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10 Round Soaking Tubs for Two
The ultimate bathing luxury? A free-standing, round bathtub built for two. Here are 10 in serenely romantic settings: Above: A spa-like bathroom featuring a soaking tub behind glass doors at the...
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Luxury Redux at the Grand Hotel in Milan
The Grand Hotel et de Milan has been a cultural fixture since 1863, when architect Andrea Pizzala designed the neo-Gothic building near Milan's La Scala opera house in the center of the city. The hotel...
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Steal This Look: Clementine's Mill Valley Bedroom
Is there any space more sacred than a teenage girl's bedroom? Ideally, it's a place for homework, primping, preening, and escaping (from parents). When Clementine (she's the daughter of Gardenista...
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Remodeling 101: Afterglow—10 Solutions for Romantic Lighting
There's nothing more unflattering than harsh, clinical lighting, particularly in a room with overhead fixtures casting shadows from above. Bright light might be the solution when it comes to reading,...
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Gal's Only: A Galentine's Day Party in Austin, Texas
I throw exactly one party a year: Galentine's Day. It's my take—as borrowed from Leslie Knope—on the most romantic day of the year, except less inspired by glitter hearts, pink silk, and red roses, and...
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Valentine's Gift Guide: Editors' Top 10 Picks
Think outside the box (of chocolates): Here's a roundup of what our editors are hoping to get for Valentine's Day. Above: Alexa has had her eye on the crocheted wool Hot Pink Hairy Pillow for a while...
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LA Confidential: A Visit to the Newest Ace Hotel
Last week, on a snow escape in LA, my mother, sister, and I made a pilgrimage downtown to visit Dosa and inspect the overnight gentrification we'd been hearing about. "Well, this is a bit of ghost...
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10 Easy Pieces: Curvaceous Loveseats, Luxe Edition
A highly opinionated roundup of our favorite romantic, swoopy loveseats (we'd love to have one in our own boudoirs). Above: The 2208 Sofa by Borge Mogensen, designed in 1963, is made to order; CA...
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The Sex Appeal of the Net Curtain
The most beautiful movie ever made? If you ask me (or Martin Scorsese, actually), one of the contenders is surely Luchino Visconti’s Il Gattopardo ("The Leopard"), which stars Burt Lancaster and Alain...
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DIY: Winter Romance in a Silver Brunia Bouquet
Recently, while browsing around my favorite florist shop, I noticed a clump of rare blooms dusted in a wintry heather gray. I picked one up. "Silver brunia," the floral expert informed. "Aren't they...
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A Labor of Love: A Romantic Inn in France
A onetime medieval French settlement is transformed into a bucolic bolthole by a couple from Amsterdam. Located in Le Perche, a national park in the Basse-Normandie region, a few hours outside Paris,...
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For the Love of Lace: One Woman's Crusade in Canada
While lace is often relegated to the world of fussy sheer curtains in quaint B&B's, it represent a noble, ancient industry that has slowly been in decline. Nova Scotia-based Anna Halley of Highland...
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The Power of Pastels: A Color-Blocked Loft in France
We’ve been big fans of French designer Caroline Gomez since 2009, when she launched her first collection of home furnishings and accessories. Light of touch with practical purpose, the designs are...
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Parsing the Pantone Color of the Year
Is it just me, or is the Pantone color of 2014—Radiant Orchid—ugly and irrelevant? First things first: Why is there a color of the year? The concept perplexes me, because I believe in design that's...
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Design Sleuth: The Must-Have Vase of the Design Cognoscenti
Everyone who's cool has Shiro Kuramata's red-pink acrylic and glass vase, and to tell you the truth, I'm probably going to feel culturally inferior until it's on my mantel, table, or bookshelf....
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Expert Advice: The 10 Best Pink Paints
If you're feeling a little on the pale side, consider painting a room pink. We asked members of the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory for their favorite pink paint picks and got diverse...
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Sex in the Stacks: Play Cafe and Lounge in NYC
Julie had just arrived in New York last fall, and we were en route to the office when we ducked into a nice-looking coffee place. "What's that library?" she said, peering through closed glass doors in...
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The Debrief: 8 New Classics for Your Underwear Drawer
A few weeks ago, our editorial team was on a group call when we got off on a tangent about the welcome return of sensible underwear. We've been seeing it everywhere: well-made, high-waisted, subtly...
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10 Favorites: Hot Pink in the Bathroom
Maybe it's Valentine's Day that's making us think about pink; here are 10 ideas for adding a flash of color to your bathroom. Above: A hot pink bath towel in the outdoor bathing area of Alexandra...
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Domestic Science: Silver and Gold Doormats
A bit of glam for your entryway: sparkly doormats in gold or silver. Above: Handwoven over an iron frame, the Silver Handwoven Doormat is $88 from Anthropologie. Above: A detail of the weaving. Above:...
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