The Ideal Washer and Dryer
Remodelista contributor Allison's laundry room has long been my object of envy. So, who better to talk to when I was recently in the market for a new washer and dryer? Allison's choice was a...
View Article5 Quick Fixes: Instant Rope Handles and Pulls
Neatly tied or left frayed at the ends, a good piece of rope can add an unexpected touch to dressers, bureaus, even doors. Here are five ideas, easily emulated. Above: Spotted in the interior of Folk...
View ArticleAn Architect and a Collector at Home
The architect in me is always interested in seeing how other architects inhabit their space. I recently caught up with New York-based David Mann and his partner Fritz Karch, the editorial director of...
View ArticleStyle Counsel: Red Tights for the Color Courageous
I am not the most courageous when it comes to color, but I've been won over by Heidi Swanson of 101 Cookbook's orangey-red tights—and now I'm seeing red everywhere. Swanson is all about neutrals with...
View ArticlePiecing Together an A.P.C. Quilt
We've long admired cult French fashion label A.P.C.'s quilts, but have shied away from the price tag. Luckily, we've come across way to take home a small piece, thanks to Anthropologie. The A.P.C....
View ArticleTwo Glass Lamps: One High, One Low
We've had our eye on Ochre/s Cherubino lamp for a while now, so we couldn't help but notice an eerily similar lamp at Ikea recently. Above: Ochre's Cherubino light is $490. Above: The Ljusås Uvås lamp...
View ArticleMini-Blackboards for the Garden
I'm a megalomaniacal gardener with a lot of pent-up demand by the time winter finally ends. I plant too many kinds of tomatoes and carrots and lettuces and tomatoes and radishes. And tomatoes....
View Article5 Quick Fixes: White Paint Solutions
Elevate humble household objects and vintage furniture with a quick coat of white matte paint; here are five ideas. Above: A collection of wine bottles spray-painted matte white creates a decorative...
View ArticleThe Perfect Store for This and That
One of those impossibly tiny shops specializing in a little bit of this and that, Top Hat, on the Lower East Side, stands out because each of its choices is surprising and delightful. Top Hat is the...
View ArticleCalm and Composed in the West Village
Some of our favorite things about this West Village townhouse are what's not here: no grandstand kitchen, no fussy entryway, no statement lighting, no tub in every bathroom. Instead, a refreshing...
View ArticleSubtle Splendor in London
Interior designer Rose Uniacke's newly refurbished villa in London is refined yet rough, understated yet impossibly grand. Five years in the rehabbing, the Grade II–listed Victorian villa in Pimlico...
View ArticleFlora and Fauna from Marthe Armitage
UK-based designer Marthe Armitage has been making her hand-blocked wallpaper for 40 years, using a century-old offset lithographic printing press and hand-cut lino blocks. Her papers, printed in...
View ArticleSteal This Look: Downton Abbey Garden
It's all very nice that Matthew can miraculously walk again, and that Lavinia conveniently died of the Spanish flu to clear the way for Mary to marry the heir and keep Downton Abbey in the family. But...
View ArticleMassimo in Mayfair
We're currently admiring the luxe interiors at Massimo in Mayfair, an Italian restaurant designed by David Collins (he's also the visual impresario of the Wolseley, the city's grandest cafe). See more...
View ArticleVictorian Lampshades as Decor
Noticed (and admired) lately: once-fusty Victorian lampshades, which suddenly seem fresh when clustered haphazardly or covered in unexpected shades of orange or mauve. Above: A formidable, oversized...
View ArticleBespoke Lighting for the Classically Inclined
Frustrated by a dearth of light fixtures that he could spec for his buildings, architect Charles Morris was inspired to produce his own line of classically simple sconces, table lamps, and...
View ArticleTo the Manor Born
Suffering from delusions of grandeur? Longing to release the inner squire? Purley Hall may be the answer. Set on 25 acres of classical gardens and parkland, the ten-bedroom manor house is located in...
View ArticleSteal This Look: Downton Abbey-Inspired Scullery
As Downton Abbey devotees, we've been finding ourselves more drawn to the servants' quarters than the grand upstairs spaces; in particular, the kitchen, with its rows of gleaming copper pots and...
View ArticleTea Towels with a Sense of Drama
For the literary-minded chef: Kitchen Sink Dramas tea towels, featuring pages from six Edwardian-era works of fiction. The stories, silk-screened by hand onto cotton fabric, include The Canterville...
View Article5 Quick Fixes: Herbs for the Kitchen Windowsill
Other people's windowsill herb gardens are like other people's children. They always seem better behaved than one's own. You never see their basil sulking, or their chives whining about how they'd...
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