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Escape to Love: Hotel Amour in Paris
Set in a former brothel in Pigalle, Hotel Amour is one of those low-key Paris hotspots that gets whispered from one style setter to the next (beware: during fashion weeks, you might not be able to get...
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A Rose Is a Rose: Wallpaper from a UK Artist
Roses do not last long enough in the garden. I know you agree. June may come and go, but you and I would like to be gazing fondly on pink velvety petals in December, as well. I believe this to be the...
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Current Obsessions: February 15, 2014
This week we found ourselves in the Valentine's Day spirit (we've had enough lace, hot pink, and heartfelt sentiment to last until next year). Next week we'll be back to business as usual with all...
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House Call: Clean Meets Cozy in Denmark
On the suburban outskirts of Aarhus, Denmark, Danish architects Mette and Martin Wienberg combine warm, modern rusticity with a cool, minimalist Scandi aesthetic to transform what was originally a...
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Pin to Win: Danish Classic Serving Pieces
In honor of our Great Danes issue this week, we're spotlighting standout Danish designs, and a great example is the work of the late designer Kay Bojesen (responsible for the iconic teak hanging...
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Ikea Upgrade: The SemiHandmade Kitchen Remodel
LA creative director and designer Sarah Sherman Samuel and her husband, Rupert Samuel, thought nothing of tearing out the cabinets in their LA bungalow with their own bare hands. We've been watching...
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Domestic Dispatches: What We Love (and Hate) About Ikea
There was a time—and I'm not saying I'm at all proud of this—when I used to go to Ikea for the Swedish meatballs. This was when we had toddlers, and my husband and I would strap them into the backseat...
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Steal This Look: Serene Scandinavian Winter Bedroom
Spend any time cruising the Web lately and you can't help but get caught up in the recent studies directly linking productivity (not to mention well being and happiness) to sleep. By now you've...
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Standard Socket Shines a Light in Seattle
Ushering inspired designs out of prototype and into manufacturing is the m.o. of lighting collective Standard Socket. The company has its own workshop, Eastbay Lighting, in Seattle, and collaborates...
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French Industry at No. 40 in Copenhagen
Danes seeking a break from honeyed wood and soft Gustavian grays can find refuge at No. 40 Copenhagen. The ultimate retro-modern man cave, the shop presents an eclectic array of French vintage and...
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Design Sleuth: D-Line Hardware from Denmark
When architects Solveig Fernlund and Neil Logan undertook a gut renovation of a historic Brooklyn townhouse for a Swedish family, they turned to the classic hardware of Scandinavia, D Line....
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7 Scandi-Style Bath Products, Nautical Edition
Nautical style comes naturally to the seafaring Scandinavians (their maritime history stretches back to the Vikings). Here are some favorite recent finds: Above: The rustic linen Vaxbo Lin Bath Mat...
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Win a $5,000 Shopping Spree and Trip for Two to Terrain in Philadelphia
As we count the minutes until spring, we're partnering with Terrain to offer US-based readers a chance to win a trip for two to Terrain's flagship Philadelphia store on April 19, 2014, for a day of...
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10 Easy Pieces: The Windsor Chair Revisited
The Windsor is the quintessential wooden chair, a classic that since its first known appearance in the 18th century has been stained, painted, deconstructed, and reimagined in all sorts of ways. The...
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House Call: An Artist's Budget Remodel
Danish artist Anne Mette Skodborg makes her living drawing murals with markers directly onto the walls of offices. She applied the same inventiveness to her cost-conscious renovation of her two-bedroom...
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Palettes & Paints: Arne Jacobsen's Copenhagen Blues
Arne Jacobsen had a hand in every inch of the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen, completed in 1960, from the architecture to the bed linens. Originally owned by the Scandinavian Airlines System, the hotel...
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The Most Happening Bar in Copenhagen, Flames Included
Copenhagen night-life impresario Rasmus Shepherd-Lomborg recently unveiled Lidkoeb, a bar that spans three floors of an 18th-century apothecary brick building, with original wooden beams and thick...
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Shopper's Diary: Black Concept Store in Copenhagen
Anne Black, one of Denmark's star ceramic artists, recently opened a concept shop in Copenhagen featuring an idiosyncratic mix of wares (furniture from e15, home accessories from Moormann, and linens...
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Remodeling 101: Polished Concrete Floors
Concrete is the Cinderella of flooring materials: long relegated to life as a subfloor—and covered up by a host of materials deemed more suitable for display, like wood, tiles, and carpeting. But in...
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The Updated Danish Farmhouse, Windows Edition
Jewelry designer Marie von Lotzbeck and photographer Jakob Kirk took a hands-on approach to the revamping of the 1929 farmhouse in Eastern Denmark, where they live with their daughter and dog. We love...
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