10 Easy Pieces: Built-In Microwaves
There is no getting around that microwaves are convenient, but they also take up valuable counter space. And, then there is the aesthetic consideration: have you ever loved the looks of a microwave?...
View ArticleThe Bauhaus as Your House
According to The Wired World 2014, this is the year of the Experiential Economy, which means “doing" rather than "buying". For design acolytes, that translates into visiting the Bauhaus School in...
View ArticleDesign Sleuth: A Wall Sconce Inspired by Le Corbusier
Last spring while I was exploring Paris, Lucile Demory took me first to see Le Corbusier's La Maison Roche and then to his atelier and apartment just outside of the city's periphery. What struck me as...
View ArticleGoods for the Study: McNally Jackson Store in New York
All bookstores stand at the ready with reading suggestions. Soho independent bookseller McNally Jackson goes a step further: it fully imagines the perfect setting for getting work done. Goods for the...
View Article10 Favorites: Wall-Mounted Desks for Children (and Teens)
Our roundup of space-saving desks, wall-mounted edition. Above: A plywood wall-mounted desk by Dutch architects Atelier van Wengerden. Above: Designed by Nisse Strinning, the String Work Desk is...
View ArticleRemodeling 101: Stainless Steel Countertops
Look inside restaurant kitchens and you'll notice an abundance of stainless steel worktops. Impervious to heat and virtually indestructible, stainless steel is a countertop material designed for...
View ArticleCeramics That Once Lived in the White House
Inspired by her Mexican heritage and Aztec culture, LA artist Dora De Larios knew from age eight that she would become an artist. After attending the University of Southern California (where she...
View ArticleFor Rent: A Ski Cabin by a World-Renowned Swiss Architect
Care to stay in the home of internationally renowned Swiss architect (and Pritzker Prize winner) Peter Zumthor? Architectural enthusiasts are in luck: Zumthor recently started renting out Unterhus, one...
View Article10 Favorites: Built-in Reading Nooks
The coziest spot in the house? We vote for the reading nook; here are 10 we're liking right now. Above: A window nook in Scandinavia by Denis Bjerregaard, via Agentur. Above: A built-in daybed from...
View ArticleCinema Paradiso: An Architect-Designed Theater in Switzerland
Cinema Sil Plaz was born out of necessity. When the last cinema in the Alpine town of Ilanz, Switzerland, closed down over 20 years ago, resident moviegoers banded together to form their own film club....
View ArticleExpert Advice: Every Woman Loves a Contractor
Every woman (and man) should love their contractor. Why? Because the contractor is like the glue of a project. While an architect creates and oversees the design, the contractor and his team of...
View ArticleDIY: The Stenciled Kid's Room, Boreal Forest Edition
Sometimes DIY is a bit like giving birth: faced with the beautiful results of your efforts, you begin to forget what a pain it was. And so, nearly a year after completing the arduous task of painting...
View ArticleFive Favorites: Wooden Beds with Angled Headboards
After two years, I was ready to part ways with my right-angled headboard, which I fought with every time I tried to sit up and do some laptop work in bed. My mishmash of creatively arranged pillows was...
View ArticleDesign Sleuth: Dyson Hot + Cool Heater/Fan
Spotted (and admired) on Finnish blogger Minna Jones' Time of the Aquarius, the dual-purpose Dyson Hot + Cold fan, which cools your space in the summer and heats it in the winter. Above: "First thing...
View ArticleTrending on Gardenista: Waterworld
"I don't know anybody who's not worried about water," Gardenista editor Michelle says. "There's either too much of it or too little. In California, where I live, we're experiencing the worst drought in...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: Winter Finals
This past week on Remodelista, we gave wintery interiors and designs a final salute. Next week, we unveil our Velvet Underground issue, a celebration of stealth luxuries, from metallic paints to Kul, a...
View ArticleThis Week's Table of Contents: The Velvet Underground
In this week's Velvet Underground issue at Remodelista, we're dodging the winter doldrums by celebrating—and sourcing—stealth luxury of all sorts, from grandmotherly crystal (now starting to resurface...
View ArticleEnter to Win: A $5,000 In-Store Shopping Spree at Terrain in Philadelphia
To celebrate the arrival of spring, we've partnered with Terrain to offer US-based Remodelista readers a chance to win a trip for two to Philadelphia, and a $5,000 shopping spree at Terrain's flagship...
View ArticleA Soho Dream Loft (Where Everything Is for Sale)
Online boutique The Line—purveyors of simple, soignee (and undeniably pricey) fashion, furniture, and even toothpaste—have opened The Apartment, a remodeled Soho loft furnished with the site's...
View ArticleCurtain Call: World's Most Beautiful Drapery Hardware
Take a cue from the fashion world; adorn your interiors with custom hardware of the highest order from Jonathan Browning. Located in a historic building in San Francisco (a former publishing house),...
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