5 Quick Fixes: Knife Storage
Knives usually end up hidden in a drawer; here are five ways to stow your kitchen arsenal in plain sight. Above: Fitzhugh Karol and Lyndsay Caleo, partners in the Brooklyn Home Company, added a clever...
View ArticleKitchen Tools with a Masculine Edge
Pricey, yes, but possibly the last set of kitchen tools you'll ever buy. Designed by Hagino Mitsunobu for FD Style, the Kitchen Tools Series is made of rustproof stainless steel with a durable black...
View ArticleAsk the Expert: Corbin Bernsen, Star Handyman
Most people know actor, writer, director, and producer Corbin Bernsen from his movie and TV roles—remember Arnie Becker on LA Law?—but in real life, at home with his wife, Amanda Pays, and their four...
View Article5 Space-Saving Retractable Loft Beds
Beyond the loft bed: retractable sleeping platforms that literally disappear during the day, freeing up living space. Above: Mad Men actor Vincent Kartheiser lives in a 580-square-foot cabin in...
View ArticleReinventing the Mattress, Silicon Valley Edition
What happens when programmer guys go shopping for mattresses? They toss and turn at night and dream up schemes for disrupting the industry. Two sleep startups are seeking to reinvent the way mattresses...
View ArticleTrending on Gardenista: Tool Sheds and Tomatoes
This week the Gardenista team gears up for Father's Day (good last-minute gift ideas), fills us in on garden gravel, and investigates the dark side of tomatoes. Here are a few of our favorite posts:...
View ArticleNautical Style on Pinterest
At Remodelista, we're generally not partial to decorating themes—but we do love nautical style. (Think navy-striped blankets, dock cleat hardware, and fishnet pendant lights.) The latest bedding...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Bathrobe Hook, Modern Dad Edition
Viennese designer Carl Aubock is known for his sculptural interpretations of mundane, everyday household objects; we think his humble hooks are among his most covetable pieces. Designed in the 1950s,...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: Gadgets Galore (and More)
We're wrapping up our Cool Dads week and looking ahead to Scandi Midsummer. In the meantime, take a look at what's on our radar: Above: Not your typical towel warmer. Photography courtesy Design Milk....
View ArticleA Masculine Midcentury Revival in LA
How do a pair of designers please a client who doesn't yet exist? For Sam Gnatovich and Alexi Rennalls, who tackled this midcentury remodel as an investment project, even a phantom client's desires...
View ArticleTable of Contents: Scandi Midsummer
The Nordic countries know how to greet summer, and this week we're joining them. In anticipation of the solstice (get ready, the longest day of the year is Saturday, June 21), we'll be holding outdoor...
View ArticleRhapsody in Blue: A Finnish Stylist at Home in the Hamptons
Today, to inaugurate our Scandi Midsummer issue, we're exploring unseen rooms and corners of Tiina Laakonen and Jon Rosen's Finnish-accented house (we first featured it in the Remodelista book)—and...
View ArticleGreat Dane: Hotel SP34 in Copenhagen
Whenever I travel, I relentlessly research the perfect hotel: I like to try to pass as a local, but I want to be close to the action, whether touristy or not. Nestled on a street lined with design...
View ArticleThe New Classics: Lighting from Rubn in Sweden
Spotted (and admired) in the Hotel SP34 in Copenhagen: lighting from Rubn an under-the-radar company based in Vittsjo, Sweden. Founded in 1951 by Uno and Osten Kristiansson, Rubn produces a line of...
View ArticlePin to Win: Remodelista in Las Vegas Giveaway
Perhaps you've heard of Learning from Las Vegas, a 1972 tome on design lessons gleaned from the Strip by architects Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour. (Not to mention Air Guitar...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Remodelista 2014 Considered Design Awards
We're thrilled to announce the second annual Remodelista Considered Design Awards, in which we honor our readers' domestic spaces and design acumen. Read on to learn more about the contest (and the...
View ArticleSteal This Look: Simple Scandi Children's Room
One memorable July, I found myself in a friend's seaside summerhouse just outside of Gothenburg, Sweden. As I stood in the tiny kitchen, surveying the interior, I couldn't help but admire the efficient...
View ArticleGuest Judges of the 2014 Considered Design Awards
We're thrilled to announce a new addition to our awards program this year: a roster of design-world luminaries as guest judges. Each judge will review one contest category alongside the Remodelista...
View Article10 Favorites: Scandi Midsummer Essentials
Like most Swedes, Midsummer—the annual June start-of-summer celebration—is by far my favorite holiday. I have fond memories of wearing a floral garland, dancing around the maypole, singing små grodorna...
View ArticleAn Idyllic Inn in Sweden, Archipelago Edition
To be filed under: always rely on the advice of locals when traveling. My husband and I (children in tow) spent a summer vacation in Sweden a few years ago. Our first instinct was to contact our...
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