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Current Obsessions: Daylight Savings Edition
This week we reveled in all things posh: blue velvet sofas, splashy marble bathrooms, and handsome brass shelving. Next week, we're jumping into the kitchen and deconstructing the best layouts,...
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This Week's Table of Contents: Kitchen Composition
Come join us in the kitchen this week. We'll be exploring kitchen layouts and presenting exemplary horseshoes, U-shapes, L-shapes, and galleys. We'll also be introducing you to a new concept: the sexy...
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Architecture as Alchemy: A Cobble Hill Transformation
"You should totally come," began the invitation. Mollie Cohen and Andrew Berman's wedding was held in a historic brick warehouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn, on a freshly laid carpet of grass, where they...
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The Ankarsrum: Sweden's Iconic Kitchen Mixer
Designed in 1939 by Swedish inventor Alvar Lenning, the Ankarsrum Original Kitchen Mixer is a Rube Goldberg type of machine, capable of doing seemingly anything (with the right attachments). It's...
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Bouli Bar in SF: Boulettes Larder Gets Brassy
When Boulettes Larder closed its doors last summer for a remodel and an expansion, we were nervous. The small restaurant in San Francisco's Ferry Building overlooking the Bay Bridge served breakfast,...
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11 Kitchen Islands Gone Glamorous
Is "kitchen island" the least sexy term in home design? Even "kitchen table" is better (remember that scene in The Postman Always Rings Twice?). Here's a roundup of 11 rooms with style to spare. Above:...
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Steal This Look: The Modern Plywood Kitchen, Gold Faucet Edition
A few weeks ago we featured designers Dan Honey and Paul Fuog's artfully remodeled apartment in Melbourne, Australia. Designed by architect Clare Cousins, the one-bedroom flat was transformed into an...
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The 12 Best Apps for Remodelers
Expand your smart phone or tablet's job description with apps that turn it into a tool kit, remodeling guide, and all-around design assistant. Here are a dozen apps we've found extremely useful:...
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11 German-Made Kitchen Essentials
The BWMs and Mercedes of the precision kitchen world, courtesy of the Germans. Here's a dozen kitchen tools, storage containers, and cleaning supplies we're currently coveting. Kitchen Tools Above: The...
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Design Solution: Industrial Kitchen Vents as Decor
Exposed vents are the perfect example of how to turn a remodeling obstacle into appealing decor. We like the way a basic vent can add an industrial note in the kitchen. Above: A kitchen in Tuscany...
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Remodeling 101: The U-Shaped Kitchen
Ideal for small spaces, U-shaped kitchens (sometimes called C-shaped kitchens) can accommodate only one or two cooks, depending on the width of the U. As its name suggests, this configuration features...
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10 Easy Pieces: Countertop Paper Towel Holders
Here at Remodelista, we've put a lot of energy into sleuthing the perfect toilet paper holders, toilet brushes and receptacles, doormats, brooms and dustpans, and dish drainers. But somehow, until now,...
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Remodeling 101: The L-Shaped Kitchen
Looking for a kitchen layout, with space for multiple cooks and onlookers? Consider the versatile L-shape, a two-walled setup that tucks neatly into a corner while remaining open to the surrounding...
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Trend Alert: Pierre Jeanneret's Modern Classic Caned Teak Chair
If money were no object I would live surrounded by French modern classics by Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier, and Pierre Jeanneret. From Jeanneret (Swiss architect and cousin of Le Corbu), I would opt...
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One-Room Living: A Shape-Shifting Studio Apartment in London
When a young, single Londoner set out to buy an apartment in the center of the city, she discovered she had two options: she could afford to buy a characterless one bedroom, or she could downsize to a...
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Remodeling 101: The Eat-in Kitchen
People with eat-in kitchens always describe them as the heart of the house. It's easy to see why. So much of daily life can—and does—take place in these hubs. And the more people that pack in the...
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Required Reading: The Inspired Home, Nests of Creatives
Rizzoli’s newly released The Inspired Home: Nests of Creatives by Kim Ficaro and Todd Nickey is one of our favorite interiors books of late (the Remodelista book notwithstanding). It's a refreshing...
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Expert Advice: Coffee Tips from Alice Gao
As you might have noticed, we're having something of a coffee moment at Gardenista. So when we kept on seeing beautifully framed shots of cappuccinos and cortados pop up on the Instagram feed of one of...
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Trend Alert: 10 Artful Coffee Drippers
The slow coffee movement is all about the handmade: roast by hand, drip by hand, syphon by hand. So why not ditch the factory made for handmade when it comes to coffee makers? Here, for the pour over...
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Rehab Diary: Cobble Hill Kitchen Makeover, Before and After
Earlier this week we toured Mollie Cohen and Andrew Berman's Brooklyn duplex masterfully remodeled by Oliver Freundlich of Oliver Freundlich Design. Today, we're investigating its rebuilt-from-scratch...
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