Kitchen of the Week: Restoring 1870s Charm in a Copenhagen Kitchen, Delft...
Danish architects Mathias Mentze and Alexander Ottenstein of Mentze Ottenstein maintain a practice rooted in research with a special sentimentality toward historic architecture. Which is why they were...
View Article5 Favorites: Tablecloths with Embroidered Doodles
The closer we get to a world that’s filled with AI-generated everything, the more intrigued we are by the design traditions of the Old World: hand-hewn carpentry, hand-woven textiles, hand-thrown...
View ArticleThe Editors’ Cut: 12 Fresh Finds of All Stripes
Welcome to The Editors’ Cut, our monthly column dedicated to beautiful and useful finds for all over the house. In this installment: Forget florals—stripes are springing up all over. Start to take...
View ArticleOutdoors In: Shapeless Studio’s Thoughtful Historic Brownstone Update, Before...
Architects Jess Hinshaw and Andrew Fisk specialize in sensitive modernizations of old New York City structures: see, for instance, The Sentimental Minimalist, a tour of Jess’s own Brooklyn townhouse,...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: Slowness
Ahead this first weekend of May? Mending clubs, plant kintsugi, botanical collage, surrealist murals, and more creative pursuits. Read on: Our very own architecture and interiors editor Margot—also...
View ArticleQuick Takes With: Helma Bongenaar
Ever since we featured Helma Bongenaar’s vintage-filled Amsterdam house—and readesr promptly went wild—we’ve been big fans of the multihyphenate creative. Helma is a photographer and a stylist, an...
View ArticleCasa Tenue: A New Guest House in Mexico City (Outdoor Soaking Tubs Included)
Spied—and saved—via Instagram: Casa Tenue, a recently opened escape in Mexico City. According to architects Vertebral, “It is the second-oldest house in Colonia Roma, restored and transformed into...
View ArticlePerfect Pairings: 7 Gifts for Mothers and Others
In my family, presents sometimes come in pairs: something usable or practical, and something personal. E.g.: A pretty set of wooden spoons is great, but even better when paired with a great cookie...
View ArticleSteal This Look: A Bedroom in Natural Materials in Veracruz, Mexico
A while back we profiled Maison Couturier, a 19th-century estate turned hotel in San Rafael, Veracruz. We’re still drawn to the bedrooms…You, too? Here are some ideas for re-creating the look....
View ArticleStart-of-Summer Sweeps: Enter to Win a Getaway at the Radisson Blu Aruba (+...
Calling all readers in need of a getaway (or a last-minute Mother’s Day gift idea): We’re teaming up with Real Simple, Gloria, TOMS shoes, and a few of our favorite partners for a start-of-summer...
View ArticleTrend Alert: The Power of the Painted Circle
Lollipops, peace signs, full moons, porthole windows. The circle is symmetry at its finest and comes with so many appealing associations. We’ve been admiring the game-changing effect of a single,...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: The Best Blenders
We first featured our selection of the 10 best blenders back in 2016. At the time, the market was essentially defined by Vitamix and the usual standbys. Fast forward nearly a decade and the blender...
View ArticleRosetta: Mexico City’s Most Beautiful Restaurant?
Spotted on our designer friend Victoria Kirk‘s Instagram: Rosetta in Mexico City, the prettiest restaurant we’ve seen in a while. Owner Elena Reygadas studied in New York and London before returning...
View ArticleUnlikely Sculptures: Found (and Chased-Down) Tumbleweeds on Display
They say trends reappear every 20 years, give or take. So, it seems, do tumbleweeds. Back in 2010, Julie took note of the sculptural specimens on display at Dosa in Accessories: Tumbleweeds as Decor....
View ArticleLa Cocina Méxicana: 7 Favorite Kitchens from the Archives
A shopkeeper’s artisan-filled Mexico City apartment. A secluded indoor/outdoor tiny house (available for rent). A 300-year-old (formerly roofless) casita. The projects we’ve visited in Mexico over the...
View ArticleHawaiian Modernism: A 1970s Redwood House on Kauai, Preserved and Refinished...
Born in Paris, French designer Beatrice Faverjon first moved to California to pursue a directing career. After the birth of her second child, she shifted her focus to ceramics and interior design,...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: Getaway
Met Gala-inspired paint palettes, a trusty bar accessory, jaunty attire inspiration from the garden, and more on our editors’ desks this week: Farrow & Ball takes on the Met Gala. (“Ha, I like the...
View ArticleQuick Takes With: Nick Spain
Designer Nick Spain’s star has been on the rise the last few years—though technically his training isn’t in interiors. “My background is in theater,” he says. “I try to approach each project as a role...
View ArticleBefore & After: A Historic Catalan Farmhouse Redone by Espanyolet
When we first featured Espanyolet, the Mallorca-based project of Thomas Bossert and Melissa Rosenbauer, the year was 2016 and the duo had quit their jobs in New York, sold their belongings, and...
View ArticleDesign in the Details: Aesthetically Minded Shower Drains from Infinity Drain
A truth that we live by? The smallest details can make the biggest impact. From window latches to door pulls, paper towel racks to light switches, good design is found in the minutiae. One particular...
View ArticleBright Light: Lana Launay Turns Natural Materials into Sculptural Lamps
When Lana Launay couldn’t find the lampshades she was after, she started making her own. It wasn’t a stretch. The Sydney-based artist has a background in jewelry making, textile design, and visual...
View ArticleSteal This Look: A Spa-Like Sanctuary in LA
What makes a perfect bathroom? In my mind, it looks like this one, in the former LA home of designer Pamela Shamshiri. (The house sold to new owners a few summers ago.) Spa-like but cozy, simple but...
View ArticleMeanwhile, on Gardenista: The Case for Creating Outdoor Rooms
Welcome to Meanwhile, on Gardenista, in which we take a look at the goings-on over on our sibling site. In this week’s edition: So long to huge, uninterrupted swaths of lawn. Gardenista makes the case...
View ArticleThe Cull: 5 Summer-Ready Finds from Parachute Home
It’s been well documented (ahem, in this month’s Editor’s Cut) that stripes are having a (big, bold) moment. Further evidence? Banded, striped, and otherwise patterned towels and robes from Parachute...
View ArticleSleek Is Sexy: Easy-to-Install Swaps for Vents and Other Unloved Details,...
We’re all about low-investment, high-impact changes that can transform the home, especially if they can be finished in a weekend. One of our favorite types of project? Switching out generic, clunky...
View ArticleCasa Modesta: A Family House Turned Rural Retreat in Portugal’s Algarve
When friends of mine returned from a trip to southern Portugal a while back, they told me all about their secret find: Casa Modesta, a rural guest house on the Ria Formosa Nature Park in the Algarve....
View ArticleKitchen of the Week: A White-Out Kitchen Extension in Paris from Saba...
A ground floor apartment in the central Marais was in need of an update, with functionality in mind. The clients, a couple working in fashion and graphic design with two children, were looking for a...
View ArticleHigh/Low: Sculptural Glass Scandinavian Vases
We’ve been admiring the work of Swedish designer Carina Seth Andersson for a while now (see Pure Simplicity: Glass Vessels from Carina Seth Andersson), so we were surprised to spot eerily similar...
View ArticleObject of Desire: Ethereal Hanging Textiles from Twenty One Tonnes
A few months back, a pair of pants I ordered came in a pretty natural-fiber net bag. I sliced it down the seams, tacked up the panel in a bedroom window, and presto: a textural window covering that...
View ArticleModernist Makeover: Tuckey Design Studio Resurrects an Abandoned Villa on...
Respectful updates of centuries-old structures is a Tuckey Design Studio specialty. But in this case, invention, largely out of whole cloth—and marble and oak—was required. “We often work with historic...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: Good Light
Is it just us, or is summer starting to feel a little closer? This week we’ve been immersed in our Summer Forecast issue, and we’re happy to report that ethereal lights, ethereal window coverings,...
View ArticleQuick Takes With: Sarah Watson
Think bathroom fittings are boilerplate? You haven’t been to Balineum. The bath-focused brand is just about the opposite of the boring plumbing-aisle purgatory of big-box stores. (We once called the...
View ArticleBioclimatique: An Arles Farmhouse-Turned-Artist Residency with Sustainability...
Architects Caroline Weill and Letitia Paradis of the Paris-based practice Pareil focus on housing in all forms, aiming to “enhance existing properties with a modest and responsible approach to...
View ArticleSteal This Look: A Shades-of-White Kitchen in Gothenburg, Sweden
A covetous country kitchen, Scandi style: Located in the home of Sandra Guerrero, founder of Swedish brokerage firm Alvhem, this kitchen is designed with bespoke cabinets by Nordiska Kök in pale shades...
View ArticleShopper’s Diary: Portuguese Craft, Contemporary and Traditional, at Depozito...
“We believe objects can tell extraordinary and revealing stories. About a people and its particular taste, about a society and its context, about a history which is, after all, a common identity,”...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Grown-Up Guest Beds
I moved from New York to a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco a while back, and the list of friends that I’ve said “come and stay!” to has been growing and growing. The problem is I don’t like...
View ArticleMeanwhile, on Gardenista: Utilitarian Chic
Welcome to Meanwhile, on Gardenista, in which we take a look at the goings-on over on our sibling site. In this week’s edition: We love gardening, sure, but truthfully we might love the accoutrements...
View Article17 Italian Kitchens, Dolce Vita Edition
From the country that taught us how to make ourselves fully at home in the kitchen, here are 17 memorable designs—rustic, clean-lined, and effortless-looking combinations of the two. To see more great...
View ArticleCurrently Coveting: A Color-Blocked Dining Table
Swantje Hinrichsen is a graphic designer and illustrator with a flair for interior design: see her Artful Kitchen Built from Reclaimed Ikea Parts, Extreme Budget Edition. She and her family have since...
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