The whole summer awaits. Here's what's on our radar:
- Above: Refinery29's SF editor, Angela Tafoya, makes small-space living look effortless. Photograph by Maria Del Rio for Refinery29.
- Like to know where your goods are made? These 17 home brands are all made in America.
- Leave shopping stress at the Ikea entrance with seven tips on the best way to navigate the retail giant.
- Above: Admiring the Shack by McAlpine Tankersley Architecture. Did you miss this past week's Steal This Look? Check out The Perfect Screened Porch.
- Above: LA design firm Commune teamed up with L'Oeil du Vert to develop a custom Commune Scent ("a fully botanical room fragrance of blossoming California flora, burnt Japanese wood, and a rough touch of Viennese leather"). The Commune Scent Diffuser, which transforms the oil into a cool vapor, is available in vintage Douglas fir or vintage redwood with either bronze or copper accents and frames.
- Above: In response to Justine's recent Best Summer Beach Towels post, a reader named Laura alerted us to Amsterdam company Cevelann's Turkish towels—"they're handwoven on old-style looms."
- While getting ready for our Summer Rentals issue next week, we came across a roundup of California's best hotels.
- Above: Dalilah checked out Mociun, a Williamsburg shop that sells hand-printed clothes and goods for the home, on her trip to NYC last weekend. Photograph by Dalilah Arja.
- Take a tour of Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid's former San Francisco abode. The Pacific Heights Victorian is on the market for the first time since 1995; asking price: $8.9 million.
- Above: We're admiring the sparse look of Kenya Hara's book, Designing Design, in which he talks about teaching design and art directing for Muji.
- Alert: Monday is the last day to enter the Remodelista Considered Design Awards. Show us what you've got—you stand a chance to win a limited edition Jieldé lamp and a profile post on Remodelista.
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