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New Year Upgrades: New Features for Remodelista Readers
We're always looking for ways to make Remodelista easier to use. Towards that end, we've introduced three new features we want you to know about: 1. Browse Back Issues of Remodelista Above: Every week...
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A Seattle Oyster Bar on Wheels
A couple of days ago we posted on The Whale Wins, a newish restaurant from Renee Erickson (a Seattle culinary star). Today we're taking a look at Narwhal, Erickson's oyster bar on wheels. Above:...
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Modular Storage: Clutter-Eliminating Solutions from Go-Organize
It's a new year, and time to finally get organized—do it while you still have the drive. Get started with modular, stackable storage furniture that you can easily customize as your needs and spaces...
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Rare Fruit: Design Distilled in Southern Germany
Philipp Mainzer, the founder of Frankfurt furniture company e15, does minimalist glamor well; we especially like his design for the Stählemühle Distillery in Southern Germany. Located on an...
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Cincinnati Storage, Golden Spikes Edition
The son of an architect and an interior designer, John Dixon is a Cincinnati native who's helping to kickoff a design movement in his city. A furniture and homegoods designer with serious machinist...
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Happy at Work: Trending on Gardenista
Above: Erin created a low-effort living wall; see DIY: A Living Wall for the Office, Lazy Person's Edition. Above: Queens of all things houseplant, the experts at The Sill shared the down-low on the...
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10 Ways to De-Clutter Your Tech Experience
My desk at home is tidy: its surface is clean, drawers organized, plants watered. But my desktop, until recently, was a hodgepodge of image files and documents, cluttered folders, and forgotten emails....
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Office Visit: Evernote in Redwood CIty, CA
Enhanced productivity through plants? Designed by San Francisco-based O + A, the Silicon Valley offices of Evernote feature an exuberant explosion of tillandsias against a white wall. That plus a work...
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Current Obsessions: The Great Closet Cleanout
What is it about the New Year that makes us want to clean out our closets, purge our pantries, winnow our wardrobes? Francesca recently discovered Cuyana, a fashion company out of SF espousing the...
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The Architect Is In: The Twice-Designed New York Loft
This week, Jeff Murphy and Mary Burnham of New York firm Murphy Burnham & Buttrick Architects talk about upgrading a New York loft they converted for the same clients 11 years ago. They're...
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A Minimalist LA Jewelry Designer Goes Maximal
LA jeweler Kathleen Whitaker recently invited us into her turn-of-the-century, wood-framed house in Echo Park; as longtime fans of her quiet eponymous jewelry line, we were curious to see how her...
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Turn on the Brights: The Veronica Valencia Collection From Barn Light Electric
Introducing a new May-December romance: happy young colors applied to age-old macho industrial fixtures. Yes, we think it's a promising pairing. And we commend Barn Light Electric for allowing LA...
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DIY: Ceiling Medallion from The Brick House
At our recent holiday market in LA, Sarah and I finally got a chance to meet one of our blogosphere friends, Morgan Satterfield of The Brick House (she was one of our vendors, selling her Camp line of...
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A Cut Above: Serving Pieces with a Star Following
On a recent trip to Garde in LA (a must-stop on any design lover's list), I admired a line of chunky cutting boards made by The Wooden Palate, and discovered via the Huffington Post that Jennifer...
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A Small Shop with a Big Network: Chay in LA
Chay Wike grew up in New York City, the daughter of rock 'n roll musicians who emigrated from South Africa in the 1970's. A child actress for many years, she quit in her twenties to become, among other...
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Steal This Look: Ace Hotel in LA Bathroom
Whenever a new Ace Hotel opens, we always seem to gravitate to the bathroom design. The just-finished Ace in LA, with interiors by Commune, is no exception. We'd happily copy the bathrooms in our own...
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Design Sleuth: 5 Bathroom Mirrors with Shelves
How useful: bathroom mirrors with a shelf for assorted sundries. We especially like the vintage-looking 1930s French models, but here are a few modern options as well. Above: A pair of midcentury...
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Small-Batch, Big-Demand: Humble Ceramics of LA
LA-based artist Delphine Lippens first started working with ceramics just three years ago after taking a six-week introductory pottery course. Her simple, one-of-a-kind pieces quickly gained a...
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Remodeling 101: How to Choose an Overhead Light Fixture
Before you fall in love with an overhead light fixture for your house, be it a pendant or a chandelier, ask what it can do for you, not what you can do for it. Lighting designer Thomas Paterson of Lux...
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High/Low: Linen Pendant Shades
We love the look of linen pendants, and have previously posted on how you can make your own Rustic Linen Lampshade. Well, for those of you who shy away from DIY projects, there's hope: CB2 recently...
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