Read on to find out what we loved this week—and get ready for the longest day of the year on Sunday.
- Above: We're exploring vacation houses all week. A submission to the 2015 Remodelista Considered Design Awards from Maui caught our eye. Join the contest: The last day to enter is this Monday by midnight PST.
- More than just a door.
- Celebrities (and one U.S. President) who dreamed of becoming architects.
- Now coveting: Marble Meditation Stools by Michael Anastassiades.
- Inexpensive updates for the rental kitchen.
- We're wishing we had a sunroom at Remodelista HQ.
- Above: Mildred Lane, installation artist J. Morgan Puett's "experiment in ethical living" (with rooms to rent). Discovered in DV8, a just launched cultural magazine devoted to Upstate New York. Photograph by Michael Mundy.
- A bathroom made by British designer Max Lamb with colorful synthetic marble as the "protagonist."
- Airbnb lodging and host tax demystified.
- Above: Lights half full by Kazakhstan designer Nissa Kinjalina.
Instagram and Pinterest Picks of the Week
- Above: For a merchandiser's look at design-worthy shopping, follow the Merchant Home (@themerchanthome).
- Above: Remodelista contributor Leigh Patterson has an eye for understated interiors: See her Places board.
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