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Current Obsessions: The New Year
Here's a roundup of what's piquing our interest this week: Above: Ever since we posted on Dramatic Floor Stencils, we've been spotting more DIYs like this one from Alvhem Makleri & Interior....
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5 Favorites: Marble Boards in the Kitchen
We're enjoying the increasing number of marble boards on offer; not only are they good for rolling out dough, the heavy white marble adds a good contrasting note to a wooden or metal countertop....
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5 Favorites: Enzo Mari Prints in Black
Enzo Mari, the Italian furniture designer and artist, created his La Mela and La Pera print in 1963 for Danese Milano; the graphic images have become part of the international design vocabulary. Here's...
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DIY: Rustic Linen Lampshades from Italy
We like this concept: oversized lanterns with rustic raw linen shades, spotted in an Italian interior designed by Orietta Marcon. The Lampade Bigger by Vicenza-based Orietta Marcon of Oggetti measures...
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A Family Home Turned B&B in Rome
A stay at Arco dei Tolomei includes velvet furniture passed down through generations, charming floral-wallpapered rooms, and a dapper Italian hotelier. At least that's what Design Tripper's Meghan...
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Steal This Look: Farina in San Francisco
One of our favorite SF design haunts is the Mission District restaurant Farina, designed by Brett Terpeluk (his design credits include a decade spent working with Renzo Piano in Italy) and Monica...
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The Secret to an Italian-Style Simmer
I read recently of a restaurant in Italy famed for its beans cooked slowly in a glass jar. I love the idea of slow cooking with glass, but realized a heat diffuser would be in order, particularly as...
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Ancient Meets Modern in a Milan Apartment
This Milan apartment requires a careful look; blink and you'll miss the juxtaposition of a 1950s lamp next to an 18th-century door frame. Why is it such a challenge to take it all in? Because it...
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DIY: Burlap Headboard
The ultimate high/low? We love the mix of rough (raw burlap headboard) and refined (antique velvet bedspread, Fortuny light) in this luxe bedroom in Marseilles, spotted on The Design Vote. Above:...
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Classic Italian Lighting from Venice
Discovered via Farmhouse Modern: the work of Aldo Bernardi, a lighting designer located in Paderno del Grappo, just northwest of Venice, Italy. Bernardi produces classically detailed, hand-finished...
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Malatesta Maison: Farmhouse Chic in Italy
Once a holiday home; always a holiday home? In 1485, the House of Malatesta, the ruling family of Rimini, built their country house in the Italian inland town of what is now known as Pergola and...
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10 Easy Pieces: Stovetop Espresso Makers
I have enjoyed a long- term monogamous relationship with the classic stovetop Bialetti, which is fabulously dependable. Here's a roundup of our favorite stovetop espresso makers; alll are made from...
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Design Renaissance: A Pallet Loft in Florence
Faced with the challenge of how to transform an open loft into a flexible space that served as both a venue for small events as well as more intimate accommodations for guests, some Florentines came...
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Pave Cafe in Milan: A Place Like Home
Milan-based Pave Bakery offers more than your typical Italian biscotti. The owners, four friends who share a love of sweets, wanted to offer their guests a place that feels as comfortable as their own...
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5 Favorites: High-Style Italian Kitchen Ranges
Years ago, I borrowed an Alpha Romeo from a friend and was loath to return it. I was smitten—not with the engine power (there was a lot) but with the tiny design details of the interior handles and...
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Antonino Sciortino: A Modern Blacksmith in Milan
Milan-based artist Antonino Sciortino, a former dancer, expresses his lyrical side in his iron works. Sciortino, who was born in Palermo, began working in his father's shop at the age of eight. His...
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A Family Apartment in Italy, Modern Classics Included
We have a style crush on Italian firm b-arch, headed by Prato-based Sabrina Bignami and Alessandro Capellaro; the duo creates projects featuring a mix of vintage (rustic marble sinks, leather trunks)...
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A Moody Loft in Mantova
A small apartment in Mantova, Italy, uses an interplay of textures—all in neutral colors—to striking effect. Designed by Mantova-based multidisciplinary design firm Archiplan Studio, the project...
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The World at Your Feet: A Map Rug from Italy
Possibly the largest floor map ever? Italian company Area Pavimenti uses digital processing to transpose images onto wool carpeting. In this case, a map of Africa, perfect for edification.
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Masseria: The Italian Farmhouses of Puglia
Is Puglia the new Tuscany (and not just because Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel staged a wedding celebration there recently)? After paging through Rizzoli's "Masseria: The Italian Farmhouses of...
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