleInstant Ikea Upgrade
We've done our fair number of Ikea hacks, but nothing as thrillingly transformative as these slipcovers from Swedish company Bemz. Lesley Pennington, the mastermind behind the company, came up with...
View ArticleComparison Shopping: Panoramic Wall Murals
Today's Parisian flat (see Parisian Apartment with a Summery Spirit) got us thinking about wall murals that add an arboreal feel to an interior—here's a trio of options at different ends of the price...
View ArticleVanessa Bruno's Stacked Paper Lanterns
When I spotted this sculptural display in fashion designer Vanessa Bruno's Paris apartment, I was inspired to rush over to Ikea and buy up some rice-paper lanterns. Bruno's apartment features the...
View ArticleWorld's Most Expensive Snowdrop (and an Alternate)
After a lifetime spent acquainting herself with the flowers outside her cottage in the Perthshire hills of Scotland, one day Elizabeth Harrison bent to get a closer look at an unusual seedling—and was...
View ArticleHigh/Low Springlike Canvas Tote
Spotted in the fashion-aggressive elevators of Condé Nast: a canvas tote that whispered utilitarian charm. Its owner said it was a recent gift from a friend in Tokyo, so we eyeballed the label and did...
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