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Design Sleuth: Wooden Dish Drainer
I've been on a search for an appealing, space-saving dish drainer for my small apartment in San Francisco (when you live in a tiny space, every detail counts). I saw just what I was looking for...
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Fabrics & Linens: Crux Blanket by Pia Wallen
Designed in 1991, the Crux blanket by Swedish artist Pia Wallen is a coveted design classic. Produced by a small family company in Sweden, the wool blanket is available in limited quantities, with new...
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Accessories: Advent Calendar Roundup
Count down the days until Christmas with this trio of advent calendars, which can be used year-after-year and customized according to whim. Above: Farmhouse Advent Calendar Garland Kit in Kraft Paper...
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Remodelista Holiday Markets in California
Calling all California-based readers and shoppers: This December, we're reprising our Remodelista Holiday Market in Marin and adding a new one in Los Angeles. Each will feature a brilliant array of...
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Office Visit: Kriste Michelini Interiors
When San Francisco Bay Area designer Kriste Michelini, a member of the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory, overhauled her New England–style home in Northern California, her goal was to create a...
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Designer Visit: Faye McAuliffe in Venice, LA
Venice, CA-based Faye McAuliffe of You Are the River "grew up in a minimalist household full of original art, which shaped my design aesthetic," she says. After studying fine arts and fashion design...
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Tabletop: Candleholder String from Ferm Living
New from Ferm Living; the Candleholder String, ideal for the non-traditional holiday table (the cheery mix of colors is Christmasy without being cliché). Above: The Candleholder String is €100...
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Shopper's Diary: Pot & Pantry in San Francisco
On a recent visit to Pot & Pantry's new location in the Mission District of San Francisco, I was taken with owner Donna Suh Wageman's collection of new and mildly used kitchenware: "It's the...
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Domestic Science: Andrée Jardin in France
Based in Nantes, in Brittany, France, Andrée Jardin has been making bespoke brooms for more than 80 years. "Our brooms are like Proust's madeleines," they say, "evocative of household memories." To...
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Remodelista Gift Guide: For the Gadget Lover
For the gadget lover in your life: holiday gifts that will help them up their style quotient. Above: Kenton Sorensen's iPhone Leather Sleeve protects both third- and fourth-generation iPhones. The...
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Architect Visit: Neutra House Restoration by Tim Campbell
When Ronnie and Vidal Sassoon (he's the British-born pioneer of the architectural haircut, she's a student of midcentury design) moved from Beverly Hills to a Richard Neutra-designed modernist...
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Lighting: Atelier de Troupe Navire Collection
Gabriel Abraham of Atelier de Troupe has added a new line to his repertoire of lighting, inspired by fixtures found aboard old luxury yachts. Made by hand in Los Angeles, the fixtures will be on offer...
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Remodelista Gift Guide: For the Architect
For those who spend their time composing inspiring spaces and for those who appreciate them. N.B.: To make sure we've got everyone on your list covered, we're running a new gift guide every weekday...
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Accessories: Lukas Peet Hanging Clock
We've been admiring the work of Vancouver-based designer Lukas Peet for a while now; on our wish list: his Maple Hanging Clock. The simple design has a solid maple face, carbon-fiber hands, and a rope...
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Shopper's Diary: Big Daddy's Antiques in LA
Shane Brown, the vintage and antiques impresario behind Big Daddy's Antiques, got his start in LA more than twenty years ago selling garden goods. Since then, Big Daddy's has become the go-to source...
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Designer Visit: From the Desk of Lola in Santa Monica
LA-based Alexandra Loew of From the Desk of Lola is known for her edgy, intellectually rigorous interiors featuring a fearless use of color, shape, and form ("fantasy is a critical dimension of...
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Remodelista Gift Guide: For the Bicyclist
My friend Brian, who is generally frugal, has a rule: "I allow myself to buy whatever I want if it's a form of self-powered transportation," he says (in addition to a bicycle, he also has a kayak and...
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Accessories: Holiday Ornament Roundup
Our friend Justine at Design Skool gave us her picks for holiday ornaments; we love their classic shapes and handcrafted qualities—and the fact that there are alternatives to what we see in the stores...
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Storage: Christmas Bowl Overs at Alder & Co.
Spotted at Alder & Co.: a special holiday version of the popular cotton Bowl Over covers, ideal for keeping leftovers covered (previously covered in Kitchen: Refrigerator Lids from Bowl-Overs)....
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Hotels, Lodging & Restaurants: Pitfire Pizza by Barbara Bestor in LA
You wouldn't think that an old concrete-block Shakey's Pizza with a big asphalt parking lot could suddenly be a cool handcrafted kind of hangout, but LA architect Barbara Bestor was able to pull off...
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