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Rustic Lighting from a Modern Design Duo
Last year during London Design Week, Christine caught up with husband-and-wife design duo Russel Pinch and Oona Bannon of Pinch Design to discuss armoires. This year it's their lighting that we're...
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One Leicester Street in London: Come for Dinner, Stay the Night
Earlier this week we featured the new Ace Hotel in Shoreditch; here's another project from the same design team, the newly imagined One Leicester Street. Formerly the St. John Hotel (we covered it back...
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London's Top Brass
Brass might be enjoying a moment, but UK designer Tom Dxon has been having a long love affair with the material: his Beat Light is now a classic. His latest collection features the material in a line...
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A Charles Dickens-Worthy Restaurant in London
Beagle Restaurant (named after an old locomotive that once chugged along the original Northern line) is situated by the Hoxton overground railway station in the London borough of Hackney. Co-owners...
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New Farrow & Ball Colors Inspired by the Dorset Coast
When Farrow & Ball says they're releasing nine new paint colors, what else is there to do but get out the sander and a roll of blue tape? Walls and furniture beware, it might be time for an update....
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Trending Today on Gardenista: 5 Ways to Get Ready for Winter
Erin and Michelle are busily getting ready for winter over at Gardenista: this week they made handmade bayberry candles; plotted out a plan for planting next spring's bulbs, reviewed the 5 best canning...
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A Victorian Transformation, Dublin Style
Dublin-based architects Peter Legge Associates inject a sense of humor and a dose of color into a kitchen extension and remodel of a Victorian house. Architect Peter Legge worked out that a...
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An Artful New Light Inspired by Nature
Spotted at London Design Week 2013: Inspired by the Manuka flower of New Zealand, David Trubridge adds a layer of polycarbonate petals to a base of bamboo petals to replicate the delicate, five-pointed...
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London's Best Below-Stairs Lunch, Hoxton Edition
Our favorite recent London culinary discovery? PipsDish in Hoxton Square, a lunch and dinner popup located on the lower level of the British Standard Showroom. Philip Dundas, a former...
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A Kitchen for the People, Courtesy of Prince Charles
When Prince Charles collaborated with UK-based kitchen makers Plain English on a model house, he wanted to know: "How can we get this to the people?" The answer is the new, lower-priced British...
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Live Like a Londoner: Town House in Spitalfields
Not your usual guest house: Fiona Atkins, an antiques dealer, began renting rooms over her shop in Spitalfields so that travelers could experience her beloved neighborhood, "an area of London that is...
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Colorful Enamelware (Made in the US)
While we've been pleased with the recent revival of enamelware dishes, a traditional dinnerware style from early twentieth century home life in Britain, we have yet to find a set manufactured in the US...
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Current Obsessions: Kitchen Confidential
This past week we introduced Remodelista: A Manual for the Considered Home, based on the concept of a step-by-step recipe book (everything you need to know to make it through a remodel). This coming...
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Rehab Diary: LA Living, Venice Style
Drawn to the industrial loft look but concerned it might be too rough and raw for you? See how Los Angles-based Simo Design helped their client to create a loft-like look on a residential scale. “Our...
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Eco-Friendly Kitchen Style from Mr. and Mrs. P.
Musing over coffee one Sunday morning, Evan and Paola Parsons dreamed of a shop that would reflect their passion for sustainable style. And thus Mr. and Mrs. P. was born. In their shop, Mr. and Mrs. P...
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Last-Minute Lighting by John Beck
"No way to hard wire a sconce, but really want one?"John Beck asks. "I have the answer in the new Last Minute Sconce. Simply attach the socket bracket and wire guides to the wall, plug it in, and away...
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LA Style Lands in Marin County
Let's be honest: Marin County is fab in many ways. World's most beautiful landscape? Check. Birthplace of the mountain bike and the hot tub? Check. Stomping ground of the Grateful Dead? Check. But the...
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A Rolling Pin That Stores Itself
We never seem to tire of new (and unseen before) kitchen accessories. Especially when those accessories are made of quality materials and feature a built-in storage component, like this beech wood...
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10 Favorites: Cutout Kitchen Cabinet Pulls
I dream of unadorned kitchen cabinets that are inexpensive to fabricate and easy to use. This is how I discovered the cutout drawer and cabinet pull. As much as the next person, I do a lot of swooning...
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A Shaker-Inspired Kitchen in London
What a clever (and easy-to-nick idea) from UK-based deVol Kitchens; suspending a wood laundry drying rack over the sink for hanging cleaning implements and drying tea towels. Above: A classic Esse...
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