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10 Easy Pieces: Cast Iron Dutch Ovens
Over the past two decades, my trusty (and weighty) 5-quart cast iron pot has covered a lot of ground, moving with me from Seattle to London and back to San Francisco. It's a part of my kitchen arsenal...
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DIY: A Modern Tulip Garden
After his wife died, E.B. White wrote that he could still see her in the garden, wearing an old, raggedy raincoat and laying out the next year's tulips, "calmly plotting the resurrection." Half a...
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Royal Tichelaar Makkum in the Netherlands
Founded in 1572, Royal Tichelaar Makkum is the Netherlands' oldest company, yet it works with some of the design world's most cutting-edge practitioners. The flagship store adjacent to the factory in...
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Amsterdam: Made by Hand
An essential guide for any design lover making a trip to the Netherlands: stylist Pia Jane Bijkerk's Amsterdam: Made by Hand, a compendium of shops and vintage sources. Bijkerk, who writes the...
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B & B by the Sea
After several years spent roaming the world, husband and wife duo Emile van de Bergh and Ymke van Zwoll decided to settle by the North Sea coastal city of Bergen, Netherlands, to create their lifelong...
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InSinkErator Indulge Modern Instant Hot Water Dispenser
SPONSORED POST Good news for tea drinkers and hot beverage lovers everywhere: the new Indulge Modern instant hot water dispenser by InSinkErator blends contemporary style with maximum efficiency....
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DIY: Dyed Lampshades
Spotted (and admired) recently: hand-dyed lampshades, good for adding a measured dose of color to an otherwise neutral space. Above: A clever idea from Martha Stewart: an ombre-dyed pendant lamp,...
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Maison Rika in Amsterdam
Ulrika Lundgren is the fashion designer behind Amsterdam-based cult label Rika (her fans include Madonna and Helene Christensen, among others), but we're more interested in her interiors style....
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Style Counsel: The Bicycle Commute
The Dutch have the urban cycling life down: no sartorial compromises necessary. Women peddle to work in heels, clogs, skirts, and dresses, and men are perfectly happy to sail along the street in...
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Scrapwood by Piet Hein Eek in NYC
We've been admiring the work of Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek for a while now, so we were pleased to hear that Future Perfect in Brooklyn recently became the sole US representative of the line. Both...
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5 Favorites: Digging Tools
Consider the dandelion: an explosion waiting to happen. One seed head could create as many as 200 new weeds. Is that the kind of world you want to live in? It's you versus the dandelion, mano a mano....
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Stair to Anywhere
Dutch designer Floris Schoonderbeek asked a simple question: Why shouldn’t we see a staircase as a piece of furniture? His answer is the Elementstair, a spiral fiberglass staircase inspired by a water...
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Thomas Eyck, The Great Dutch Curator
Dutch design impresario Thomas Eyck describes himself as a "publisher and distributor of characteristic and exclusive contemporary design products." A champion of Dutch design, Eyck has succeeded in...
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Hotel Chateau Bethlehem in Maastricht
Chateau Bethlehem, a 13th-century chateau surrounded by bucolic gardens, is home to the Maastricht Hotel Management School; it's also a teaching hotel with rooms designed by leading lights in the...
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DIY: Easter Egg Hunt in the Garden
Repeat after us: this is not a contact sport. Elbows to yourself. No pushing the little kids, and— Above: They're off. Poor, unsuspecting lawn. As an alternative to plastic eggs, decorate reusable,...
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Steal This Look: Low Country Doors
On a recent whirlwind trip through Amsterdam, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, and Brussels, I couldn't stop taking photographs of the house numbers and letterings that mark the doorways. Here are a few...
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Style Counsel: Li Edelkoort's Perfect Shade of Red
Li Edelkoort, the sought-after Dutch global trend forecaster, is consistently photographed wearing the perfect shade of red lipstick. Edelkoort, who makes Paris her home (see Steal This Look: Li...
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Eetbar DIT in the Netherlands
A pair of graphic designers create a breakfast bar with a whimsical ambience. Eetbar DIT (which translates to breakfast bar) was designed by Edwin Vollebergh and Petra Janssen of graphic design firm...
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Mint Green from Ontwerpduo in Holland
Ontwerpduo designer Tineke Beunders has a special affection for mint green—indeed, she infuses her work with the shade. Her fascination with the color goes back to childhood: "My mother had a set of...
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Architect Visit: i29 in Amsterdam
Well worth a peruse: the portfolio of Dutch architects i29. The firm's genius? Transforming dark, narrow flats into open-plan light-filled residential spaces. Jeroen Dellensen and Jaspar Jansen, the...
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