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Current Obsessions: Winter Light
This weekend you'll find us at our LA Holiday Market on Saturday (hurry over!), and this coming week, San Francisco residents can check in with Julie—and get a signed copy of our new book—at...
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The Architect Is In: Romancing the Loft with Mesh Architectures
As an urbanite, I long for wide-open spaces, but what I dream of are lofts rather than Great Plains. Designing lofts, however, comes with its own set of unwieldy challenges. This week, New York...
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Gift Guide: Domino Magazine's Top Gift Picks
What's on your holiday present list? We posed the question to Michelle Adams, editor-in-chief of the newly relaunched Domino magazine, and someone whose job involves round-the-clock shopping (and...
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The Swedish House of Many Gables
Rising in the forest along the Stockholm archipelago is one of the most talked about new architectural designs in Sweden: a summer house designed by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter. Winner of the WAN...
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Gift Guide: For the Dog Lover
Eight years ago, when my sons and I arrived home with Kojak, our fluffy black poodle/bichon frise mix, my husband didn't exactly roll out the welcome mat. Since then, she—yes, Kojak is a she—has won...
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Fill the Void: A DIY Plywood Bookcase
What to do with an awkward space under a countertop that's too shallow for barstools, and has a faux-mahogany surface (visible from my mahogany-free living room) and a particle board underside (as on...
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Mikael Löfström Forages for Brushes in Stockholm's Forests
When interior designer Mikael Löfström set out to make a new class of household brushes, he turned to his backyard, the forests of Stockholm. "When thinking about brushes, I started with the...
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DIY: A Holiday Fire Escape
While we can't compete with the mind-altering light displays found in Dyker Heights in Brooklyn, we decided to lend our own bit of holiday cheer to the East Village with a lighted fire escape....
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Scandinavian-Style Holiday Decor, Fire Included
For a child who grumbled at the idea of an 18th century Christmas, I spent much of my childhood bemoaning the fact that I hadn't been born a century or two earlier. Malcontent? Not really. Just a...
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Revived: The National Flatware of Denmark
The mention of a classic Danish modern flatware design being revived instantly got us salivating. Apparently, Matthew Orlando, until recently head chef at Noma, reacted the same way; the cutlery was...
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A (Concrete) Gold Mine: Betonggruvan in Stockholm
To add to your Stockholm itinerary: designer Josefine Halfwordson's tiny shop, Betonggruvan, specializing in durable housewares made from simple materials and hand picked from Sweden and beyond....
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Steal This Look: An Anglo-Inspired Kitchen in Gothenburg, Sweden
We recently took note of the character-filled, neo-retro kitchen of Swedish blogger Catarina Skoglund via her site, Another Side of Life. Cattie and her husband, Robert, and their daughter, Stella,...
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Shades of Gray: The New Finnish Household Basics
Iittala, the classic Scandi tableware company based in Iittala, Finland, is moving beyond the kitchen and into the home, thanks to a new collection of lighting and storage. To debut the lines, the...
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Gift Guide: For the New Paramour
When I was young, whenever I labored aloud over what to buy a boy I liked—for a birthday party, Valentine's Day, whatever—my mom would invariably suggest, "How about a nice pen?," and I would...
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The Iris Diaries, Part I: The Move-In
Last week, we welcomed a new arrival to our house: Iris, Lowe's smart home management system. I had been coveting a new computer-controlled thermostat, so when Lowe's offered to let me try out their...
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High/Low: Wood-Topped Glass Jars
I dream of opening my kitchen pantry to find an organized pattern of dried grains and cereals, each stored in their own Fort Standard wood-topped vessel. But let's be honest, at $80 each, there are...
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Restaurant as Enchanted Forest, Copenhagen Edition
Noma cofounder Claus Meyer (known as one of the founding fathers of New Nordic cuisine) is the force behind the newly opened waterfront jazz club/restaurant/bar the Standard, which encompasses a jazz...
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10 Easy Pieces: Handmade Holiday Ornaments
When I was little, it seemed that each ornament held a story, whether it was the paper-cut animals that my mother made as a recent RISD graduate, or the pale orbs of the vintage lights inherited from...
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Remodelista SF Holiday Market at Heath Ceramics This Saturday
We're thrilled to be back on home turf for our final Remodelista Holiday Market of the year. You can find us at Heath Ceramics in the Mission this Saturday, December 14, from 10-5. We'll be featuring a...
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A Modern Bistro That Doubles as a Museum
Care to dine next to a tiger skeleton? Restaurant Museet is a new Swedish bistro that puts more than food on display. Located off the buzzing Birger Jarlsgatan in Stockholm, the restaurant is the work...
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